List of extinct plants

The following is a list of extinct plants only.
Prehistoric extinctions
Extinct plants by geologic period
Silurian
* Eorhynia
Devonian
* Archaeopteris
* Chaleuria
*cooksonia
Carboniferous
* Annularia
* Sigillaria
* Lepidodendron
* Calamites
* Sphenophyllum
Permian
* Cordaites
* Glossopteris
* Sphenophyllum
Triassic
* Araucarioxylon
* Caytoniales (extinct at the end of the Cretaceous)
* Cladophlebis
* Zamites
* Brachyphyllum
* Pleuromeia
* Pannaulika
* Sphenophyllum
*Dicroidium odontopteroides
*pleuromeia dubai
Jurassic
* Araucaria mirabilis
* Araucarites sanctaecrucis
* Gleichenites
* Neocalamites
* Nilssonia
* Pararaucaria patagonica
*Palaeoaldrovanda (Czech Republic)
*Pagiophyllum
*Pityocladus
*Podozamites
*Sagaria (Southern Italy)
*Sphenobaiera
*Williamsonia
*Williamsoniella
Paleocene
*Acer alaskense (Chickaloon Formation, Alaska)
*Banksieaeidites (Australia) (species through the Miocene)
*Cornus piggae (Almont/Biecegal Creek, North America)
*Pinus peregrinus (Golden Valley Formation)
*Ginkgo cranei (Sentinel Butte Formation)
*Metasequoia foxii (Paskapoo Formation, Alberta)
*Montrichardia aquatica (Cerrejón Formation, Colombia)
*Petrocardium (Cerrejón Formation, Colombia)
*Abies milleri (British Columbia, Canada; Washington, USA)
*Banksia archaeocarpa (Australia)
*Chamaecyparis eureka (Axel Heiberg Island, Canada)
*Corylopsis reedae (Klondike Mountain Formation, Washington, North America)
*Cornus clarnensis (Central Oregon, USA)
*Dillhoffia (British Columbia, Canada; Washington, USA)
*Diploporus (Paleocene-Eocene; Sentinel Butte Formation, Clarno Formation)
*Eucommia eocenica (Claiborne Formation, southeastern North America)
*Eucommia montana (Western North America)
*Kardiasperma (Central Oregon, USA)
*Nelumbo aureavallis (North Dakota, North America)
*Orontium wolfei (Okanagan Highlands)
*Rhizomnium dentatum (Baltic amber, Europe)
*Rhus malloryi (Washington, USA)
*Saxonipollis ("East Germany")
*Stonebergia (British Columbia, Canada)
*Succinanthera baltica (Baltic amber)
*Taxus masonii (Central Oregon, USA)
*Trochodendron nastae (Washington, USA)
Oligocene
*Acer ashwilli (John Day Formation, Oregon)
Miocene
*Acer browni (western North America)
*Dendrobium winikaphyllum (in diatomite, New Zealand)
*Droserapites (Taiwan)
*Droserapollis (Taiwan)
*Earina fouldenensis (in diatomite, New Zealand)
*Globosites apicola (Dominican amber)
*Hymenaea allendis (Late Oligocene - early Eocene; Mexican Amber)
*Hymenaea mexicana (Late Oligocene - early Eocene; Mexican Amber)
*Osmunda wehrii (Yakima Canyon Flora, North America)
*Palaeoraphe (Dominican Republic)
*Roystonea palaea (Dominican amber)
*Sequoiadendron chaneyi (Western North America)
*Wessiea yakimaensis (Yakima Canyon Flora, North America)
Pliocene
*Acer palaeorufinerve (Miocene - Pliocene; East Asia and possibly Alaska?)
Pleistocene
*Banksia kingii (Western Tasmania)
*Banksia strahanensis (Western Tasmania)
*Picea critchfieldii (North America)
Modern extinctions
Africa
*Acalypha rubrinervis (1870, Saint Helena)
*Aspalathus complicata (1940s, South Africa: Cape Flora)
*Aspalathus cordicarpa (1950s, South Africa: Cape Flora)
*Astragalus endopterus (Arizona)
* Hastings County Neomacounia - Neomacounia nitida (1864, Canada)
* Bigleaf Scurfpea - Orbexilum macrophyllum (1899, Polk County, North Carolina)
* Falls-of-the-Ohio scurfpea - Orbexilum stipulatum (1881, Jefferson County, Kentucky)
*Paronychia maccartii (Texas)
* Pohaku Cyanea Tree - Cyanea pohaku (1910, Hawaiian Is.)
* Kohala Cyanea Tree - Cyanea pycnocarpa (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
* Oak-leaved Cyanea Tree - Cyanea quercifolia (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
* Dracaena umbraculifera (Mauritius)
* Taravai Aster Tree - Fitchia mangarevensis (1997, Taravai, French Polynesia)
* Moorea Laurel - Hernandia drakeana (1997, French Polynesia)
* Kawaihae Hibiscadelphus - Hibiscadelphus bombycinus (1868, Hawaiian Is.)
* Puhielelu Hibiscadelphus - Hibiscadelphus crucibracteatus (1981, Hawaiian Is.)
* Auwahi Hibiscadelphus - Hibiscadelphus wilderianus (1910, Hawaiian Is.)
* Oahu Kokia - Kokia lanceolata (1888, Hawaiian Is.)
* Cross-bearing Pelea - Melicope cruciata (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
* Maui Ruta Tree - Melicope haleakalae (1919, Hawaiian Is.)
* Obovate Melicope - Melicope obovata (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
* Nuku Hiva Neisosperma - Neisosperma brownii (1997, French Polynesia)
* Fatu Hiva Ochrosia - Ochrosia fatuhivensis (1997, French Polynesia)
* Nuku Hiva Ochrosia - Ochrosia nukuhivensis (1997, French Polynesia)
* Tahiti Ochrosia - Ochrosia tahitensis (1997, French Polynesia)
* Psychotria veillonii (New Caledonia)
* Koé Stenocarpus - Stenocarpus dumbeensis (1905, New Caledonia)
* Norfolk Island Streblorrhiza - Streblorrhiza speciosa (1997, Norfolk Island)
* Fijian Weinmannia - Weinmannia spiraeoides (1840, Fiji)
* Skottsberg's Wikstroemia - Wikstroemia skottsbergiana (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
* Hakeakala Wikstroemia - Wikstoemia villosa (1997, Hawaiian Is.)
* Prony Bay Xanthostemon - Xanthostemon sebertii (1869, New Caledonia)
Plants extinct in the wild
Africa
* St. Helena roundleaf gumwood - (Commidendrum rotundifolium) (Saint Helena)
* Encephalartos brevifoliolatus (South Africa) <ref name="ZARedList2014"/>
* Encephalartos nubimontanus (South Africa) <ref name="ZARedList2014"/>
* Encephalartos relictus (Swaziland)
* Encephalartos woodii (South Africa)<ref name="ZARedList2014"/>
* Erica bolusiae Salter var. cyathiformis (South Africa: Cape Flora)<ref name="ZARedList2014"/>
* Erica turgida (South Africa: Cape Flora) <ref name="ZARedList2014"/>
* Erica verticillata (South Africa: Cape Flora) <ref name="ZARedList2014"/>
* Pleiospilos simulans (South Africa) <ref name="ZARedList2014"/>
* Lotus berthelotii (Canary Islands)
* St. Helena redwood - (Trochetiopsis erythroxylon) (Saint Helena)
Americas
* Csapodya splendens (syn. Deppea splendens) (Mexico)
* Root-spine Palm - (Cryosophila williamsii) (Honduras)
* Cuban Erythroxylum - (Erythroxylum echinodendron) (Cuba)
* Franklin Tree - (Franklinia alatamaha) (Georgia, U.S.)
* Laelia gouldiana (Mexico)
* Biznaguita - (Mammillaria glochidiata) (Mexico)
* Biznaguita - (Mammillaria guillauminiana) (Mexico)
* Rio de Janeiro Terminalia - (Terminalia acuminata) (Brazil)
* Bastard gumwood (Commidendrum rotundifolium) (St. Helena)
Asia
* India Monocarpic Palm - (Corypha taliera) - (Bengal)
* Pallasana Spurge - (Euphorbia mayurnathanii) (India)
* Yunnan Malva - (Firmiana major) (Yunnan, China)
* Kalimantan Mango - (Mangifera casturi) (Kalimantan, Indonesia)
* Sarawak Mango - (Mangifera rubropetala) (Kalimantan & Sumatra)
* Kanehira Azalea - (Rhododendron kanehirai) (Taiwan)
* Tulipa sprengeri)
Europe
Oceania
* Cyanea pinnatifida (Hawaiian Is.)
* Royal Cyanea Tree - (Cyanea superba) (Hawaiian Is.)
* Punaluu Cyanea - (Cyanea truncata) (Hawaiian Is.)
* Fuzzyflower Cyrtandra - (Cyrtandra waiolani) (Hawaiian Is.)
* Hemiandra rutilans (Australia)
* - (Kokia cookei) (Hawaiian Is)
* Toromiro - (Sophora toromiro) (Easter Island, Chile)
Extinct plant cultivars
* "Ansault" - pear cultivar
* Semper augustus - tulip traded during tulip mania
* "Taliaferro" - apple cultivar
* "Viceroy" - tulip traded during tulip mania
Plants previously thought extinct and subsequently rediscovered
See Lazarus species
* Badula ovalifolia - from Mauritius. Known in 1830s; collected in 1970 and 1997 but undetermined (Page and D'Argent 1997, IUCN report)/confirmed identity in 2008 (Florens et al., Kew Bulletin)
* Café marron (Ramosmania rodriguesii) - rediscovered on Rodrigues in 1979
* Jellyfish tree (Medusagyne oppositifolia) - rediscovered in Seychelles in the 1970s
* Sichuan Thuja (Thuja sutchuenensis) - rediscovered 1999 (Sichuan, China)
* Gibraltar Campion (Silene tomentosa) - rediscovered on Gibraltar in 1994
* Astragalus nitidiflorus (1909, Spain) - rediscovered 2004 (Cartagena, Spain)
Extinct algae
* Bennett's Seaweed (Vanvoorstia bennettiana) - a red alga. (1886, Australia)

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