A dataset containing global extinction risk assessments for all assessed angiosperm species. Sourced from the IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants using the rredlist package. Last updated with version 2021-1 of the IUCN Red List.

angiosperm_assessments

Format

A data frame with 53,542 rows and 4 variables:

taxonid

IUCN Red List unique ID for the taxon

scientific_name

The scientific name of the taxon

taxonomic_authority

The taxonomic authority of the taxon name

category

The IUCN Red List assessment category

References

Scott Chamberlain (2020). rredlist: 'IUCN' Red List Client. R package version 0.7.0. https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=rredlist

IUCN 2021. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2020-3. https://www.iucnredlist.org