Table 3. Conservation status assessments and listing in international protection catalogues for the tree species of Mexico.
Values represent number of species and, in brackets, their percentage respect to the total.
| The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™(IUCN, 2019) | NORMA Oficial Mexicana NOM-059 (Semarnat, 2010) | Checklist of CITES species (UNEP-WCMC, 2019) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| CR = 12 (0.42) | P = 13 (0.48) | Annex I = 3 (0.10) | |
| EN = 113 (3.92) | A = 31 (1.07) | Annex II = 93 (3.20) | |
| VU = 124 (4.31) | Pr = 29 (1.01) | Annex II/NC = 1 (0.03) | |
| NT = 27 (0.93) | Annex III = 1 (0.03) | ||
| LC = 643 (22.29) | |||
| DD = 21 (0.73) | |||
| LR/cd = 3 (0.10)* | |||
| LR/nt = 4 (0.14)* | |||
| LR/lc = 17 (0.59)* |
Notes.
- CR
- Critically Endangered
- EN
- Endangered
- VU
- Vulnerable
- NT
- Not Threatened
- LC
- Least Concern
- DD
- Data Deficient
- LR/cd
- Lower Risk:Conservation Dependent
- LR/nt
- Lower Risk
- LR/lc
- Lower Risk:Least Concern
In bold the IUCN categories used to define a species as “threatened”.
*
IUCN categories according to the criteria version 2.3 (IUCN, 1994).
P, “En peligro de extinción”, i.e., at the brink of extinction; A, “Amenazadas”, i.e., threatened; and Pr, “Sujetas a proteccóin especial”, i.e., to be subjected to special protection.