Plants
Summary of proposed changes to listings of taxa
Click on the Threatened or Non-threatened heading to get more detailed justifications for each taxon.
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Abbreviations of IUCN Categories: CR – Critically Endangered; CR (PE) – Critically Endangered, possibly extinct; DD – Data Deficient; EN – Endangered; EW – Extinct in the wild;
EX – Extinct; NT – Near Threatened; LC – Least Concern; VU – Vulnerable.
Threatened categories (27 pages)
Plants - Proposed changes involving Threatened Categories (480Kb)
|
Common Name |
Scientific name |
Current (2007) |
Proposed |
|---|---|---|---|
Araceae |
Typhonium praetermissum |
DD |
VU |
Araceae |
Typhonium sp. Sandover |
- |
VU |
Arecaceae |
Livistona mariae subsp. mariae |
VU |
EN |
Asteraceae |
Olearia macdonnellensis |
VU |
EN |
Cleomaceae |
Cleome insolata |
- |
VU |
Convolvulaceae |
Ipomoea polpha latzii |
VU |
NT |
Cyperaceae |
Carex fascicularis |
DD |
VU |
Cyperaceae |
Schoenus centralis |
DD |
VU |
Dilleniaceae |
Hibbertia brennanii |
- |
VU |
Dilleniaceae |
Hibbertia pancerea |
- |
VU |
Dilleniaceae |
Hibbertia sp. South Magela |
- |
VU |
Dilleniaceae |
Hibbertia tricornis |
- |
VU |
Dryopteridaceae |
Bolbitis quoyana |
DD |
VU |
Erythroxylaceae |
Erythroxylum sp. Cholmondely Creek |
- |
VU |
Euphorbiaceae |
Amperea spicata |
NT |
VU |
Euphorbiaceae |
Ricinocarpus gloria-medii |
VU |
NT |
Fabaceae |
Acacia pickardii |
VU |
NT |
Fabaceae |
Intsia bijuga |
DD |
CR |
Fabaceae |
Jacksonia divisa |
DD |
VU |
Myrtaceae |
Babingtonia behrii |
NT |
VU |
Myrtaceae |
Melaleuca fulgens R.Br. subsp. corrugata |
NT |
EN |
Myrtaceae |
Thryptomene hexandra |
VU |
NT |
Poaceae |
Sporobolus latzii |
DD |
VU |
Ranunculaceae |
Clematis decipiens |
NT |
VU |
Rutaceae |
Clausena sp. Tipperary |
DD |
EN |
Scrophulariaceae |
Eremophila prostrata |
VU |
NT |
Stylidiaceae |
Stylidium ensatum |
DD |
EN |
Thelypteridaceae |
Macrothelypteris torresiana |
DD |
EN |
Non-threatened categories
More than 500 changes are proposed among non-threatened categories that involve plant taxa. A summary listing is not given because of this large number. Most are because when IUCN criteria were first applied to NT plants following gazettal of TPWCA in 2000, cases of high taxonomic uncertainty were treated as IUCN ‘not evaluated’, that is no attempt was made to the evaluate distribution, abundance and threats for these taxa. However, since that time it has become evident that IUCN recommend the use of the ‘data deficient’ category for taxa that are ‘known’ even if how the taxon name should be applied is unclear, the species concept may include more than one species or it is not possible to apply the taxon concept because herbarium specimens are on loan and unavailable for curation and there are no other data. Consequently, some 245 changes from not evaluated to data deficient and other categories are proposed in the current review to bring application of the data deficient category in NT into line with standard usage. In addition, 145 taxa have been added to the NT checklist since the previous review and these are evaluated for the first time. Another 123 of the changes proposed are between other non-threatened categories (primarily data deficient and other categories).The justifications for these changes are given in three documents:
- Cases where the final listing is Least Concern (60 pages) (577Kb)
- Cases where the final listing is Near Threatened (25 pages) (378Kb)
- Cases where the final listing is Data Deficient (95 pages) (763Kb)
Other taxa considered by panel, but no change recommended or listing criteria changed.
|
Common Name |
Scientific name |
Current (2007) |
Proposed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apiaceae | Actinotus schwarzii |
VU |
VU |
Araceae |
Typhonium johnsonianum |
DD |
DD |
Fabaceae |
Acacia latzii |
VU |
VU |
Fabaceae |
Acacia peuce |
EN |
EN |
Fabaceae |
Acacia undoolyana |
VU |
VU |
Lamiaceae |
Wrixonia schultzii |
VU |
VU |