Table 5.
List of threatened and near threatened plant taxa found in Kenya coastal region.
| Family | Species | Life form | IUCN | Version |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crassulaceae | Kalanchoe fadeniorum Raadts | Herb | Extinct in the wild | 3.1 |
| Acanthaceae | Justicia drummondii Vollesen | Herb | Critically Endangered | 3.1 |
| Megalochlamys tanaensis Vollesen | Herb | Critically Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Annonaceae | Uvaria puguensis D.M. Johnson | Liana | Critically Endangered | 3.1 |
| Burmanniaceae | Afrothismia baerae Cheek | Herb | Critically Endangered | 3.1 |
| Combretaceae | Combretum tenuipetiolatum Wickens | Tree | Critically Endangered | 2.3 |
| Euphorbiaceae | Euphorbia tanaensis P.R.O. Bally | Tree | Critically Endangered | 3.1 |
| Gesneriaceae | Streptocarpus ionanthus subsp. rupicola (B. L. Burtt) Christenh. | Herb | Critically Endangered | 3.1 |
| Lamiaceae | Karomia gigas (Faden) Verdc. | Tree | Critically Endangered | 2.3 |
| Loranthaceae | Taxillus wiensii Polhill | Shrub | Critically Endangered | 3.1 |
| Malvaceae | Cola porphyrantha Brenan | Tree | Critically Endangered | 3.1 |
| Rubiaceae | Vangueriopsis shimbaensis A.P. Davis & Q. Luke | Tree | Critically Endangered | 3.1 |
| Acanthaceae | Asystasia linearis S. Moore | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Barleria lukei I. Darbysh. | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Barleria maculata S. Moore | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Blepharis kenyensis Vollesen | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Cephalophis lukei Vollesen | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Barleria whytei S. Moore | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Justicia faulknerae Vollesen | Shrub | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Justicia breviracemosa Vollesen | Shrub | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Monanthotaxis faulknerae Verdc. | Liana | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Toussaintia orientalis Verdc. | Tree | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Uvariodendron gorgonis Verdc. | Tree | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Uvaria faulknerae Verdc. | Liana | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Asteraceae | Aspilia macrorrhiza Chiov. | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Asphodelaceae | Aloe kilifiensis Christian | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Araceae | Stylochaeton bogneri Mayo | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Ebenaceae | Diospyros shimbaensis F. White | Tree | Endangered | 2.3 |
| Fabaceae | Newtonia erlangeri (Harms) Brenan | Tree | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Crotalaria laburnoides var. nudicarpa Polhill | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Cynometra lukei Beentje | Tree | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Gigasiphon macrosiphon (Harms) Brenan | Tree | Endangered | 2.3 | |
| Bauhinia mombassae Vatke | Shrub | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Dalbergia gloveri Q. Luke, ined. | Liana | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Loranthaceae | Englerina ramulosa (Sprague) Polhill & Wiens | Shrub | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Agelanthus microphyllus Polhill & Wiens | Shrub | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Malvaceae | Cola octoloboides Brenan | Tree | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Montiniaceae | Grevea eggelingii var. keniensis (Verdc.) Verdc. | Shrub | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Orchidaceae | Habenaria stylites Rchb.f. & S. Moore | Herb | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Polystachya teitensis P.J. Cribb | Epiphytic herb | Endangered | 3.1 | |
| Rhamnaceae | Ziziphus robertsoniana Beentje | Tree | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Rubiaceae | Multidentia sclerocarpa (K. Schum.) Bridson | Shrub | Endangered | 3.1 |
| Acanthaceae | Barleria usambarica Lindau | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Justicia galeata Hedrén | shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Asystasia minutiflora Ensermu & Vollesen | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Barleria maritima I. Darbysh. | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Blepharis pratensis S. Moore | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Dicliptera inconspicua I. Darbysh. | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Anisotes galanae (Baden) Vollesen | Shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Justicia brevipila Hedrén | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Justicia heterotricha Mildbr. | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Annonaceae | Isolona cauliflora Verdc. | Tree | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Uvariodendron kirkii Verdc. | Shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Annonaceae | Xylopia arenaria Engl. | Shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Mkilua fragrans Verdc. | Shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Apocynaceae | Pleioceras orientale Vollesen | Tree | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Asteraceae | Emilia bellioides (Chiov.) C. Jeffrey | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Araceae | Gonatopus petiolulatus (Peter) Bogner | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Asphodelaceae | Aloe massawana Reynolds | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Aloe ukambensis Reynolds | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Buxaceae | Buxus obtusifolia (Mildbr.) Hutch. | Shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Canellaceae | Warburgia stuhlmannii Engl. | Tree | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Euphorbiaceae | Pycnocoma littoralis Pax | Shrub | Vulnerable | 2.3 |
| Fabaceae | Newtonia paucijuga (Harms) Brenan | Tree | Vulnerable | 2.3 |
| Sesbania speciosa Taub. | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Angylocalyx braunii Harms | Tree | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Cynometra webberi Baker f. | Tree | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Dalbergia vacciniifolia Vatke | Liana | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Diospyros greenwayi F. White | Tree | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Prioria msoo (Harms) Breteler | Tree | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Loranthaceae | Erianthemum alveatum (Sprague) Danser | Shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Lythraceae | Ammannia parkeri var. longifolia (Verdc.) S.A. Graham & Gandhi | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Malvaceae | Hibiscus holstii Mwachala | Shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Melastomataceae | Memecylon verruculosum Brenan | Shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Warneckea mouririifolia (Brenan) Borhidi | Shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Menispermaceae | Cissampelos nigrescens Diels var. nigrescens | Climber | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Moraceae | Dorstenia tayloriana Rendle var. tayloriana | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Ficus faulkneriana C.C. Berg | Tree | Vulnerable | 3.1 | |
| Myristicaceae | Cephalosphaera usambarensis (Warb.) Warb. | Tree | Vulnerable | 2.3 |
| Orchidaceae | Ansellia africana Lindl. | Epiphytic herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Picrodendraceae | Aristogeitonia monophylla Airy shaw | Shrub | Vulnerable | 2.3 |
| Putranjivaceae | Drypetes natalensis var. leiogyna Brenan | Shrub | Vulnerable | 2.3 |
| Drypetes usambarica var. trichogyna Radcl.-Sm. | Tree | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Rubiaceae | Pavetta linearifolia Bremek. | Shrub | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Tarenna drummondii Bridson | Shrub | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Vangueria pallidiflora (Bullock) Lantz | Shrub | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Afrocanthium kilifiense (Bridson) Lantz | Shrub | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Pavetta tarennoides S. Moore | Shrub | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Rothmannia macrosiphon (K. Schum. ex Engl.) Bridson | Tree | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Rutaceae | Vepris sansibarensis (Engl.) Mziray | Shrub | Vulnerable | 2.3 |
| Sapindaceae | Chytranthus obliquinervis Radlk. ex Engl. | Tree | Vulnerable | 2.3 |
| Sapotaceae | Mimusops riparia Engl. | Tree | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Pouteria pseudoracemosa (J.H. Hemsl.) L.Gaut. | Tree | Vulnerable | 2.3 | |
| Zosteraceae | Zostera capensis Setch. | Herb | Vulnerable | 3.1 |
| Acanthaceae | Chlamydacanthus lindavianus H. Winkl. | Shrub | Near Threatened | 3.1 |
| Justicia anisophylla (Mildbr.) Brummitt | Herb | Near Threatened | 3.1 | |
| Anacardiaceae | Lannea schweinfurthii var. acutifoliolata (Engl.) Kokwaro | Tree | Near Threatened | 2.3 |
| Annonaceae | Uvaria kirkii Oliv. ex Hook. f. | Shrub | Near Threatened | 3.1 |
| Uvaria denhardtiana Engl. & Diels | Shrub | Near Threatened | 3.1 | |
| Asteranthe asterias (S. Moore) Engl. & Diels | Shrub | Near Threatened | 3.1 | |
| Huberantha stuhlmannii (Engl.) Chaowasku | Shrub | Near Threatened | 3.1 | |
| Ophrypetalum odoratum Diels | Shrub | Near Threatened | 3.1 | |
| Araceae | Callopsis volkensii Engl. | Herb | Near Threatened | 3.1 |
| Asteraceae | Brachylaena huillensis O. Hoffm. | Tree | Near Threatened | 2.3 |
| Asphodelaceae | Aloe deserti A. Berger | Shrub | Near Threatened | 3.1 |
| Burseraceae | Commiphora obovata Chiov. | Shrub | Near Threatened | 2.3 |
| Burseraceae | Commiphora pseudopaolii J.B. Gillett | Tree | Near Threatened | 2.3 |
| Combretaceae | Conocarpus lancifolius Engl. & Diels | Tree | Near Threatened | 2.3 |
| Connaraceae | Ellipanthus madagascariensis (G. Schellenb.) Capuron ex Keraudren | Tree | Near Threatened | 2.3 |
| Fabaceae | Dialium orientale Baker f. | Shrub | Near Threatened | 2.3 |
| Dalbergia eremicola Polhill | Shrub | Near Threatened | 3.1 | |
| Dalbergia melanoxylon Guill. & Perr. | Shrub | Near Threatened | 2.3 | |
| Erythrina sacleuxii Hua | Tree | Near Threatened | 3.1 | |
| Meliaceae | Lovoa swynnertonii Baker f. | Tree | Near Threatened | 3.1 |
| Pseudobersama mossambicensis (Sim) Verdc. | Tree | Near Threatened | 3.1 | |
| Moraceae | Dorstenia hildebrandtii Engl. var. hildebrandtii | Herb | Near Threatened | 3.1 |
| Dorstenia goetzei Engl. | Herb | Near Threatened | 3.1 | |
| Dorstenia warneckei Engl. | Herb | Near Threatened | 3.1 | |
| Rubiaceae | Coffea pseudozanguebariae Bridson | Shrub | Near Threatened | 3.1 |
| Salicaceae | Bivinia jalbertii Tul. | Tree | Near Threatened | 2.3 |