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Yemen

Asia · Western Asia

Total Species
236
Threatened
7
CR + EN + VU
Population
29825968
Area
527968 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 4
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 56
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 162
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 175
Animalia 61

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Yemen

ābu el-num

Papaver somniferum

Not Evaluated

ashkhar

Calotropis procera

Not Evaluated

basal

Allium cepa

Not Evaluated

borgoman

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

Bout

Typha domingensis

Not Evaluated

burseem

Medicago sativa

Least Concern

Defla

Nerium oleander

Not Evaluated

Doum

Hyphaene thebaica

Least Concern

'enab el-deeb

Solanum nigrum

Least Concern

ful sudane

Arachis hypogaea

Not Evaluated

gelban

Lathyrus sativus

Not Evaluated

habah al-brekah

Nigella sativa

Not Evaluated

Habb El-'Aziz

Cyperus esculentus

Not Evaluated

hamool

Cuscuta campestris

Not Evaluated

Hinná

Lawsonia inermis

Least Concern

kef alemhena

Amaranthus caudatus

Not Evaluated

kharwa'a

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

labeinah

Euphorbia hirta

Not Evaluated

meloukhia

Corchorus olitorius

Not Evaluated

nakhl

Phoenix dactylifera

Not Evaluated

Qarad

Vachellia nilotica

Least Concern

reihan

Ocimum basilicum

Not Evaluated

rozz

Oryza sativa

Not Evaluated

rukab al-gamal

Chenopodium album

Least Concern

Safarjal

Cydonia oblonga

Not Evaluated

saisaban

Sesbania sesban

Not Evaluated

sheb al-leil

Mirabilis jalapa

Least Concern

sitt el-hosn

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

tert

Morus nigra

Not Evaluated

zawaan

Lolium temulentum

Critically Endangered

بلس

Ficus carica

Not Evaluated

حمام ازرق

Columba livia

Least Concern

صفصاف أبيض

Salix alba

Least Concern

كرفس بري

Apium graveolens

Not Evaluated

Cabbage webworm

Hellula undalis

Not Evaluated

Pantropical mini-ponerine ant

Hypoponera punctatissima

Not Evaluated

Cabbage Looper

Trichoplusia ni

Not Evaluated

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

Case-making clothes moth

Tinea pellionella

Least Concern

cotton bollworm

Helicoverpa armigera

Not Evaluated

The Cosmopolitan

Leucania loreyi

Not Evaluated

Gold-banded etiella moth

Etiella zinckenella

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean flour moth

Ephestia kuehniella

Least Concern

Golden twin-spot

Chrysodeixis chalcites

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

Spiny Bollworm

Earias biplaga

Not Evaluated

Rush Marble

Bactra lancealana

Least Concern

double-striped pug

Gymnoscelis rufifasciata

Least Concern

small Indian civet

Viverricula indica

Least Concern

Dark Mottled Willow

Spodoptera cilium

Not Evaluated

Ant

Tetramorium caldarium

Not Evaluated

Cucumber moth

Diaphania indica

Not Evaluated

Asian house shrew

Suncus murinus

Least Concern

Cutworm

Callopistria maillardi

Not Evaluated

glory-of-India cone

Conus milneedwardsi

Least Concern

Levant blackneck moth

Tathorhynchus exsiccata

Not Evaluated

Angled Gem

Anomis sabulifera

Not Evaluated

Ant

Tetramorium lanuginosum

Not Evaluated

Broomcorn

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

Clover Cutworm

Anarta trifolii

Least Concern

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