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We hold 7 of the world's 100 most irreplaceable flowering plants.

and 18 of the world's 100 most irreplaceable gymnosperms.

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Amorphophallus lewallei Malaisse & Bamps

#2

Critically Endangered

Amorphophallus lewallei Malaisse & Bamps

Araceae

Gomortega keule (Molina) Gunckel

#11

Endangered

Gomortega keule (Molina) Gunckel

Gomortegaceae

Lyonothamnus floribundus A.Gray

#15

Endangered

Lyonothamnus floribundus A.Gray

Rosaceae

Petenaea cordata Lundell

#24

Endangered

Petenaea cordata Lundell

Petenaeaceae

Featured plants

Piper lapathifolium (Kunth) Steud.

SPECIES

Piperaceae Piper lapathifolium (Kunth) Steud.

Ceanothus L.

SPECIES

Rhamnaceae Ceanothus L.

Ligusticum filicinum S.Watson

SPECIES

Apiaceae Ligusticum filicinum S.Watson

Recent Publications

Generic delimitation of Turraea (Meliaceae–Turraeeae) and allied genera in continental Africa and Madagascar

Martin W. Callmander, Félix Forest, Martin Cheek et al.

2026

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

Exploring sagebrush leaf microbial metagenomes from deep, host-derived sequencing

Adedotun Adedayo Arogundade, Carlos Dave C. Dumaguit, Anthony E. Melton et al.

2026

Microbiology Spectrum

Pandanus plastomes decoded: When climate mirrors morphology and phylogenetic relationships

John M. A. Wojahn, Martin W. Callmander, Sven Buerki

2025

American Journal of Botany