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Madagascar

Africa · Eastern Africa

Total Species
559
Threatened
4
CR + EN + VU
Population
27691019
Area
587041 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Vulnerable 3
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 158
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 337
Extinct 6

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 529
Animalia 30

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Madagascar

Abu Rokba

Echinochloa colonum

Least Concern

Adjir

Cyperus difformis

Least Concern

Al qit

Felis silvestris

Critically Endangered

ashkhar

Calotropis procera

Not Evaluated

barbir

Portulaca oleracea

Not Evaluated

borgoman

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

bous

Phragmites australis

Least Concern

Bous El-Gazaier

Saccharum spontaneum

Least Concern

Damsisa

Ambrosia maritima

Not Evaluated

datura

Datura innoxia

Not Evaluated

denieba

Echinochloa crus-galli

Not Evaluated

Ghaab

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

Habb El-'Aziz

Cyperus esculentus

Not Evaluated

hamd

Oxalis corniculata

Least Concern

hamool

Cuscuta campestris

Not Evaluated

handhal

Citrullus colocynthis

Not Evaluated

Hashish el-faras

Sorghum arundinaceum

Least Concern

Hasir

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

Hinná

Lawsonia inermis

Least Concern

kees ar rai

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Not Evaluated

kharwa'a

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

laban el-homara

Euphorbia heterophylla

Not Evaluated

labeinah

Euphorbia hirta

Not Evaluated

lisan al-hamal

Plantago major

Least Concern

Masadate

Eclipta prostrata

Not Evaluated

meloukhia

Corchorus olitorius

Not Evaluated

mintina

Dysphania ambrosioides

Not Evaluated

moddeid

Paspalum distichum

Least Concern

nabaq

Ziziphus mauritiana

Least Concern

na'eem

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

na'eem el-saleeb

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

nafal

Medicago polymorpha

Not Evaluated

nageil

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

Nseila

Panicum repens

Least Concern

qasab el-sokkar

Saccharum officinarum

Not Evaluated

reihan

Ocimum basilicum

Not Evaluated

rozz

Oryza sativa

Not Evaluated

rukab al-gamal

Chenopodium album

Least Concern

saisaban

Sesbania sesban

Not Evaluated

sheb al-leil

Mirabilis jalapa

Least Concern

shewk al'eqerb

Solanum incanum

Least Concern

Shillakh

Leersia hexandra

Not Evaluated

shofan

Avena sativa

Not Evaluated

theel

Cynodon dactylon

Least Concern

umm al laban

Sonchus asper

Least Concern

Waraqa

Potamogeton nodosus

Near Threatened

الدوري البلدي, العصفور الدوري

Passer domesticus

Least Concern

خَفَج شائع

Lapsana communis

Least Concern

لِبَّيْـن

Sonchus oleraceus

Least Concern

هِنْدَبا بَرِّيَّة

Cichorium intybus

Least Concern

Bristle Pigeon Grass

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Setaria

Setaria italica

Not Evaluated

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Ageratum

Ageratum houstonianum

Not Evaluated

Annual canarygrass

Phalaris canariensis

Not Evaluated

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

Not Evaluated

Reed canarygrass

Phalaris arundinacea

Least Concern

Sour orange

Citrus aurantium

Not Evaluated

Citron

Citrus medica

Least Concern

Common Sunda Toad

Duttaphrynus melanostictus

Least Concern

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