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Many plant species in protected areas and reserves are endangered and some of them are in the age of extinction. The present study was conducted to relocate listed/targeted threatened species during 2015-2018 from Karnaphuli range in Kaptai reserve forest, Rangamati, Bangladesh. An amalgamation of intersect with centered quadrat method was applied for sampling. This study obtained 25 targeted plants out of 45 from 6 main blocks in the study area. This study also foound that mixed plantation/block comprised with the maximum level of threatened plant species (16 species), followed by Syzygium dominant plantation/block (15 species) and Lagerstroemia dominant community (13 species), while 11 species obtained each from Dipterocarpus dominant vegetation and Swietenia dominant vegetation. Whereas the minimum species was observed in Teak dominant vegetation (9 species). Specific focus ought to maintain environs of those plants with small numbers for additional studies on ecology and ecological needs of those vulnerable/threatened species.