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Conservation Status of the Family Orchidaceae in Spain Based on European, National, and Regional Catalogues of Protected Species

Table 1

The sixteen species included in 2010 Red List of Spanish Vascular Flora (RL) [86] following IUCN threat categories [120]. It is shown if they are included in any regional catalogue (RC) and the threat category within them, as well as if they are included in any other catalogue of protected species.


	Threat category in RL	Regional catalogues (RC) and threat category	Other catalogues

Corallorhiza trifida Châtel.	CR	RC of Aragón (Danger of Extinction) RC of Catalonia (Danger of Extinction)
Cypripedium calceolus L.	EN	RC of Aragón (Danger of Extinction) RC of Catalonia (Danger of Extinction)	CNEA (Danger of Extinction) Law Nat. Her. Biodiv. (Danger of Extinction) Habitats Directive Aragón Recuperation Plan
Dactylorhiza cantabrica H. A. Pedersen	VU
Dactylorhiza insularis (Som.) O. Sánchez & Herrero	LC	RC of Extremadura (Special Interest)
Dactylorhiza sulphurea (Link) Franco	LC	RC of Castilla y León (Preferential Attention)	RL Basque Country (CR) RL Andalusia (DD)
Epipactis phyllanthes G. E. Sm.	VU		RL Basque Country (CR)
Epipogium aphyllum Sw.	CR	RC of Catalonia (Danger of Extinction)
Gymnadenia odoratissima (L.) Rich	DD	RC of Catalonia (Vulnerable) RC of Castilla y León (Preferential Attention)
Himantoglossum metlesicsianum (W. P. Teschner) P. Delforge	EN	RC of Canary Islands (Interest for Canarian Ecosystems)	CNEA (Danger of Extinction)
Nigritella gabasiana Teppner & E. Klein	LC	RC of Catalonia (Vulnerable) RC of Castilla y León (Preferential Attention)	RL Basque Country (CR)
Orchis canariensis Lindl.	VU
Orchis robusta (Steph.) Gölz & H. R. Reinhard	CR
Orchis spitzelii Saut.ex W. D. J. Koch	CR	RC of Catalonia (Danger of Extinction)
Serapias nurrica Corrias	VU	RC of Balearic Islands (Vulnerable)
Serapias occidentalis C. & P. Venhuis	VU
Serapias perez-chiscanoi Acedo	NT	RC of Extremadura (Danger of Extinction)

included in 2000 Red List of Spanish Vascular Flora (VV.AA, 2000) with another threatened category.