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Contents
1Prehistoric extinctions
2Extinct plants by geologic period
2.1Silurian
2.2Devonian
2.3Carboniferous
2.4Permian
2.5Triassic
2.6Jurassic
2.7Cretaceous
2.8Paleocene
2.9Eocene
2.10Oligocene
2.11Miocene
2.12Pliocene
2.13Pleistocene
3Modern extinctions
3.1Africa
3.2Americas
3.3Asia
3.4Europe
3.5Oceania
4Plants extinct in the wild
4.1Africa
4.2Americas
4.3Asia
4.4Europe
4.5Oceania
5Extinct plant cultivars
6Plants previously thought extinct and subsequently rediscovered
7Extinct algae
8See also
9References
10External links
Prehistoric extinctions
Further information: Biology:Paleobotany
Cooksonia
Archaefructus
Abies milleri
Dillhoffia
Trochodendron nastae
Araucaria mirabilis
Araucarioxylon arizonicum
Sphenophyllum miravallis
Extinct plants by geologic period
Silurian
Eorhynia
Devonian
Archaeopteris
Chaleuria
cooksonia
Carboniferous
Annularia
Sigillaria
Lepidodendron
Calamites
Sphenophyllum
Permian
Cordaites
Glossopteris
Sphenophyllum
Triassic
Araucarioxylon[1]
Caytoniales (extinct at the end of the Cretaceous)
Cladophlebis
Zamites
Brachyphyllum
Pleuromeia
Pannaulika
Sphenophyllum
Dicroidium odontopteroides
pleuromeia dubai
Jurassic
Araucaria mirabilis[2]
Araucarites sanctaecrucis[2]
Baiera
Coniopteris
Cycadeoidea
Czekanowskia
Eboracia
Equisetum thermale (La Matilde Formation, Argentina)[3]
Gleichenites
Neocalamites
Nilssonia
Pararaucaria patagonica[2]
Pterophyilum
Schmeissneria
Cretaceous
Archaeamphora (Northeastern China)
Archaeanthus
Archaefructus
Ephedrites
Liaoningocladus
Orontium mackii (Maastrictian?, McRea Formation, North America)[4]
Palaeoaldrovanda (Czech Republic)
Pagiophyllum
Pityocladus
Podozamites
Sagaria (Southern Italy)
Sphenobaiera
Williamsonia
Williamsoniella
Paleocene
Acer alaskense (Chickaloon Formation, Alaska) [5]
Banksieaeidites (Australia) (species through the Miocene)
Cornus piggae (Almont/Biecegal Creek, North America)[6]
Woolly-stalked Begonia – Begonia eiromischa (20th century, Penang, Malaysia)
Ruzhildalani "Ruzhil" (1995, India)
Europe
Cry Pansy – Viola cryana (1933, France)
Hieracium purkynei (1912, Czech Republic)
Oceania
Hawaii Chaff Flower – Achyranthes atollensis (1964, Hawaiian Is.)
Argyroxiphium virescens (1996, Hawaiian Is.)
Balanops microstachya (New Caledonia)
Casearia tinifolia (1976, Mauritius)
Clermontia multiflora (1871, Hawaiian Is.)
New Calodonia Sapinda – Cupaniopsis crassivalvis (1869, New Caledonia)
Haleakala Cyanea Tree – Cyanea arborea (1928, Hawaiian Is.)
Cyanea comata (late 19th century, Hawaiian Is.)
Cyanea cylindrocalyx (1909, Hawaiian Is.)
Cyanea dolichopoda (1990, Hawaiian Is.)
Giffard's Cyanea Tree – Cyanea giffardii (1917, Hawaiian Is.)
Mark's Cyanea Tree – Cyanea marksii (1900, Hawaiian Is.) - update in 2016: This plant is endemic to Hawaiʻi, where it has experienced severe and ongoing decline in habitat and numbers due to the impacts of invasive plants and animals. Previously it was believed to be Extinct, but the rediscovery of 12 plants (occurring in two separate subpopulations) resulted in it being downlisted to CR.[43]
Pohaku Cyanea Tree – Cyanea pohaku (1910, Hawaiian Is.)
Kohala Cyanea Tree – Cyanea pycnocarpa (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
Oak-leaved Cyanea Tree – Cyanea quercifolia (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
Dracaena umbraculifera (Mauritius)
Taravai Aster Tree – Fitchia mangarevensis (1997, Taravai, French Polynesia)
Moorea Laurel – Hernandia drakeana (1997, French Polynesia)
Toromiro – (Sophora toromiro) (Easter Island, Chile )
Extinct plant cultivars
The "Ansault" pear
"Ansault" – pear cultivar
Semper augustus – tulip traded during tulip mania
"Taliaferro" – apple cultivar
"Viceroy" – tulip traded during tulip mania
Plants previously thought extinct and subsequently rediscovered
See Lazarus species
Badula ovalifolia – from Mauritius. Known in 1830s; collected in 1970 and 1997 but undetermined (Page and D'Argent 1997, IUCN report)/confirmed identity in 2008 (Florens et al., Kew Bulletin)
Café marron (Ramosmania rodriguesii) – rediscovered on Rodrigues in 1979
Jellyfish tree (Medusagyne oppositifolia) – rediscovered in Seychelles in the 1970s
Sichuan Thuja (Thuja sutchuenensis) – rediscovered 1999 (Sichuan, China )
Gibraltar Campion (Silene tomentosa) – rediscovered on Gibraltar in 1994
Bennett's Seaweed (Vanvoorstia bennettiana) – a red alga. (1886, Australia )
See also
List of recently extinct plants
List of extinct plants of the British Isles
List of extinct animals
References
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