Table 1.
Extinction risk of Chinese begonia species based on various data sources.
| Species (including low taxa) | Extinction risk category |
Endemic to China |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| IUCN | RLCB | Other source | Y (Yes)/N (No) | |
| Begonia acetosella var. acetosella | NT | N | ||
| B. algaia | NT | a | Y | |
| B. asteropyrifolia | EN | Y | ||
| B. aurantiflora | EN | Y | ||
| B. baviensis | NT | N | ||
| B. biflora | VU | Y | ||
| B. cavaleriei | VU | Y | ||
| B. cehengensis | VU | Y | ||
| B. coptidifolia | CR | Y | ||
| B. curvicarpa | NT | Y | ||
| B. daxinensis | NT | Y | ||
| B. debaoensis | VU | Y | ||
| B. dentatobracteata | VU | VU | Y | |
| B. dielsiana | NT | Y | ||
| B. digyna | a | Y | ||
| B. discreta | NT | N | ||
| B. filiformis | NT | Y | ||
| B. fimbristipula | a, b | Y | ||
| B. forrestii | NT | N | ||
| B. grandis | a | Y | ||
| B. grandis subsp. holostyla | NT | Y | ||
| B. grandis subsp. sinensis | a, c | Y | ||
| B. grandis var. unialata | NT | Y | ||
| B. guangxiensis | EN | Y | ||
| B. gulinqingensis | d (EN) | Y | ||
| B. hainanensis | EN | b | Y | |
| B. handelii | b | N | ||
| B. hemsleyana | VU | Y | ||
| B. howii | b | Y | ||
| B. jinyunensis | e (VU) | Y | ||
| B. labordei | NT | N | ||
| B. leipingensis | f (CR) | Y | ||
| B. liuyanii | VU | Y | ||
| B. longifolia | b | N | ||
| B. longistyla | NT | Y | ||
| B. luochengensis | NT | Y | ||
| B. manhaoensis | NT | Y | ||
| B. masoniana | VU | N | ||
| B. megalophyllaria | VU | Y | ||
| B. mengtzeana | VU | Y | ||
| B. morifolia | NT | Y | ||
| B. obliquifolia | VU | Y | ||
| B. palmata | b | N | ||
| B. palmata var. bowringiana | b | Y | ||
| B. peii | NT | Y | ||
| B. pellionioides | g (CR) | Y | ||
| B. peltatifolia | EN | b | Y | |
| B. pengii | EN | Y | ||
| B. pinglinensis | NT | Y | ||
| B. platycarpa | NT | Y | ||
| B. polytricha | NT | Y | ||
| B. pulchrifolia | h (EN) | Y | ||
| B. reflexisquamosa | NT | Y | ||
| B. retinervia | NT | Y | ||
| B. rhynchocarpa | NT | Y | ||
| B. rotundilimba | NT | Y | ||
| B. semiparietalis | VU | Y | ||
| B. setulosopeltata | EN | Y | ||
| B. subcoriacea | VU | Y | ||
| B. subhowii | NT | N | ||
| B. sublongipes | EX | b, g (CR) | Y | |
| B. tsoongii | EN | Y | ||
| B. umbraculifolia | VU | Y | ||
| B. variifolia | VU | Y | ||
| B. wuzhishanensis | i (EN) | Y | ||
| B. xingyiensis | NT | Y | ||
| B. xishuiensis | VU | Y | ||
| B. zhengyiana | NT | Y | ||
Note: The table only includes the taxa with the risk category above Near Threatened. CR, Critically Endangered; EN, Endangered; EX, Extinct; NT, Near Threatened; VU, Vulnerable; IUCN, International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2017); RLCB, Red List of China's Biodiversity: Higher Plants (The Ministry of Environmental Protection, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2013); a, In The List of Wild Plants under Protection of Zhejiang Province (The Forestry Department of Zhejiang Province, 2012); b, In The List of Wild Plants under Protection of Hainan Province (The People's Government of Hainan Province, 2006); c, In The List of Wild Plants under Priority Protection of Beijing (The People's Government of Beijing Municipality, 2008); d, EN in Ma et al. (2007); e, VU in Ding et al. (2014); f, CR in Li et al. (2016); g, CR Wang et al. (2015); h, EN in Tian et al. (2015); i, EN in Tian et al. (2014).