eflorapantnagar

Threatened Taxa

Santalum album L. (Santalaceae)

Saraca asoca (Roxb.) W.J.de Wilde (Fabaceae)

Endemic and Threatened Species in Flora of Pantnagar

No narrow endemic species of flowering plant is known in the flora of Pantnagar. Any of the threatened species of India mentioned in the Red Data Book of Indian Plants (Nayar & Sastry, 1987-90) was not recorded in the area of Pantnagar.

However, a perusal of list of threatened flowering plants of India (at www.iucnredlist.org) indicates the following information: 

1. Extinct (Ex)                                      :  0

2. Extinct in Wild (EW)                 :  0

3. Regionally Extinct (RE)            :  0

4. Critically Endangered (CR)   :  0

5. Endangered (EN)                         :  0

6. Vulnerable (VU)                           : 02

7. Data Deficient (DD)                    : 01

8. Least Concern (LC)                    : 81

Santalum album L. (Santalaceae) and Saraca asoca (Roxb.) De Wilde (Fabaceae) are Vulnerable (VU) species but both are not native to this area and planted here.

Mangifera indica L. (Anacardiaceae) is assessed as Data Deficient (DD) species but it is not known as a native element here, rather it is either planted or seedling escape of planted mango.

Number of Threatened Angiosperm Species of India 

Listed in IUCN Redlist 2023-1

                (Extracted from https://www.iucnredlist.org on 21 December, 2023)

Threat Categories and Number of Species

1- Extinct (EX) :                              02

2- Extinct in Wild (EW):                02

3- Regionally Extinct (RE):          00

4- Critically Endangered (CR):   144

5- Endangered (EN):                        246

6- Vulnerable (VU):                           192

SPECIES IN THREATENED CATEGORIES (3+4+5+6):      582

7- Near Threatened (NT or LR/nt):                                                   88

8- Lower Risk/ Conservation Dependent (LR/cd):          01

9- Data Deficient (DD):                                                                               181

10- Least Concern (LC or LR/lc):                                                               1905

TOTAL SPECIES ASSESSED FOR THREAT CATEGORIES (1-10): 2761


Species Extinct (Ex)

Sterculia khasiana Debb. ex Biswas (Malvaceae)

Hopea shingkeng (Dunn) Bor (Dipterocarpaceae)


Species Extinct in Wild (EW)

Corypha taliera Roxb. (Arecaceae)

Euphorbia mayurnathanii Croizat (Euphorbiaceae)