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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

Mexican Orange

Choisya ternata

Not Evaluated

Mexican weeping pine

Pinus patula

Not Evaluated

Mezereon

Thymelaea passerina

Not Evaluated

Mickey mouse plant

Ochna serrulata

Least Concern

midland hawthorn

Crataegus laevigata

Least Concern

midnight-lady

Harrisia pomanensis

Least Concern

midwestern arrowhead

Sagittaria brevirostra

Least Concern

Mile-a-minute

Mikania micrantha

Not Evaluated

Mile a minute vine

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

milkweed

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Not Evaluated

Mind-your-own-business

Soleirolia soleirolii

Not Evaluated

Miniature flatsedge

Cyperus prolifer

Not Evaluated

Mintweed

Salvia reflexa

Not Evaluated

Molassesgrass

Melinis minutiflora

Not Evaluated

Moldavian Dragon-Head

Dracocephalum moldavica

Not Evaluated

Molgula

Molgula manhattensis

Not Evaluated

Moneywort

Lysimachia nummularia

Least Concern

Monkey Apple

Annona glabra

Least Concern

Monkey comb

Amphilophium crucigerum

Least Concern

Monkeypod

Pithecellobium dulce

Least Concern

Montbretia

Crocosmia crocosmiiflora

Not Evaluated

Monterey cypress

Cupressus macrocarpa

Vulnerable

Monterey pine

Pinus radiata

Endangered

Montpelier cistus

Cistus monspeliensis

Least Concern

Montpellier Broom

Genista monspessulana

Not Evaluated

Moon cactus

Harrisia martinii

Least Concern

Moon Trefoil

Medicago arborea

Least Concern

moreton-bay-pine

Araucaria bidwillii

Least Concern

Morning-glory

Ipomoea carnea

Not Evaluated

Moroccan toadflax

Linaria maroccana

Not Evaluated

Mossman Gorge Treesnail

Meliobba shafferyi

Near Threatened

mossy stonecrop

Crassula tillaea

Extinct

mother-of-pearl-plant

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Not Evaluated

Moth Mullein

Verbascum blattaria

Near Threatened

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

Mountain ebony

Bauhinia variegata

Not Evaluated

Mount Carbine Scaly Snail

Aetholitis francisae

Least Concern

Mouse barley

Hordeum murinum

Least Concern

Mucronate Amaranth

Amaranthus quitensis

Not Evaluated

Mucronate Sprangletop

Leptochloa panicea

Not Evaluated

Mulberry

Morus alba

Not Evaluated

Mung-bean

Vigna radiata

Not Evaluated

Musk Cheeseweed

Malva moschata

Least Concern

Musk Stork's-bill

Erodium moschatum

Not Evaluated

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Myrtle

Myrtus communis

Least Concern

Myrtle-leaf milkwort

Polygala myrtifolia

Not Evaluated

Myrtle rust

Austropuccinia psidii

Not Evaluated

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

Napoleon's plume

Bauhinia monandra

Data Deficient

narrow Canary grass

Phalaris angusta

Not Evaluated

Narrow Clover

Trifolium angustifolium

Not Evaluated

Narrow-Fruit Rockcress

Nasturtium microphyllum

Least Concern

Narrow-leafed Ash

Fraxinus angustifolia

Least Concern

Narrowleaf knotweed

Polygonum bellardii

Not Evaluated

Narrowleaf lupine

Lupinus angustifolius

Not Evaluated

Natal-ivy

Senecio macroglossus

Not Evaluated

Natal plum

Carissa macrocarpa

Least Concern

Native Frangipani

Hymenosporum flavum

Least Concern

Native Scots Pinewood

Pinus sylvestris

Least Concern

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