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Turkey

Asia · Western Asia

Total Species
562
Threatened
14
CR + EN + VU
Population
84339067
Area
783562 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 4
Vulnerable 8
Near Threatened 8
Least Concern 81
Data Deficient 3
Not Evaluated 241
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 401
Animalia 155
Chromista 6

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Turkey

Abu Rokba

Echinochloa colonum

Least Concern

ābu el-num

Papaver somniferum

Not Evaluated

ābu rokba

Digitaria sanguinalis

Not Evaluated

Arz atlassi

Cedrus atlantica

Endangered

barbir

Portulaca oleracea

Not Evaluated

basal

Allium cepa

Not Evaluated

Basternâk Afriqyeh

Taeniura grabata

Not Evaluated

dadh

Amaranthus graecizans

Not Evaluated

Dálek

Cordia myxa

Least Concern

datura

Datura innoxia

Not Evaluated

denieba

Echinochloa crus-galli

Not Evaluated

ful sudane

Arachis hypogaea

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

hashishat al-gabal

Erigeron bonariensis

Not Evaluated

Hasir

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

'inab al-deeb

Solanum villosum

Not Evaluated

kef alemhena

Amaranthus caudatus

Not Evaluated

kettan

Linum usitatissimum

Not Evaluated

kharwa'a

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

laban el-homara

Euphorbia heterophylla

Not Evaluated

mintina

Dysphania ambrosioides

Not Evaluated

moddeid

Paspalum distichum

Least Concern

nageil

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

nakhl

Phoenix dactylifera

Not Evaluated

qasab el-sokkar

Saccharum officinarum

Not Evaluated

reihan

Ocimum basilicum

Not Evaluated

rozz

Oryza sativa

Not Evaluated

rukab al-gamal

Chenopodium album

Least Concern

Safarjal

Cydonia oblonga

Not Evaluated

sheb al-leil

Mirabilis jalapa

Least Concern

shofan

Avena sativa

Not Evaluated

teel sheitani

Hibiscus trionum

Not Evaluated

tert

Morus nigra

Not Evaluated

thoum

Allium sativum

Not Evaluated

Zoo El-Alf Waraka

Myriophyllum spicatum

Least Concern

الحمامة الضاحكة, الدبسي, الدبسية

Spilopelia senegalensis

Not Evaluated

الخرينيبة

Prosopis farcta

Least Concern

European oyster drill

Ocenebra erinaceus

Not Evaluated

Asian rapa whelk

Rapana venosa

Not Evaluated

Common Sea Star

Asterias rubens

Least Concern

White Plume Moth

Pterophorus pentadactyla

Least Concern

Eight-toothed Spruce Bark Beetle

Ips typographus

Least Concern

bignose shark

Carcharhinus altimus

Near Threatened

Large-Neck Clam

Mya arenaria

Vulnerable

Black Vine Weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Least Concern

Weevil

Polydrusus cervinus

Least Concern

Weevil

Liophloeus tessulatus

Least Concern

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Dusky Plume

Oidaematophorus lithodactyla

Endangered

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

Rose Plume

Cnaemidophorus rhododactyla

Least Concern

Citrus Longhorned Beetle

Anoplophora chinensis

Not Evaluated

Asian Tiger Mosquito

Aedes albopictus

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Evacanthus interruptus

Least Concern

bramble leafhopper

Ribautiana tenerrima

Data Deficient

American Comb Jelly

Mnemiopsis leidyi

Not Evaluated

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