Question

Critically endangered plant species of India is
A. 113
B. 87
C. 44
D. 73

Answer 1

Hint: Plants, animals and fungi are the species which are vulnerable to endangerment in the future known as the name threatened species, and IUCN is the authority on the threatened species as a depending on the degree relatives to which they are threatened. And therefore 44 species that are categorized by three groups of plants are critically endangered in India.

Complete answer:
The category critically endangered correspondence to the greatest risk among the classification of threatened species. In India 300+ animals fall under the category of endangered, while 60+ critically endangered plants, 140+ plants fall under the category of endangered and 70+ critically endangered animal’s species in India. They include the fishes, amphibians, mammals, reptiles and birds’, and so on.
Red list to wild species assigned by International Union for Conservation of Nature and five quantitative criteria to determine whether a taxon is threatened. The best available of endangered taxon indicates that it meets any of the following criteria.
Population decreased and declined by greater than 80% over the past 10 years and restricted geographical range.
And continuing to decline 25% in 3 year because of the small population size in 3 years or one generation.
Restricted population of fewer than 50 mature individuals and high probability of extinction in the wild.

Therefore the correct option is (C).

Note: For example Ailurus fulgens is the species facing a high risk of extinction in the near future due to the decrease in its habitat. The three crocodile’s native to India known by the name gharial and population declined drastically in the past 70 years that are listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.