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Floral Statistics of India 2018
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STATUS CATEGORY SUMMARY OF MAJOR TAXONOMIC GROUPS IN PLANTS (INCLUDING ALGAE, FUNGI AND LICHENS)
(IUCN RED LIST VERSION 2018-2 Table 4b & 4c)
|
CLASS*
|
EX
|
EW
|
CR
|
EN
|
VU
|
LR/ cd
|
NT
|
DD
|
LC
|
Total
|
|
Anthocerotopsida
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Bryopsida
|
2
|
0
|
12
|
13
|
7
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
41
|
|
Charophyaceae
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
8
|
11
|
|
Chlorophyceae
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Cycadopsida
|
0
|
4
|
53
|
65
|
74
|
0
|
63
|
3
|
45
|
307
|
|
Florideophyceae
|
1
|
0
|
6
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
44
|
4
|
58
|
|
Ginkgoopsida
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Gnetopsida
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
76
|
97
|
|
Jungermanniopsida
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
10
|
45
|
|
Liliopsida
|
9
|
4
|
501
|
812
|
717
|
10
|
352
|
669
|
2,585
|
5,659
|
|
Lycopodiopsida
|
0
|
0
|
13
|
11
|
16
|
0
|
9
|
8
|
29
|
86
|
|
Magnoliopsida
|
107
|
26
|
2,192
|
3,453
|
4,889
|
174
|
1,372
|
1,456
|
6,443
|
20,112
|
|
Marchantiopsida
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
11
|
|
Pinopsida
|
0
|
0
|
29
|
96
|
79
|
0
|
98
|
7
|
298
|
607
|
|
Polypodiopsida
|
2
|
1
|
62
|
69
|
78
|
0
|
26
|
54
|
180
|
472
|
|
Sphagnopsida
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
2
|
|
Takakiopsida
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Ulvophyceae
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Total (Plants)
|
122
|
35
|
2,878
|
4,537
|
5,883
|
184
|
1,929
|
2,263
|
9,679
|
27,510
|
|
OTHER GROUPS
|
|
Agaricomycetes
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
12
|
18
|
0
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
42
|
|
Lecanoromycetes
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
8
|
5
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
22
|
|
Pezizomycetes
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
Sordariomycetes
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
1
|
|
Total (Fungi)
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
20
|
23
|
0
|
6
|
4
|
3
|
66
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phaeophyceae
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
15
|
|
Total (Protists)
|
0
|
0
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
15
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*Plants: Anthocerotopsida (hornworts); Bryopsida, Sphagnopsida and Takakiopsida (true mosses); Charophyaceae, Chlorophyceae and Ulvophyceae (green algae); Cycadopsida (cycads); Florideophyceae (red algae); Ginkgoopsida (ginkgo); Gnetopsida (gnetums); Jungermanniopsida and Marchantiopsida (liverworts); Liliopsida (monocotyledons); Lycopodiopsida (club mosses and spike mosses); Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons); Polypodiopsida (ferns) and Pinopsida (conifers).
Other groups: Agaricomycetes (mushrooms, etc.); Lecanoromyctes (discolichens); Pezizomycetes (apothecial fungi); Phaeophyceae (brown algae).
IUCN STATUS CATEGORY SUMMARY OF PLANTS AT GLOBAL LEVEL – A COMPARISON
|
Sl. No.
|
Categories
|
IUCN Red List version 2014-2
|
IUCN Red List version 2015-2
|
IUCN Red List version 2016-2
|
IUCN Red List version 2017-2
|
IUCN Red List version 2018-2
|
|
1.
|
Extinct (EX)
|
97
|
99
|
105
|
116
|
122
|
|
2.
|
Extinct in the Wild (EW)
|
37
|
37
|
37
|
35
|
35
|
|
3.
|
Critically Endangered (CR)
|
2,104
|
2,205
|
2,484
|
2,637
|
2,878
|
|
4.
|
Endangered (EN)
|
3,178
|
3,381
|
3,643
|
3,921
|
4,537
|
|
5.
|
Vulnerable (VU)
|
5,203
|
5,310
|
5,435
|
5,544
|
5,883
|
|
6.
|
Near Threatened (NT)
|
1,544
|
1,583
|
1,645
|
1,709
|
1,929
|
|
7.
|
Lower Risk/conservation dependent (LR/cd)
|
210
|
209
|
209
|
204
|
184
|
|
8.
|
Data Deficient (DD)
|
1,526
|
1,599
|
1,674
|
1,841
|
2,263
|
|
9.
|
Least Concerned (LC)
|
5,481
|
5,762
|
6,635
|
7,067
|
9,679
|
|
Total
|
19,380
|
20,185
|
21,867
|
|
27,510
|
PIE CHART SHOWING CATEGORY-WISE THREAT STATUS OF PLANT SPECIES (INCLUDING ALGAE) IN WORLD EVALUATED IN 2017
REFERENCE COLLECTIONS OF FLORA
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Sl. No.
|
Category
|
Total Number
|
Total Holdings of Collections and Specimens
|
|
1.
|
Herbarium
|
79*
|
35,43,633
|
* Index Herbariorum Online
CONSERVATION MEASURES (IN INDIA)
|
Sl. No.
|
Category
|
Number
|
Total Geographic Area (km2)
|
|
I
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
II
1.
2.
|
Within Habitats (in situ)
Biosphere Reserves++
Conservation Reserves++
Community Reserves++
National Parks++
Wildlife Sanctuaries++
Reserve Forests+
Protected Forests+
Unclassed Forests+
Outside Habitats (ex situ)
Botanical Gardens**
Gene Banks
|
18
77
46
104
544
NA
NA
NA
131 (www.cbd.int/doc/world/in/in-ex-bg-en.pdf)
NA
|
91272.22
2594.03
72.61
40,501.13
118,931.80
4,34,705
2,19,432
1,13,881
NA
NA
|
Source: ++National Wildlife Database of Wildlife Institute of India; +Forest Survey of India State of Forest Report, 2017; **BGCI Website.
Besides, there are 50 Tiger Reserves (71,027.10 km2), 16 Elephant Reserves, 26 Ramsar Wetland Sites (12,119.03 km2), 7 World Heritage Sites and 1 Mixed World Heritage Site in India. India has a rich heritage of species and genetic strains of flora. Overall about six percent of world species are found in India. It is estimated that India is one of the seventeen mega-diversity (eleventh among these in respect to number of endemic vascular plant species*) and tenth among the plant-rich countries of the world as well as sixth among the centres of diversity and origin of agro-diversity. Out of the total 35 biodiversity hotspots in the world, India has four namely Himalaya, Indo-Burma (parts of northeast India and Andaman Islands), Western Ghats (and Sri Lanka), and Sundaland (Nicobar Islands) (www.biodiversityhotspots.org). The growing urbanization and industrialization causes the decrease of natural habitats, which further results in the loss to biological diversity. Biodiversity, once lost cannot be recovered.