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Australia

Oceania · Australia and New Zealand

Total Species
1988
Threatened
17
CR + EN + VU
Population
25,499,884
Area
7,692,024 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 6
Vulnerable 9
Near Threatened 6
Least Concern 212
Data Deficient 5
Not Evaluated 464
Extinct 5

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1801
Animalia 176
Chromista 10
Fungi 1

Featured Species

All Species in Australia

Loganberry

Rubus loganobaccus

Not Evaluated

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

London rocket

Sisymbrium irio

Not Evaluated

Longbeak stork's bill

Erodium botrys

Not Evaluated

Longflowered veldtgrass

Ehrharta longiflora

Not Evaluated

Longflower evening primrose

Oenothera affinis

Extinct

Longleaf primrose-willow

Ludwigia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Long-Stalked Pondweed

Potamogeton praelongus

Extinct

Long-stalked Rape

Brassica elongata

Not Evaluated

Lowveld spotted aloe

Aloe parvibracteata

Least Concern

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Madagascar ragwort

Senecio madagascariensis

Not Evaluated

Madamfate

Hippobroma longiflora

Not Evaluated

Madwoman'S Milk

Euphorbia helioscopia

Least Concern

magenta lilly-pilly

Syzygium paniculatum

Not Evaluated

magentaspreen

Chenopodium giganteum

Not Evaluated

Magpie-lark

Grallina cyanoleuca

Least Concern

Maidenhair vine

Muehlenbeckia complexa

Not Evaluated

Malabar plum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Least Concern

Maltesecross

Silene chalcedonica

Least Concern

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

Mammoth Clover

Trifolium medium

Near Threatened

Mango

Mangifera indica

Data Deficient

Manna Ash

Fraxinus ornus

Not Evaluated

Man to man

Peperomia pellucida

Not Evaluated

Marguerite

Argyranthemum frutescens

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

Maritime pine

Pinus pinaster

Least Concern

marsh St. John's-wort

Hypericum elodes

Least Concern

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

Mat-Grass

Nardus stricta

Near Threatened

Matted pratia

Lobelia pedunculata

Not Evaluated

Mauritius hemp

Furcraea foetida

Not Evaluated

meadow barley

Hordeum secalinum

Least Concern

Mediterranean brome

Bromus lanceolatus

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean broom

Genista linifolia

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean Buckthorn

Rhamnus alaternus

Least Concern

Mediterranean cabbage

Brassica fruticulosa

Least Concern

Mediterranean catchfly

Silene nocturna

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean clover

Trifolium spumosum

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean Hair-grass

Rostraria cristata

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean lineseed

Bellardia trixago

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean lovegrass

Eragrostis barrelieri

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean-medlar

Crataegus azarolus

Least Concern

Mediterranean onion

Allium paniculatum

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean rabbitsfoot grass

Polypogon maritimus

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean sage

Salvia aethiopis

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean stork's bill

Erodium malacoides

Not Evaluated

medium flowered winter-cress

Barbarea intermedia

Not Evaluated

Medusahead

Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Not Evaluated

Menzies' fiddleneck

Amsinckia menziesii

Not Evaluated

Mesquite

Prosopis juliflora

Not Evaluated

Mesquite

Prosopis pallida

Not Evaluated

mexican-apple

Casimiroa edulis

Least Concern

Mexican bush sage

Salvia leucantha

Not Evaluated

Mexican cedar

Cedrela odorata

Endangered

Mexican fan palm

Washingtonia robusta

Not Evaluated

Mexican fireplant

Euphorbia heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Mexican love grass

Eragrostis mexicana

Not Evaluated

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