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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