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Egypt

Africa · Northern Africa

Total Species
210
Threatened
2
CR + EN + VU
Population
102334403
Area
1002450 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 30
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 73
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 132
Animalia 77
Chromista 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Egypt

orange cup coral

Tubastraea coccinea

Not Evaluated

Brown Shrimp

Penaeus aztecus

Not Evaluated

Divided Tunicate

Styela canopus

Not Evaluated

Ascidian

Symplegma brakenhielmi

Not Evaluated

Red-throated ascidian

Herdmania momus

Not Evaluated

hirsutus mealybug

Maconellicoccus hirsutus

Not Evaluated

black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Not Evaluated

Tube-building worm

Hydroides dirampha

Not Evaluated

spiny hands

Charybdis hellerii

Not Evaluated

Natal rock oyster

Saccostrea cuccullata

Not Evaluated

Savigny's brittle star

Ophiactis savignyi

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

Prostrate knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Puncturevine

Tribulus terrestris

Not Evaluated

Green bristlegrass

Setaria viridis

Near Threatened

Bristle Pigeon Grass

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Not Evaluated

Common Crabgrass

Digitaria ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Spiny Cocklebur

Xanthium spinosum

Not Evaluated

Burweed

Xanthium strumarium

Not Evaluated

Field sowthistle

Sonchus arvensis

Least Concern

Hairy beggarticks

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Redroot amaranth

Amaranthus retroflexus

Not Evaluated

Slender amaranth

Amaranthus viridis

Not Evaluated

Green Amaranth

Amaranthus hybridus

Not Evaluated

Sessile joyweed

Alternanthera sessilis

Least Concern

Bermuda buttercup

Oxalis pes-caprae

Not Evaluated

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

Abele

Populus alba

Not Evaluated

Chinaberrytree

Melia azedarach

Not Evaluated

Indian lilac

Azadirachta indica

Not Evaluated

Bermuda Thistle

Argemone mexicana

Not Evaluated

Camphortree

Cinnamomum camphora

Not Evaluated

Canadian waterweed

Elodea canadensis

Not Evaluated

Orange wattle

Acacia saligna

Not Evaluated

Septicweed

Senna occidentalis

Least Concern

Woman's tongue

Albizia lebbeck

Not Evaluated

Tall albizia

Albizia procera

Least Concern

Common Thorn-Apple

Datura stramonium

Not Evaluated

Glaucous-Leaf Tobacco

Nicotiana glauca

Not Evaluated

Cutleaf groundcherry

Physalis angulata

Least Concern

Peruvian groundcherry

Physalis peruviana

Not Evaluated

Broadleaved pepperweed

Lepidium latifolium

Least Concern

Jointed Charlock

Raphanus raphanistrum

Least Concern

Chickweed

Stellaria media

Not Evaluated

Water fern

Azolla filiculoides

Not Evaluated

Cattail

Typha angustifolia

Least Concern

Mulberry

Morus alba

Not Evaluated

Barbary fig

Opuntia ficus-indica

Not Evaluated

Littleseed canarygrass

Phalaris minor

Not Evaluated

Poverty brome

Bromus sterilis

Least Concern

Yellow Star-thistle

Centaurea solstitialis

Not Evaluated

Santa maria feverfew

Parthenium hysterophorus

Not Evaluated

Guernsey Pigweed

Amaranthus blitum

Least Concern

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Swamp morning-glory

Ipomoea aquatica

Least Concern

Tape grass

Vallisneria spiralis

Least Concern

Jerusalem thorn

Parkinsonia aculeata

Least Concern

Awned Canary-grass

Phalaris paradoxa

Not Evaluated

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