List of endemic and threatened plants of India

This is a list of plants from India that are considered rare, threatened, endangered, or extinct by the IUCN or the Botanical Survey of India. Some of the regions mentioned here may refer to old and outdated states or regional boundaries and may need to be interpreted with caution.

The BSI status symbols used are extinct (Ex), extinct/endangered (Ex/E), endangered (E), vulnerable (V), rare (R) and indeterminate (I). Two letter state identification codes are used (see ISO 3166-2:IN) and WG stands for Western Ghats. The IUCN status is indicated where available.

Charophyta SpeciesFamilyBSI statusIUCN statusRegionNotesChara nudaCharaceaeData deficientChara setosaCharaceaeData deficientNitella annamalaiensisCharaceaeData deficient

Jungermanniopsida SpeciesFamilyBSI statusIUCN statusRegionNotesDiplocolea sikkimensisSolenostomataceaeEndangeredEastern HimalayasSewardiella tuberiferaPetalophyllaceaeVulnerable

Marchantiopsida

SpeciesFamilyBSI statusIUCN statusRegionNotesAitchisoniella himalayensisExormothecaceaeEndangeredSauteria spongiosaCleveaceaeLower risk/least concernStephensoniella brevipedunculataExormothecaceaeEndangered

Bryopsida SpeciesFamilyBSI statusIUCN statusRegionNotesMitrobryum koelziiDicranaceaeEndangeredUPPinnatella limbataNeckeraceaeCritically endangeredKA

Takakiopsida SpeciesFamilyBSI statusIUCN statusRegionNotesTakakia ceratophyllaTakakiaceaeVulnerable

Lycopodiopsida

SpeciesFamilyBSI statusIUCN statusRegionNotesIsoetes bilaspurensisIsoetaceaeRMadhya PradeshIsoetes dixitiiIsoetaceaeExPanchghaniIsoetes sampathkumarniiIsoetaceaeExKAIsoetes divyadarshaniiIsoetaceaeData deficientIsoetes panchganiensisIsoetaceaeEndangeredIsoetes udupiensisIsoetaceaeData deficientSelaginella aduncaSelaginellaceaeEHP, UPSelaginella cataractarumSelaginellaceaeEKL, TN

Polypodiopsida

SpeciesFamilyBSI statusIUCN statusRegionNotesConiogramme indicaAdiantaceaeRMN, MLCyathea albosetaceaCyatheaceaeVNicobarCyathea nilgirensisCyatheaceaeEKL, TNLindsaea malabaricaLindsaeaceaeRNear threatenedLindsaea teneraLindsaeaceaeRDryopteris gambleiDryopteridaceaeVML, UP, WBLastreopsis wattiiDryopteridaceaeExMNPolystichum wattiiDryopteridaceaeEx/EMNDicranopteris linearis var. sebastianaGleicheniaceaeVTNElaphoglossum stigmatolepisDryopteridaceaeVNilgiris, PalnisChristensenia assamicaMarattiaceaeVAR, ASDendroglossa minutulaPolypodiaceaeEKhasi HillsDrynaria meeboldiiPolypodiaceaeVMNHolcosorus bisulcatusPolypodiaceaeEAROreogrammitis austroindicaPolypodiaceaeData deficientChristella clarkeiThelypteridaceaeVSikkimChristella kaumaunicaThelypteridaceaeVUPCoryphopteris didymochlaenoidesThelypteridaceaeRMLCyclogramma squamaestipesThelypteridaceaeRSikkimMetathelypteris decipiensThelypteridaceaeRML, DarjeelingOreopteris elwesiiThelypteridaceaeRSikkimPseudocyclosorus gambleiThelypteridaceaeENilgiris, PalnisPseudocyclosorus griseusThelypteridaceaeETNStenogramma himalaicaThelypteridaceaeVNW HimalayasAthyrium atratumAthyriaceaeEMNAthyrium dutheiAthyriaceaeRSikkimWoodsia andersoniiWoodsiaceaeEx/EKumaon

Cycadopsida SpeciesFamilyBSI statusIUCN statusRegionNotesCycas beddomeiCycadaceaeEEndangeredAPCycas annaikalensisCycadaceaeCritically endangeredKLCycas circinalisCycadaceaeEndangeredKLCycas pectinataCycadaceaeVulnerableCycas sphaericaCycadaceaeData deficientCycas zeylanicaCycadaceaeVulnerable

Pinopsida SpeciesFamilyBSI statusIUCN statusRegionNotesCephalotaxus manniiTaxaceaeVVulnerableMishmi, Khasi, Jaintia, Naga HillsCephalotaxus oliveriTaxaceaeVAbies spectabilisPinaceaeNear threatenedCupressus cashmerianaCupressaceaeNear threatenedJuniperus recurva var. coxiiCupressaceaeNear threatenedLarix griffithii var. speciosaPinaceaeNear threatenedPicea brachytylaPinaceaeVulnerableTaxus contortaTaxaceaeEndangeredJK, LATaxus wallichianaTaxaceaeEndangeredJK, LA, UKPicea brachytyla var. complanataPinaceaeVVulnerableARPicea spinulosaPinaceaeRLeast concernSikkimPinus gerardianaPinaceaeRNear threatenedJKAmentotaxus assamicaTaxaceaeVEndangeredAR

Gnetopsida SpeciesFamilyBSI statusIUCN statusRegionNotesEphedra khurikensisEphedraceaeData deficientGnetum contractumGnetaceaeVulnerable

Magnoliopsida