全球植物种类正快速消失，生物多样性的维系面临巨大挑战。中国作为全球生物多样性最丰富的国家之一，正面对大量植物濒临灭绝的严峻现实，因此，加强植物种质资源保护，维护现有植物的多样性具有重要意义，特别是濒危植物的保护显得刻不容缓。作者阐述了濒危植物的定义与等级划分，中国濒危植物资源现状及特征，并深入讨论了濒危植物致濒原因及濒危植物保护对策。

Plant species are being extincted at rapid speed. Biodiversity conservation is facing tremendous challenges in our Earth. China, one of the richest countries in biodiversity, is facing the hard facts that a large number of plants are being endangered. So it is very important to strengthen the conversation of these plant resources and maintain their diversity. In this paper, we summarized scientifically the concept and class definition, status and the characteristics of these endangered plant resources in China. We also analyzed the factors leading to plants endangered and discussed the conservation strategies of endangered plants.