
List of Threatened (Critically Endangered) Species of Plants in the Philippines
Scientific name
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Common name(s)
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Local name(s)
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Distribution
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| Alocasia atropurpurea | Endemic to Luzon highlands | ||
| Alocasia sanderiana | Sander's Alocasia, Kris plant | Endemic to Bukidnon, Catanduanes and Misamis Occidental, Philippines. Cultivated as an ornamental. | |
| Alocasia sinuata | Endemic to Samar | ||
| Amesiella monticola | Endemic to Luzon | ||
| Ascoglossum calopterum | Endemic to Dinagat Island | ||
| Ceratocentron fesselii | Endemic to Nueva Ecija | ||
| Cryptocarya elliptifolia | Found to Lanyu Island in Taiwan, unknown status in the Philippines | ||
| Cycas curranii | Curran's Pitogo | Endemic to Palawan and Mindoro | |
| Cycas wadei | Wade’s Pitogo | Endemic to Culion Island | |
| Cycas zambalensis | Endemic to Zambales | ||
| Dendrobium schuetzei | Endemic to Northeastern Mindanao | ||
| Dipterocarpus eurynchus | Native to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines | ||
| Dipterocarpus gracilis | Native to South Asia and Southeast Asia | ||
| Dipterocarpus grandiflorus | Apitong | Possibly extinct. New sightings in Catanduanes' Gigmoto Forest reserve has to be confirmed. Native to South Asia and Southeast Asia | |
| Dipterocarpus hasseltii | Native to Southeast Asia | ||
| Dipterocarpus kerrii | Native to South Asia and Southeast Asia | ||
| Dipterocarpus kunstleri | Native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines | ||
| Dipterocarpus validus | Native to Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines | ||
| Gastrochilus calceolaris | Endemic to Benguet | ||
| Gongrospermum philippinense | Endemic to Luzon | ||
| Guioa palawanica | Endemic to Palawan | ||
| Guioa parvifoliola | Endemic to Ilocos Norte | ||
| Guioa reticulata | Endemic to Luzon. No reported collections since the 1960s-1970s | ||
| Hopea acuminata | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Hopea basilanica | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Hopea brachyptera | Endemic to the Mindanao | ||
| Hopea cagayanensis | Endemic to northeast Luzon | ||
| Hopea malibato | Dalingdingan | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Hopea mindanensis | Possibly already extinct. Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Hopea philippinensis | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Hopea plagata | Saplungan, Yakal saplungan | Native to Malaysia, and the Philippines | |
| Hopea quisumbingiana | Endemic to the Samar | ||
| Hopea samarensis | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Kibatalia longifolia | Malapasnit | Endemic to Davao | |
| Paphiopedilum adductum | Endemic to the Mindanao | ||
| Paphiopedilum fowliei | Endemic to the Palawan | ||
| Paphiopedilum urbanianum | Endemic to the Mindoro | ||
| Parashorea malaanonan | White lauan, white seraya | Apnit, Bagtikan | Native to Brunei Darussalam, Malaysia, and the Philippines |
| Phalaenopsis micholitzii | Endemic to Camarines Sur and Zamboanga | ||
| Podocarpus palawanensis | Endemic to Pagdanan Range of Palawan | ||
| Rafflesia magnifica | Endemic to Mt. Candalaga, Compostela Valley of Mindanao | ||
| Shorea almon | Light red meranti, Philippine mahogany (U.S. timber trade), white lauan | Almon | Native to Malaysia, and the Philippines |
| Shorea astylosa | Yakal | Endemic to Catanduanes and other Philippine islands | |
| Shorea contorta | White lauan | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Shorea falciferoides | Yakal yamban | Native to Indonesia and the Philippines | |
| Shorea guiso | Hasselt’s guijo, red balau | Native to Southeast Asia | |
| Shorea hopeifolia | Yellow meranti | Native to Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines | |
| Shorea malibato | Endemic to the Philippines | ||
| Shorea negrosensis | Red lauan | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Shorea palosapis | Philippine mahogany (U.S. timber trade), white lauan | Mayapis | Endemic to the Philippines |
| Shorea polysperma | Tangile | Endemic to the Philippines | |
| Shorea seminis | Native to Malaysia, and the Philippines | ||
| Tectona philippinensis | Philippine teak | Endemic to Luzon and Iling Island | |
| Vatica elliptica | Considered to be very close to extinction. Endemic to Mt. Kaladis, Zamboanga del Sur | ||
| Vatica pachyphylla | Endemic to eastern Luzon and Polillo Island |
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