Table 7. Threatened plant species known to occur in Yasuní National Park.
Family | Species | Common Names | Habit | IUCN |
Annonaceae | Rollinia helosioides | – | Tree | CR |
Apocynaceae | Aspidosperma darienense | – | Tree | EN |
Meliaceae | Cedrela fissilis | Missionaries' Cedar | Tree | EN |
Meliaceae | Trichilia elsae | – | Tree | EN |
Myristicaceae | Virola surinamensis | Baboonwood | Tree | EN |
Alismataceae | Echinodorus eglandulosus | – | Aquatic Herb | VU |
Annonaceae | Cremastosperma megalophyllum | – | Tree | VU |
Asteraceae | Critonia eggersii | – | Liana | VU |
Begoniaceae | Begonia oellgaardii | – | Terrestrial Herb | VU |
Begoniaceae | Begonia sparreana | – | Terrestrial Herb | VU |
Dichapetalaceae | Dichapetalum asplundeanum | – | Tree | VU |
Fabaceae s.l. | Inga yasuniana | – | Tree | VU |
Gesneriaceae | Reldia multiflora | – | Terrestrial Herb | VU |
Lecythidaceae | Couratari guianensis | Fine-leaf Wadara | Tree | VU |
Magnoliaceae | Talauma neillii | – | Tree | VU |
Malpighiaceae | Bunchosia cauliflora | – | Shrub, Tree | VU |
Marantaceae | Calathea gandersii | – | Terrestrial Herb | VU |
Meliaceae | Cedrela odorata | Cigar-box Wood, Red Cedar | Tree | VU |
Meliaceae | Trichilia solitudinis | – | Tree | VU |
Proteaceae | Euplassa occidentalis | – | Tree | VU |
Rubiaceae | Palicourea anianguana | – | Shrub, Small Tree | VU |
Rubiaceae | Simira wurdackii | – | Tree | VU |
Sapotaceae | Micropholis brochidodroma | – | Tree | VU |
Sapotaceae | Pouteria gracilis | – | Tree | VU |
Sapotaceae | Pouteria nudipetala | – | Tree | VU |
Sapotaceae | Pouteria pubescens | – | Tree | VU |
Sapotaceae | Pouteria vernicosa | – | Tree | VU |
Sapotaceae | Sarcaulus vestitus | – | Tree | VU |
Annonaceae | Rollinia dolichopetala | – | Tree | NT |
Annonaceae | Rollinia ecuadorensis | – | Tree | NT |
Annonaceae | Tetrameranthus globuliferus | – | Tree | NT |
Annonaceae | Trigynaea triplinervis | – | Tree | NT |
Cecropiaceae | Pourouma petiolulata | – | Tree | NT |
Chrysobalanaceae | Licania velutina | – | Tree | NT |
Fabaceae s.l. | Inga sarayacuensis | – | Tree | NT |
Fabaceae s.l. | Senna trolliiflora | – | Tree | NT |
Gesneriaceae | Besleria quadrangulata | – | Subfructescent Herb | NT |
Gesneriaceae | Nautilocalyx ecuadoranus | – | Terrestrial Herb | NT |
Gesneriaceae | Pearcea hypocyrtiflora | – | Terrestrial Herb | NT |
Lauraceae | Nectandra microcarpa | – | Tree | LR/nt |
Loranthaceae | Psittacanthus barlowii | – | Parasitic Shrub | NT |
Marantaceae | Calathea paucifolia | – | Terrestrial Herb | NT |
Marantaceae | Calathea plurispicata | – | Terrestrial Herb | NT |
Marantaceae | Calathea veitchiana | – | Terrestrial Herb | NT |
Melastomataceae | Clidemia longipedunculata | – | Shrub, Small Tree | NT |
Melastomataceae | Miconia abbreviata | – | Small Tree | LR/nt |
Melastomataceae | Miconia lugonis | – | Tree | NT |
Memecylaceae | Mouriri laxiflora | – | Tree | NT |
Olacaceae | Minquartia guianensis | Black Manwood | Tree | LR/nt |
Rubiaceae | Alseis lugonis | – | Tree | NT |
Rubiaceae | Coussarea cephaëloides | – | Shrub, Small Tree | NT |
Rubiaceae | Coussarea dulcifolia | – | Shrub, Small Tree | NT |
Rubiaceae | Coussarea spiciformis | – | Shrub, Small Tree | NT |
Santalaceae | Acanthosyris annonagustata | – | Tree | NT |
Sapotaceae | Pouteria platyphylla | – | Tree | LR/nt |
Sapotaceae | Pradosia atroviolaceae | – | Tree | LR/nt |
Tiliaceae | Pentaplaris huaoranica | – | Large Tree | NT |
Ulmaceae | Ampelocera longissima | – | Tree | NT |
Listings in the IUCN column are from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species [47]. Abbreviations: CR = (facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild), EN = Endangered (facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild), VU = Vulnerable (facing a high risk of extinction in the wild), and LR/nt or NT = Near Threatened (close to qualifying for or is likely to qualify for a threatened category in the near future).