Assessing extinction risk across the geographic ranges of plant species in Europe

Societal Impact Statement Plants play fundamental roles in ecosystems, yet merely 10% of species have an assessment their global extinction risk. Through the integration national Red Lists and comprehensive plant distribution data, we identify previously unassessed Europe that are threatened throughout geographic range thus at risk extinction. Our workflow can be replicated to facilitate disparate monitoring efforts around world help accelerate assessments. Summary A for is a biodiversity target. However, currently, only diversity assessed List Threatened Species. To guide conservation restoration actions times accelerated extinction, assessments must expedited. Here, examine vascular through two data streams: (1) (2) from Kew's World Online database. For each listed on List, create list countries form part its indicate threat status these countries, allowing us calculate percentage which given as threatened. We find 7% 9% European entire range, majority single‐country endemics. Of globally species, 84% currently no List. With increasing commitments shaping post‐2020 policy environment, anticipate integrating with scalable plants.