Check-List and Red List of the Pteridophytes of Luxembourg

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Introduction

The Red List of the pteridophytes of Luxembourg applies the revised IUCN Red List categories [IUCN (2001). – IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria: Version 3.1. IUCN Species Survival Commission. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK. ii + 30 pp.] at a national level [IUCN (2012). Guidelines for Application of IUCN Red List Criteria at Regional and National Levels: Version 4.0. Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK: IUCN. iii + 41pp.]. An initial version was integrated in the Red List of the vascular plants of Luxembourg – Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta (Colling, G., 2005. – Red List of Vascular Plants of Luxembourg. – Ferrantia 42: 77 pp. [3.5 MB]).

The checklist of pteridophytes, on which the Red List is based, contains 64 plant taxa. Out of these, 14.1 % are considered to be Regionally Extinct (RE), 4.7 % Critically Endangered (CR), 6.3 % Endangered (EN), 6.3 % Vulnerable (VU), 7.8 % of Lower risk – least concern (LRlc) and 28.1 % Extremely Rare (R). 32.8 % of all pteridophyte taxa are considered of being not threatened (*).

Red List categories applied for Luxembourg

Revised IUCN-categories (2001) Applied categories for Luxembourg
EW – extinct in the wild EW – extinct in the wild
RE – regionally extinct RE – regionally extinct
CR – critical CR – critical
EN – endangered EN – endangered
VU – vulnerable VU – vulnerable
LRcd – lower risk conservation dependent
LRnt – lower risk near threatened NT – near threatened
LRlc – lower risk least concern LC – least concern
R – extremely rare R – extremely rare
Not threatened * (not threatened)
DD – data deficient DD – data deficient
NE – not evaluated

Status

N – Native  
EA – Established Alien  

Check-List and Red List of the Pteridophytes of Luxembourg

Y. Krippel 2023

Class Family Species Threat Status
Lycopodiopsida Lycopodiaceae Diphasiastrum complanatum (L.) Holub RE N
Lycopodiopsida Lycopodiaceae Diphasiastrum tristachyum (Pursh) Holub RE N
Lycopodiopsida Lycopodiaceae Huperzia selago (L.) Bernh. ex Schrank et Mart. RE N
Lycopodiopsida Lycopodiaceae Lycopodiella inundata (L.) Holub RE N
Lycopodiopsida Lycopodiaceae Lycopodium annotinum L. R N
Lycopodiopsida Lycopodiaceae Lycopodium clavatum L. CR N
Polypodiopsida Equisetaceae Equisetum arvense L. * N
Polypodiopsida Equisetaceae Equisetum fluviatile L. * N
Polypodiopsida Equisetaceae Equisetum hyemale L. * N
Polypodiopsida Equisetaceae Equisetum palustre L. * N
Polypodiopsida Equisetaceae Equisetum sylvaticum L. * N
Polypodiopsida Equisetaceae Equisetum telmateia Ehrh. NT N
Polypodiopsida Equisetaceae Equisetum × litorale Kühl. ex Rupr. R N
Polypodiopsida Equisetaceae Equisetum × moorei Newman R (DD) N
Polypodiopsida Adiantaceae Cryptogramma crispa (L.) R. Brown ex Hook. RE N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium adiantum-nigrum L. * N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium fontanum (L.) Bernh. RE N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium obovatum subsp. billotii (F.W. Schultz) Kerguélen RE N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium ruta-muraria L. * N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium scolopendrium L. LC N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium septentrionale (L.) Hoffmann LC N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium trichomanes L. subsp. pachyrachis (Christ) Lovis & Reichstein LC N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium trichomanes L. subsp. quadrivalens D.E. Mey. * N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium trichomanes L. subsp. trichomanes * N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium trichomanes L. nothossp. staufferi Lovis & Reichstein R N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium viride Huds. RE N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium × alternifolium Wulfen R N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Asplenium × murbeckii Dörfler R N
Polypodiopsida Aspleniaceae Ceterach officinarum Willd. VU N
Polypodiopsida Blechnaceae Blechnum spicant (L.) Roth VU N
Polypodiopsida Dennstaedtiaceae Pteridium aquilinum (L.) Kuhn * N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Cyrtomium fortunei J. Smith R EA
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenkins subsp. affinis R N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenkins subsp. borreri (Newmann) Fraser-Jenkins VU N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenkins subsp. cambrensis Fraser-Jenkins R N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris affinis (Lowe) Fraser-Jenkins subsp. pseudodisjuncta (Tavel ex Fraser-Jenkins) Fraser-Jenkins R (DD) N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris × complexa Fraser-Jenkins R N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris × critica Fraser-Jenkins R N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris carthusiana (Vill.) H. P. Fuchs * N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris cristata (L.) A. Gray RE N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris dilatata (Hoffm.) A. Gray * N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott * N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Polystichum aculeatum (L.) Roth LC N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Polystichum lonchitis (L.) Roth EN N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Polystichum setiferum (Forssk.) Woynar R N
Polypodiopsida Dryopteridaceae Polystichum × bicknellii (Christ) Hahne R N
Polypodiopsida Hymenophyllaceae Hymenophyllum tunbrigense (L.) Smith EN N
Polypodiopsida Hymenophyllaceae Trichomanes speciosum Willd. LC N
Polypodiopsida Onocleaceae Matteuccia struthiopteris (L.) Tod. R EA
Polypodiopsida Ophioglossaceae Botrychium lunaria (L.) Swartz EN N
Polypodiopsida Ophioglossaceae Ophioglossum vulgatum L. EN N
Polypodiopsida Osmundaceae Osmunda regalis L. CR N
Polypodiopsida Polypodiaceae Polypodium interjectum Shivas * N
Polypodiopsida Polypodiaceae Polypodium vulgare L. * N
Polypodiopsida Polypodiaceae Polypodium × mantoniae Rothm. R N
Polypodiopsida Pteridaceae Adiantum aleuticum (Rupr.) C.A.Paris R EA
Polypodiopsida Salviniaceae Azolla filiculoides Lam. R EA
Polypodiopsida Thelypteridaceae Oreopteris limbosperma (Bellardi ex All.) Holub VU N
Polypodiopsida Thelypteridaceae Phegopteris connectilis (Michaux) Watt * N
Polypodiopsida Thelypteridaceae Thelypteris palustris Schott CR N
Polypodiopsida Woodsiaceae Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth * N
Polypodiopsida Woodsiaceae Cystopteris fragilis (L.) Bernh. * N
Polypodiopsida Woodsiaceae Gymnocarpium dryopteris (L.) Newm. * N
Polypodiopsida Woodsiaceae Gymnocarpium robertianum (Hoffmann) Newm. * N

Yves Krippel 08/2023