A reappraisal of the conservation status of the indigenous New Zealand vascular plant flora is presented using the 2008 version of the threat classification system developed for the New Zealand Department of Conservation. The list comprises 897 taxa (38% of New Zealand's total indigenous vascular flora) in the following categories: Extinct-6 taxa, Threatened-180 taxa (comprising 91 Nationally Critical taxa, 45 Nationally Endangered, and 44 Nationally Vulnerable), At Risk-651 taxa (comprising 83 Declining, 6 Recovering, 20 Relict, and 542 Naturally Uncommon taxa), 25 taxa listed as either Vagrant (12) or Coloniser (13), and 35 as Data Deficient. A further 171 plants are listed as taxonom ically indeterminate, being those which might warrant further conservation attention once their taxonomic status is clarified. Forty-four recognised taxa and 26 plants rated as taxonomically indeterminate, and previously considered to be threatened and/or uncommon, are removed from this updated listing. A brief analysis of the patterns of rarity exhibited by the listed taxa is presented. Overall, the conservation status of the New Zealand indigenous vascular plant flora is worsening, with 7.6% of this flora now regarded as threatened with extinction. A concordance of plants names from the 2004 listing is provided.

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Crassula natans var. minus (Crassulaceae) is recorded for the first time from New Zealand, in the northern North Island at Lake Waiporohita, Karikari Peninsula. Native to southern Africa, this Crassula was previously known from Australasia only as a naturalized plant of Australia. Its discovery in the shoreline turf communities at Lake Waiporohita in mid November 2010 is regarded as a recent, natural dispersal event from Australia. Although Crassula natans var. minus has almost certainly naturally dispersed to New Zealand from Australia, it is regarded as naturalized to New Zealand rather than indigenous. A description of Crassula natans var. minus based on New Zealand specimens is provided.