Summary of the number of tree taxa assessed according to the 1994 IUCN threat categories for inclusion in The World List of Threatened Trees.

Globally threatened tree taxa
1994 IUCN Threat Category	Number of trees
Extinct	77
Extinct in the wild	18
Critically Endangered	976
Endangered	1,319
Vulnerable	3,609
Lower Risk: near threatened	752
Lower Risk: conservation dependent	262
Data Deficient	375
Sub Total	7,388
Lower Risk: least concern	1,971
Not evaluated	732
Total number of species reviewed	10,091
Globally threatened Australian tree taxa Available here as a Word 97 file	141
Globally threatened Japanese tree taxa Available here as a Word 97 file	202
Additional globally threatened taxa - old IUCN threat categories Available here as a Word 97 file	1,022
Total number of globally threatened tree taxa	8,753

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