We introduce the database of European vascular plant red lists, a compilation of red list categories designated to taxa during in-country conservation assessments. Version 1.0 of the database is a standalone static dataset with open access in an end-user friendly format. Its aim is to fulfil the objectives of European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action 18201, ConservePlants. The database synthesizes data across 42 red lists from 41 countries, with participation of 39 out of a total of 44 European countries and two additional Mediterranean countries. The database contains 51,109 records representing 21,481 original taxonomic names with 37 different red list categories. During data harmonisation, 20,312 of the original taxonomic names were assigned to 17,873 unique accepted taxonomic names with scientific authorships across 184 families, 1650 genera and 15,593 species; and red list categories were standardised to 13 unique categories. We see this database as a source of information in diverse plant conservation activities and suitable for various stakeholders.

Biology Department Maynooth University Co Kildare W23C2N1 Ireland

Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland Cambridge University Botanic Garden 1 Brookside Cambridge UK

Conservatory and Botanic Garden of the City of Geneva Chemin de l'Impératrice 1 1292 Chambésy Switzerland

Core Facility Botanical Garden University of Vienna Rennweg 14 1030 Vienna Austria

Department of Biodiversity and Ecology Plant Science and Biodiversity Center Slovak Academy of Sciences Institute of Botany Dúbravská cesta 9 SK 845 23 Bratislava Slovak Republic

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences KU Leuven Celestijnenlaan 200E 300 Leuven Belgium

Department of Environmental Sciences Informatics and Statistics Ca' Foscari University of Venice Via Torino 155 1 30172 Venice Italy

Department of Genetics Physiology and Plantations Forest Research Institute Bulgarian Academy of Sciences 132 Kliment Ohridski Blvd Sofia 1756 Bulgaria

Department of Life and Earth Sciences Faculty of Science Saint Joseph University Mar Roukos Dekwaneh B P 1514 Lebanon

Düzce Univeristy Vocational School of Forestry Department of Forestry 81620 Düzce Türkiye

Düzce University Faculty of Forestry Department of Forest Engineering 81620 Düzce Türkiye

Estonian University of Life Sciences Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Kreutzwaldi 5 Tartu 51006 Estonia

Federal Agency for Nature Conservation 2 1 2 Plant Conservation Konstantinstr 110 53179 Bonn Germany

Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles Service général de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche scientifique rue A Lavallée 1 1080 Brussels Belgium

Forest Research Institute Department of Silviculture and Genetics of Forest Trees Sękocin Stary Poland

Institute of Plant Sciences Agricultural Research Organization Volcani Institute Rishon LeZion 7505101 Israel

Laboratory of Biogeography and Ecology Department of Geography University of the Aegean Mytilene 81100 Greece

Landscape and Conservation Ecology Group Institute of Ecology and Botany HUN REN Centre for Ecological Research 2 4 Alkotmány Str Vácrátót H 2163 Hungary

Meise Botanic Garden Nieuwelaan 38 1860 Meise Belgium

Musée national d'histoire naturelle 25 rue Münster L 2160 Luxembourg Luxembourg

Nature Conservation Agency of the Czech Republic Kaplanova 1931 1 148 00 Praha 11 Chodov Czech Republic

Nature Research Centre Institute of Botany Žaliųjų Ežerų 47 12200 Vilnius Lithuania

Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń Department of Ecology and Biogeography Lwowska 1 87 100 Torun Poland

Norwegian Institute for Nature Research Sognsveien 68 NO 0855 Oslo Norway

Plant Ecology and Nature Conservation Group Wageningen University 6700 AA Wageningen The Netherlands

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew Wellcome Trust Millennium Building Wakehurst Ardingly West Sussex RH17 6TN United Kingdom

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Sociedade Portuguesa de Botânica Travessa do Jardim no 3 A dos Potes 2615 018 Alverca do Ribatejo Portugal

Ukrainian Research Institute of Mountain Forestry Department of Ecology and Forest Protection Hrushevskoho 31 76018 Ivano Frankivsk Ukraine

Université libre de Bruxelles Laboratory of Plant Ecology and Biogeochemistry CP 244 Boulevard du Triomphe 1050 Brussels Belgium

University of Bucharest Faculty of Biology Department of Botany and Microbiology Intr Portocalelor 1 3 sector 6 060101 Bucharest Romania

University of Latvia Institute of Biology Laboratory of Botany Kronvalda bulvaris 4 LV 1010 Riga Latvia

University of Malta Department of Biology Msida MSD2080 Malta

University of Primorska Faculty of mathematics natural sciences and information technologies Department of biodiversity Glagoljaška 8 6000 Koper Slovenia

University of Tirana Faculty of Natural Sciences Research Centre of Flora and Fauna Blv Zog 1 25 1 Tirana Albania

Utrecht University Botanic Gardens P O Box 80162 3508 TD Utrecht Netherlands

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