Conservation Challenges for Endemic Vascular Plants: Exploring Large-Scale Patterns in Climate-Driven Distribution and Distinctive Functional Traits.

ABSTRACT: This study addresses global conservation challenges for endemic vascular plants by exploring large-scale distribution patterns and functional traits influencing their resilience, survival, and regeneration under changing environments. We compiled data for 23,981 endemic vascular plant taxa across 173 ISO countries using publicly available resources. The dataset includes conservation assessments, "Native" occurrences, and key functional traits relevant to ex situ conservation (plant life forms, seed dormancy and seed storage behavior). We analyzed climate-driven distribution patterns, trait representation, and their relationships with Red List conservation categories. Alarmingly, 58% of endemic vascular plant taxa are designated as extinct or threatened, three times the rate observed in non

SUBMITTER: Liu U 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12305353 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature