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Plant extinctions since 1500

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Dahlia pinnata
species of plant
Saint Helena Olive
species of plant
Wahlenbergia roxburghii
species of plant
Begonia eiromischa
species of plant
Argocoffeopsis lemblinii
species of plant
Amaranthus brownii
species of plant
Oldenlandia adscensionis
species of plant
Podophorus
genus of plants
Hibiscadelphus wilderianus
species of plant
Campomanesia lundiana
species of plant
Melicope obovata
species of plant
Guettarda retusa
species of plant
Anonidium usambarense
species of plant
Thismia americana
species of plant
Kokia lanceolata
species of plant
Trochetiopsis melanoxylon
species of plant
Achyranthes atollensis
species of plant
Xanthostemon sebertii
species of plant
Adiantum lianxianense
species of plant
Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus
species of plant
Sporobolus durus
species of plant
Hernandia drakeana
species of plant
Stenocarpus dumbeensis
species of plant
Hibiscadelphus bombycinus
species of plant
Heliotropium pannifolium
species of plant
Hesperelaea
Hesperelaea is a monotypic genus of trees in the olive family which contains the single species Hesperelaea palmeri, now probably extinct. The species was found only on Guadalupe Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean, part of the Mexican state of Baja California, about southwest of Ensenada. It was collected once in 1875 by Edward Palmer, who found three living individuals. He remains the only recorded person to have seen the species alive. The small population of the species, the devastating effects of feral goats, and the overexploitation of the island's woody plants likely meant that
Ochrosia brownii
species of plant
Argyroxiphium virescens
species of plant
Euchorium
Euchorium is a monospecific genus of plants in the family Sapindaceae. The only species, Euchorium cubense is endemic to Viñales, Pinar del Río Province, Cuba. It has not been relocated since its discovery despite several searches, and is thus considered extinct.
Castilleja guadalupensis
species of plant
Calochortus monanthus
species of plant
Acalypha rubrinervis
species of plant
Neomacounia nitida
__NOTOC__ Neomacounia nitida, or '''Macoun's shining moss, is an extinct moss that was found only in a small area of Ontario, and the sole species in the genus Neomacounia'''.
Cyanea quercifolia
species of plant
Cyanea dolichopoda
species of plant
Marshallia grandiflora
species of plant
Calochortus indecorus
species of plant
Govenia floridana
species of plant
Pogogyne tenuiflora
species of plant