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Venezuela

South America · South America

Total Species
2391
Threatened
237
CR + EN + VU
Population
28435943
Area
916445 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 45
Endangered 80
Vulnerable 112
Near Threatened 114
Least Concern 1690
Data Deficient 107
Not Evaluated 188
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2170
Plantae 217
Chromista 2
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Venezuela

Reed canarygrass

Phalaris arundinacea

Least Concern

Knotroot Bristle Grass

Setaria parviflora

Not Evaluated

Bristle Pigeon Grass

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

Broomcorn

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

Aleppo Grass

Sorghum halepense

Not Evaluated

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Not Evaluated

Job's tears

Coix lacryma-jobi

Least Concern

Mouse barley

Hordeum murinum

Least Concern

Barnyard Grass

Dactylis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

Dahlia

Dahlia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Hairy beggarticks

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

Not Evaluated

Redroot amaranth

Amaranthus retroflexus

Not Evaluated

Carelessweed

Amaranthus spinosus

Not Evaluated

Slender amaranth

Amaranthus viridis

Not Evaluated

Green Amaranth

Amaranthus hybridus

Not Evaluated

Common Saltwort

Salsola kali

Least Concern

Coco yam

Colocasia esculenta

Not Evaluated

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

Clover Dodder

Cuscuta epithymum

Endangered

Chinaberrytree

Melia azedarach

Not Evaluated

Indian lilac

Azadirachta indica

Not Evaluated

Woman's tongue

Albizia lebbeck

Not Evaluated

Tall albizia

Albizia procera

Least Concern

Common Thorn-Apple

Datura stramonium

Not Evaluated

Bending Bittercress

Cardamine flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Maritime pine

Pinus pinaster

Least Concern

Indian shot

Canna indica

Not Evaluated

Cattail

Typha angustifolia

Least Concern

Broad-Leaved Cattail

Typha latifolia

Not Evaluated

Barbary fig

Opuntia ficus-indica

Not Evaluated

Hairy Love Grass

Eragrostis pilosa

Not Evaluated

Latin American fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus

Not Evaluated

Santa maria feverfew

Parthenium hysterophorus

Not Evaluated

Oil palm

Elaeis guineensis

Not Evaluated

Guernsey Pigweed

Amaranthus blitum

Least Concern

Balsampear

Momordica charantia

Extinct

Peruvian peppertree

Schinus molle

Least Concern

Chinese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

Guava

Psidium guajava

Not Evaluated

Java plum

Syzygium cumini

Least Concern

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Not Evaluated

Sieva bean

Phaseolus lunatus

Least Concern

Red beadtree

Adenanthera pavonina

Least Concern

Barbados nut

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Lemon grass

Cymbopogon citratus

Not Evaluated

Tamarind

Tamarindus indica

Not Evaluated

African tuliptree

Spathodea campanulata

Not Evaluated

Common pricklypear

Opuntia monacantha

Least Concern

Pinkhead smartweed

Persicaria capitata

Not Evaluated

Cinnamon

Cinnamomum verum

Not Evaluated

Waterthyme

Hydrilla verticillata

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Golden shower

Cassia fistula

Least Concern

Spanish elm

Cordia alliodora

Least Concern

Cathedral bells

Kalanchoe pinnata

Not Evaluated

Common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

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