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Congo (DRC)

Africa · Middle Africa

Total Species
548
Threatened
2
CR + EN + VU
Population
92,377,986
Area
2,344,858 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 477
Animalia 68
Bacteria 3

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Congo (DRC)

Spiny sowthistle

Sonchus asper

Least Concern

Sponge gourd

Luffa aegyptiaca

Not Evaluated

Spreading hedgeparsley

Torilis arvensis

Near Threatened

star-apple

Chrysophyllum cainito

Not Evaluated

St. Augustine grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Not Evaluated

St. John's bread

Ceratonia siliqua

Not Evaluated

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

Sugarcane

Saccharum officinarum

Not Evaluated

Sumatra benzointree

Styrax benzoin

Not Evaluated

Sunn hemp

Crotalaria juncea

Not Evaluated

Surinam cherry

Eugenia uniflora

Not Evaluated

Swampmahogany

Eucalyptus robusta

Near Threatened

Swamp morning-glory

Ipomoea aquatica

Least Concern

sweet osmanthus

Osmanthus fragrans

Least Concern

Sweetpotato

Ipomoea batatas

Not Evaluated

sweet-sage

Lantana trifolia

Least Concern

Sweetscented marigold

Tagetes lucida

Not Evaluated

Tamarillo

Solanum betaceum

Not Evaluated

Tamarind

Tamarindus indica

Not Evaluated

teak

Tectona grandis

Not Evaluated

Teff

Eragrostis tef

Not Evaluated

The Cosmopolitan

Leucania loreyi

Not Evaluated

Tickclover

Desmodium incanum

Least Concern

tickle grass

Panicum trichoides

Not Evaluated

Tiger grass

Thysanolaena latifolia

Not Evaluated

Tortricid moth

Crocidosema plebejana

Not Evaluated

Tree marigold

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

Tropical almond

Terminalia catappa

Not Evaluated

Tropical dropseed

Sporobolus tenuissimus

Least Concern

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

Tropical Mexican clover

Richardia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

tropical smokebush

Euphorbia cotinifolia

Least Concern

Tropical soda apple

Solanum viarum

Least Concern

Tropical tobacco moth

Setomorpha rutella

Not Evaluated

Tropical white morning-glory

Ipomoea alba

Least Concern

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

Tunbridge Wells Gem

Chrysodeixis acuta

Not Evaluated

Turkey berry

Solanum torvum

Not Evaluated

Turmeric

Curcuma longa

Data Deficient

turnip moth

Agrotis segetum

Least Concern

Turpentine tree

Syncarpia glomulifera

Least Concern

Upland cotton

Gossypium hirsutum

Vulnerable

Uruguayan pampas grass

Cortaderia selloana

Not Evaluated

Vagrant China-mark

Diasemiopsis ramburialis

Not Evaluated

Vanilla

Vanilla planifolia

Not Evaluated

Vasey's grass

Paspalum urvillei

Not Evaluated

Velvetplant

Gynura aurantiaca

Not Evaluated

vestal

Rhodometra sacraria

Not Evaluated

Washerwoman

Alternanthera caracasana

Not Evaluated

Water yam

Dioscorea alata

Not Evaluated

Wax mallow

Malvaviscus arboreus

Not Evaluated

western cudweed

Gnaphalium polycaulon

Not Evaluated

West Indian-pink

Spigelia anthelmia

Least Concern

West Indian sage

Salvia occidentalis

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

white silk cottontree

Ceiba pentandra

Least Concern

Whitesnow

Drymaria cordata

Least Concern

White tephrosia

Tephrosia candida

Not Evaluated

Woman's tongue

Albizia lebbeck

Not Evaluated

woolly senna

Senna hirsuta

Least Concern

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