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Featured: Polygonaceae Eriogonum flavum Nutt.

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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

Silene laciniata Cav.

SPECIES

Caryophyllaceae Silene laciniata Cav.

Anthurium longicuspidatum Engl.

SPECIES

Araceae Anthurium longicuspidatum Engl.

Banksia marginata Cav.

SPECIES

Proteaceae Banksia marginata Cav.

Recent Publications

High risk of extinction across the flowering plant tree of life

Félix Forest, Ruth Brown, Sven Buerki et al.

2026

Science

Resolving taxonomic uncertainty and exploring evolutionary relationships in the Cymopterus terebinthinus (Apiaceae) species complex

Annie Taylor, Donald H. Mansfield, Sven Buerki et al.

2025

TAXON

A piece of the Piper puzzle: Systematics of Piper section Enckea, a Neotropical section in a giant genus

Cara Hastings, Emma Casselman, Christopher Davidson et al.

2024

Systematic Botany