Phylum: Pinophyta (=Coniferophyta =Coniferae) (Conifers)
The taxonomy presented here follows the World Flora Online's WFO Plant List as at mid-August 2026.
Class: Pinopsida [70 genera; 710 species]
Subclass: Cupressidae
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) | 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 |
|
Podocarpoxylon paralambertii |
Ramos, Brea & Kröhling (2026) | - | Late Pleistocene | Argentina | Extinct | Access |
| Podocarpus perrieri | Gaussen & Woltz (1975) | - | 1951 | Madagascar | Missing | Access |
|
Shoreoxylon ranikotense |
Shar, Trimizi & B. Ahmed (2007:2327, 2332) | - | Pleistocene-subrecent | Pakistan | Extinct | Access |
Order: Cupressales [36 genera; 206 species]
Family: Cephalotaxaceae (Cephalotaxus family) [1 genus (Cephalotaxus); 8 species]
—No subordinate taxa
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 & St. Lucia | Rediscovered | Access |
|
Juniperus gracilior ekmanii |
(Florin) R.P.Adams (1995) | Génévrier d’Ekman, Cèdre, Sabina | (rediscovered) | Dominican Republic & 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) | Hubei province, Hunan province & Sichuan province, China | Rediscovered (genus) | Access |
| Thuja sutchuenensis | Franch. (1899) | Sichuan thuja, Sichuan arborvitæ, Ya Bai Shu, 崖柏 (ya bai) | (rediscovered) | Chengkou County, Chongqing Municipality, China | Rediscovered | Access |
Family: Sciadopityaceae (Umbrella pines) [1 genus; 1 species]
—No subordinate taxa
Family: Taxaceae (Yew family) [5 genera; 29 species]
—No subordinate taxa
Subclass: Pinidae
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, Sicily, Italy | Rediscovered | Access |
| Picea critchfieldii | Jackson & Weng (1999) | Critchfield's spruce | 12,430 yr B.P. | USA (Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee) | Extinct | Access |
|
Pinus × critchfieldii |
Axelrod & T.G. Hill (1988) | - | Late Pleistocene | southern California, USA | Extinct | Access |
| Pinus prehwangshanensis | Bazhenova, Wu & Jin (2022) | - | Late Pleistocene | Guangdong, South China | Extinct | Access |
Subclass: Gnetidae (Gnetophytes: Welwitschia etc.)
Order: Ephedrales [1 genus (Ephedra); 73 species]
Family: Ephedraceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Gnetales [1 genus (Gnetum); 44 species]
Family: Gnetaceae
—No subordinate taxa
Order: Welwitschiales [1 species: Welwitschia mirabilis]
Family: Welwitschiaceae
—No subordinate taxa
Statistics
| Conservation status | Number of taxa (in percentage) |
| Extinct | 3 |
| Missing | 1 |
| Extinct in the Wild | 0 |
| Possibly Extinct in the Wild | 0 |
| Globally Rediscovered | 6 |
| Rediscovered in the Wild | 0 |
| Reintroduced | 0 |
| Hypothetical | 0 |
| Invalid | 1 |
| Erroneously listed | 0 |
| Uncertain status | 0 |
| Total | 11 |