Table 1.

2003 Red List coverage for angiosperm families with >3000 species (according to Mabberley 1997) and for selected woody families.

family name	total species (Mabberley 1997)	number evaluated	% evaluated	number threatened	% threatened of those evaluated
angiosperm families with at least 3000 species
Compositae	22 750	419	1.8	305	73
Orchidaceae	18 500	23	0.1	20	87
Leguminosae	18 000	689	3.8	548	80
Rubiaceae	10 200	330	3.2	274	83
Poaceae (Gramineae)	9500	14	0.1	6	43
Lamiaceae	6700	6	0.1	6	100
Scrophulariaceae	5100	3	0.1	2	67
Euphorbiaceae	4950	283	5.7	223	79
Melastomataceae	4950	167	3.4	139	83
Myrtaceae	4620	334	7.2	250	75
Cyperaceae	4350	3	0.1	0	0
Umbelliferae	3540	11	0.3	7	64
Acanthaceae	3450	47	1.4	35	74
Ericaceae	3400	27	0.8	18	67
Cruciferae	3250	15	0.5	13	87
Piperaceae	3000	9	0.3	1	11
selected woody families
Lauraceae	2850	268	9.4	196	73
Annonaceae	2150	216	10.0	146	68
Myrsinaceae	1225	114	9.3	72	63
Sapotaceae	975	331	33.9	238	72
Fagaceae	700	108	15.4	64	59
Dipterocarpaceae	680	394	57.9	369	94