List of extinct plants of New Zealand

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List of extinct plants of New Zealand:

* Araucaria haastii \- known from fossils of the Cretaceous period, best preserved of several extinct New Zealand Araucaria species
* Banksia novae-zelandiae \- known only from fossil records
* Chiloglottis formicifera (ant orchid) - extinct in New Zealand but found overseas[1]
* Leptinella filiformis \- extinct in the wild[2]

Four plants have been listed as extinct beyond doubt since 1840:[3]

* Lepidium obtusatum
* Logania depressa
* Stellaria elatinoides
* Trilepidea adamsii

Two species are thought to be extinct but there may be insufficient data to make an assessment:[2]

* Myosotis traversii var.cinerascens
* Pseudognaphalium (one species)

The New Zealand Botanical Society describe additional species as being extinct:[4]

* Muellerina celastroides \- extinct in New Zealand but found overseas
* Myosotis laingii
* Pterostylis nutans \- extinct in New Zealand but found overseas

## See also

* List of New Zealand animals extinct in the Holocene
* New Zealand Threat Classification System
* Conservation in New Zealand

## References

1. ↑ The State of New Zealand's Environment 1997. Wellington: Ministry for the Environment. 1997. ISBN 0-478-09000-5.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pam Cromarty; Rod Hitchmough; Leigh Bull, eds., New Zealand Threat Classification System Lists, 2005, ISBN 0-478-14128-9, http://www.doc.govt.nz/publications/conservation/new-zealand-threat-classification-system-lists-2005/, retrieved 15 May 2011
3. ↑ de Lange, P. J.; D. A. Norton; P. B. Heenan; S. P. Courtney; B. P. J. Molloy; C. C. Ogle; B. D. Rance; P. N. Johnson et al. (2004). "Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand". New Zealand Journal of Botany 42 (1): 45–76. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2004.9512890. ISSN 0028-825X.
4. ↑ New Zealand Botanical Society Threatened and Local Plant Lists (1995 Revision) in "New Zealand Botanical Society Newsletter No 30". New Zealand Botanical Society. March 1995. http://www.nzbotanicalsociety.org.nz/newsletter/NZBotSoc-1995-39.pdf. Retrieved 15 May 2011.

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