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Top 9 endangered plant species

Competition for habitat or illegal exploitation of trees is the reason why 9 rare plant species such as underground orchids and "suicidal" palms have decreased sharply and are at risk of extinction.

1. Nepenthes attenboroughii

The pitcher plant (scientific name is Nepenthes attenboroughii) only lives in Mount Victoria, Palawan province, Philippines. This is a carnivorous plant that traps prey with liquid in a kettle-like part. The Attenborough is one of the largest pitcher species, with the "kettle" part about 30 cm high. It was discovered in 2007 and named after naturalist David Attenborough. There are currently only about 200 trees left.

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2. Tahina spectabilis

The suicide palm (scientific name: Tahina spectabilis), is a large palm species found only in the desolate areas of northwestern Madagascar. They live about 50 years, bloom only once and die after that. This tree was discovered in 2005 and officially described in 2008. The tree has a trunk 18 m high and fan-shaped foliage up to 5 m wide, so it can be seen from Google Earth satellite images. According to statistics, there are currently only about 90 trees left in the wild.
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3. Rhizanthella gardneri

Rhizanthella gardneri is the scientific name of a plant in the Orchid family, characterized by only living underground. They even bloom underground, usually around late May and early June. Orchids range in color from milky white to red, and have a strong fragrance. Orchids only live in shrublands in western Australia. Because they lack chlorophyll, they cannot harvest energy from the Sun but instead parasitize fungi that grow on the roots of a plant. According to scientists, there are currently less than 50 of these orchids left.
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4. Mammillaria herrerae

The cactus has the scientific name Mammillaria herrerae and only lives in the mountains of Queretaro, Mexico. They are white and shaped like golf balls and have pink flowers. Illegal tree collection is the reason the number of trees has decreased by more than 95% in the past 20 years.
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5. Encephalartos hirsutus

Venda cycad (scientific name: Encephalartos hirsutus) lives only in the Limpopo province of South Africa. They were first described and considered new in 1996. Like "golf ball" cacti, the number of these plants decreased sharply when people tended to use them for decorative purposes. According to the BBC, unconfirmed reports say the Venda cycad is extinct in the wild.
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6. Medusagyne oppositifolia

The jellyfish plant (scientific name: Medusagyne oppositifolia) lives on the island of Mahe, Republic of Seychelles in the Indian Ocean, and was thought to be extinct until it was rediscovered in the 1970s. The name of this plant comes from The fruit's shape resembles a jellyfish when it blooms. There are currently only about 86 mature trees left in the natural world.

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7. Acacia anegadensis

Poke-me-boy, scientific name Acacia anegadensis, is a thorny shrub found only on the islands of the British Virgin Islands in the Caribbean. This is a lowland area so trees can be flooded when sea levels rise. Experts are currently unable to determine the population status, but the tree only appears in areas smaller than 10 square kilometers. To give this species a chance to survive, researchers planted a number of mature trees in the JR O'Neal Botanical Garden in Tortola and the Royal Botanic Garden in England.
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8. Anogramma ascensionis

Ascension Island fern (scientific name: Anogramma ascensionis) is shaped like small parsley plants, lives on Ascension Island, in the south Atlantic Ocean, growing on precarious cliffs, in dry and harsh conditions. For more than 50 years, this tree was thought to be extinct but was rediscovered in 2009, with only about 40 mature trees remaining in the wild.
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9. Erythrina schliebenii

The coral tree (scientific name: Erythrina schliebenii) has bright red flowers and thorny stems, living only in remote forests in southeastern Tanzania. They were declared extinct in 1998 and reappeared in 2001 in a small patch of forest. Many people feared they were extinct due to the forest being cleared for biofuel development, until they discovered they still existed in 2011. There are currently less than 50 trees living in a single location and unprotected.
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