European Red List of lycopods and ferns
2017
Bento Elias, R. |
Christenhusz, M.J.M. |
Dyer, R. A. |
García Criado, M. |
Ivanenko, Y. |
Ivanova, D. |
Lansdown, R. V. |
Molina, J.A. |
Nieto, A. |
Rouhan, G. |
Rumsey, F. |
Troia, A. |
Väre, H. |
Vrba, J. |
In recent years, awareness has risen surrounding the crucial role of plants in providing ecosystem services and on their decline – they are one of the essential foundations of healthy ecosystems that we depend on. However, significant gaps in knowledge still remain. In this context, the European Red List of lycopods and ferns provides the first ever comprehensive assessment of the extinction risk of all native lycopod and fern species to Europe.