Pinophyta (Conifers)
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Araucariales
Family: Araucariaceae (Araucaria family)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Wollemia nobilis | W.G.Jones, K.D.Hill & J.M.Allen (1995) | Wollemi pine | (rediscovered) | Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia | Rediscovered (clade) | Access |
Family: Podocarpaceae (Yellow-wood family)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Podocarpus perrieri | Gaussen & Woltz (1975) | - | 1951 | eastern Madagascar | Missing | Access |
Order: Cupressales
Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress family)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Juniperus barbadensis barbadensis | L. (1753) | Barbados cedar, Pencil cedar | (rediscovered) | Barbados & Petit Piton, St. Lucia | Rediscovered | Access |
|
Juniperus gracilior ekmanii |
(Florin) R.P.Adams (1995) | Génévrier d’Ekman, Cèdre, Sabina | (rediscovered) | Sierra Baoruco, Dominican Republic & Massif de la Selle, Haiti, Hispaniola | Rediscovered | Access |
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Hu & W.C.Cheng (1948) | Dawn redwood, Water fir, Water larch, 水杉 shui shan, メタセコイア | (rediscovered) | south-western Hubei province, north-western Hunan province & eastern Sichuan province, China | Rediscovered (genus) | Access |
| Thuja sutchuenensis | Franch. (1899) | Sichuan thuja, Sichuan arborvitæ, Ya Bai Shu, 崖柏 (ya bai) | (rediscovered) | southern slope of the Daba Mountains, Chengkou County, Chongqing Municipality, China | Rediscovered | Access |
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae (Pine family)
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Abies chengii | Rushforth (1983) | Cheng fir | 1931 | China | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
| Abies nebrodensis | (Lojac.) Mattei (1908) | Sicilian fir, Nebrodi fir, Madonian fir, Abete dei Nebrodi, Abete delle Madonie | (rediscovered) | Madonie Mountains, north-central Sicily, Italy | Rediscovered | Access |
| Picea critchfieldii | Jackson & Weng (1999) | Critchfield's spruce | 12,430 yr B.P. | Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi & Tennessee, southeastern USA | Extinct | Access |
| Pinus prehwangshanensis | Bazhenova, Wu & Jin (2022) | - | Late Pleistocene | Guangdong, South China | Extinct | Access |
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Detailed presentation
Pinophyta (=Coniferophyta =Coniferae) (Conifers)
Class: Pinopsida [70 genera; 710 species]
Order: Araucariales [23 genera; 238 species]
Family: Araucariaceae (Araucaria family) [3 genera; 38 species]
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Wollemia nobilis | W.G.Jones, K.D.Hill & J.M.Allen (1995) | Wollemi pine | (rediscovered) | Wollemi National Park, New South Wales, Australia | Rediscovered (clade) | Access |
Family: Podocarpaceae (Yellow-wood family) [20 genera; 200 species]
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Podocarpus perrieri | Gaussen & Woltz (1975) | - | 1951 | eastern Madagascar | Missing | Access |
Order: Cupressales [36 genera; 206 species]
Family: Cupressaceae (Cypress family) [30 genera; 176 species]
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Juniperus barbadensis barbadensis | L. (1753) | Barbados cedar, Pencil cedar | (rediscovered) | Barbados & Petit Piton, St. Lucia | Rediscovered | Access |
|
Juniperus gracilior ekmanii |
(Florin) R.P.Adams (1995) | Génévrier d’Ekman, Cèdre, Sabina | (rediscovered) | Sierra Baoruco, Dominican Republic & Massif de la Selle, Haiti, Hispaniola | Rediscovered | Access |
| Metasequoia glyptostroboides | Hu & W.C.Cheng (1948) | Dawn redwood, Water fir, Water larch, 水杉 shui shan, メタセコイア | (rediscovered) | south-western Hubei province, north-western Hunan province & eastern Sichuan province, China | Rediscovered (genus) | Access |
| Thuja sutchuenensis | Franch. (1899) | Sichuan thuja, Sichuan arborvitæ, Ya Bai Shu, 崖柏 (ya bai) | (rediscovered) | southern slope of the Daba Mountains, Chengkou County, Chongqing Municipality, China | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Sciadopityaceae (Umbrella pines) [1 genus; 1 species]
–No subordinate taxa
Family: Taxaceae (incl. Cephalotaxaceae) (Yew family) [5 genera; 29 species]
–No subordinate taxa
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae (Pine family) [11 genera; 268 species]
| Scientific Name | Author/s | Common Name | Last Record | Distribution | Status | Taxon Profile |
| Abies chengii | Rushforth (1983) | Cheng fir | 1931 | China | Invalid (synonym) | Access |
| Abies nebrodensis | (Lojac.) Mattei (1908) | Sicilian fir, Nebrodi fir, Madonian fir, Abete dei Nebrodi, Abete delle Madonie | (rediscovered) | Madonie Mountains, north-central Sicily, Italy | Rediscovered | Access |
| Picea critchfieldii | Jackson & Weng (1999) | Critchfield's spruce | 12,430 yr B.P. | Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi & Tennessee, southeastern USA | Extinct | Access |
| Pinus prehwangshanensis | Bazhenova, Wu & Jin (2022) | - | Late Pleistocene | Guangdong, South China | Extinct | Access |
Statistics
| Conservation status | Number of taxa (in percentage) |
| Extinct | 2 (20%) |
| Missing | 1 (10%) |
| Extinct in the Wild | 0 |
| Possibly Extinct in the Wild | 0 |
| Globally Rediscovered | 6 (60%) |
| Rediscovered in the Wild | 0 |
| Reintroduced | 0 |
| Hypothetical | 0 |
| Invalid | 1 (10%) |
| Erroneously listed | 0 |
| Uncertain status | 0 |
| Total | 10 |