Table 9.12 - International, national and regional threatened plant lists and programmes

Source: EEA-TF

 World Europe European
Union
Germany Lower
Saxony 1
Osnabrück 2
Total number of plant species 250 000 12 500 6500 2728 2135 993
Threatened plant species (IUCN, local governments) 18 694 2200 1200 664 767 404
Berne Convention plant species ­ 523 499 (25) (7) (2)
FFH-directive plant species (Annex IV) ­ ­ 173 (?) (?) (?)
CORINE handbook plant species ­ ­ 725 (40?) (?) (?)
Rural wild-flower programme ­ ­ ­ ­ 262 (?)

1 Federal state of Lower Saxony
2 Community of Osnabrück in Lower Saxony
- estimate
(?) not known