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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Abies firma Siebold & Zucc.

Japanese fir

Pinaceae 15 13 Observations

Abies homolepis Siebold & Zucc.

Nikko fir

Pinaceae 21 8 Observations

Abies sachalinensis (F.Schmidt) Mast.

Hokkaido fir

Pinaceae 4 2 Observations

Abies veitchii Lindl.

Veitch fir

Pinaceae 17 6 Observations

Abutilon theophrasti Medik.

Velvetleaf

Malvaceae 1,813 1,415 Observations

Acalypha australis L.

Asian copperleaf

Euphorbiaceae 13 11 Observations

Acer carpinifolium Siebold & Zucc.

Hornbeam maple

Sapindaceae 20 13 Observations

Acer cissifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) K.Koch

Japanese box-elder

Sapindaceae 34 18 Observations

Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc.

Hawthorn maple

Sapindaceae 1 1 Observation

Acer diabolicum Blume ex K.Koch

Devil's maple

Sapindaceae 18 6 Observations

Acer distylum Siebold & Zucc.

Lime-Leaved Maple

Sapindaceae 10 4 Observations

Acer japonicum Thunb.

Japanese maple

Sapindaceae 757 629 Observations

Acer maximowiczianum Miq.

Nikko maple

Sapindaceae 7 4 Observations

Acer micranthum Siebold & Zucc.

Small-leaved-maple

Sapindaceae 10 6 Observations

Acer miyabei Maxim.

Miyabe's maple

Sapindaceae 5 3 Observations

Acer nipponicum H.Hara

Nippon maple

Sapindaceae 9 6 Observations

Acer palmatum Thunb.

Japanese maple

Sapindaceae 7,961 6,776 Observations

Acer pictum Thunb.

The Painted Maple

Sapindaceae 13 7 Observations

Acer rufinerve Siebold & Zucc.

Grey-bud snakebark maple

Sapindaceae 26 12 Observations

Acer shirasawanum Koidz.

Shirasawa's maple

Sapindaceae 26 15 Observations

Acer sieboldianum Miq.

Siebold's maple

Sapindaceae 8 2 Observations

Acer truncatum Bunge

Shantung maple

Sapindaceae 36 17 Observations

Achillea alpina L.

Chinese yarrow

Asteraceae 3 2 Observations

Achillea millefolium L.

Common yarrow

Asteraceae 21,089 17,889 Observations

Achyranthes bidentata Blume

Nui Xi

Amaranthaceae 3 3 Observations

Acorus calamus L.

Calamus

Acoraceae 318 269 Observations

Acorus gramineus Aiton

Grassleaf sweet flag

Acoraceae 33 29 Observations

Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd.

Red baneberry

Ranunculaceae 476 418 Observations

Actaea simplex (DC.) Wormsk. ex Prantl

 

Ranunculaceae 5 5 Observations

Actinidia arguta (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq.

Baby kiwi

Actinidiaceae 109 81 Observations

Adenocaulon himalaicum Edgew.

 

Asteraceae 3 1 Observation

Adiantum capillus-veneris L.

Maidenhair fern

Pteridaceae 2,181 1,884 Observations

Adiantum diaphanum Blume

 

Pteridaceae 18 18 Observations

Adiantum edgeworthii Hook.

 

Pteridaceae 4 1 Observation

Adiantum pedatum L.

Northern maidenhair

Pteridaceae 380 358 Observations

Adonis amurensis Regel & Radde

Amur adonis

Ranunculaceae 3 1 Observation

Adoxa moschatellina L.

Moschatel

Viburnaceae 462 336 Observations

Aeginetia indica L.

Aankuri Bankuri

Orobanchaceae 14 2 Observations

Aeginetia sinensis Beck

 

Orobanchaceae 4 2 Observations

Aegopodium alpestre Ledeb.

 

Apiaceae 3 1 Observation

Aeschynomene indica L.

Curly-indigo

Fabaceae 17 11 Observations

Aesculus turbinata Blume

Japanese horse-chestnut

Sapindaceae 18 8 Observations

Agastache rugosa (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Kuntze

Chinese giant-hyssop

Lamiaceae 119 73 Observations

Agrimonia pilosa Ledeb.

 

Rosaceae 7 5 Observations

Agrostemma githago L.

Corn cockle

Caryophyllaceae 2,396 1,993 Observations

Agrostis canina L.

Velvet bent

Poaceae 39 23 Observations

Agrostis gigantea Roth

Redtop

Poaceae 71 51 Observations

Agrostis mertensii Trin.

Northern bent

Poaceae 10 9 Observations

Agrostis stolonifera L.

Spreading bent

Poaceae 276 172 Observations

Agrostis vinealis Schreb.

Brown bent

Poaceae 12 9 Observations

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