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Endangerment of flora species
Last update of indicator20.12.2021
Indicator definition
Endangerment of species represents proportion of species classified within categories of endangerment by IUCN (CR, EN and VU) to total number of known species.
Key messages
More than 25 % of original plant species in Slovakia belong to endangered species. Most of the critically endangered species of the Slovak flora come from habitats that are globally endangered in the whole of Central Europe (peatbogs, wetlands, flooded meadows, salt lakes, sands). Basic cause behind endangering of plant species has been direct or indirect destruction of their habitats. In the case of some species, we still do not know the true causes.
In the 90-ties, then-valid red lists of bryophytes and seed-bearing plants in Slovakia contained 1 009 endangered and rare species (taxa) (40.4 %).
According to red list of ferns and flowering plants in Slovakia from 2015, there are 527 threatened species (14.6 %).
Red list of lower plants that is still valid even today was published in 2001. The list shows 1 047 threatened taxa (13.6 %).
In the 90-ties, then-valid red lists of bryophytes and seed-bearing plants in Slovakia contained 1 009 endangered and rare species (taxa) (40.4 %).
According to red list of ferns and flowering plants in Slovakia from 2015, there are 527 threatened species (14.6 %).
Red list of lower plants that is still valid even today was published in 2001. The list shows 1 047 threatened taxa (13.6 %).
Summary assessment
Number of plant taxa – total and threatened
Source: SNC SR
Explanations:
Taxon is a taxonomic unit in the biological system of classification with indeterminate value, for example species, genus, family, and so on.
Data in % indicates the proportion of threatened taxa in the total number of taxa.
Threatened - only species included in IUCN categories CR, EN and VU.
IUCN categories: CR - critically endangered taxon, EN - endangered taxon, VU - vulnerable taxon.
Data per 2016.
Source table
Number of plant taxa – total and threatened
Source: SNC SR
| Number of taxons | Threatened | Threatened (%) | |
| Cyanophytes and Algae | 3 008 | 283 | 9.4 |
| Lower fungi | 1 295 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Higher fungi | 2 469 | 95 | 3.8 |
| Lichens | 1 508 | 357 | 23.7 |
| Bryophytes | 909 | 311 | 34.2 |
| Vascular plants | 3 619 | 527 | 14.6 |
Source: SNC SR
International comparison
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