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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

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

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

cellar spiders

Crossopriza lyoni

Not Evaluated

Cemetary Spurge

Euphorbia cyparissias

Least Concern

Centaury

Centaurium erythraea

Least Concern

Centipede grass

Eremochloa ophiuroides

Not Evaluated

Centuryplant

Agave americana

Least Concern

Cereal rye

Secale cereale

Not Evaluated

Chandelier plant

Kalanchoe delagoensis

Not Evaluated

Changing Forget-Me-Not

Myosotis discolor

Endangered

Channeled Applesnail

Pomacea canaliculata

Least Concern

Chayote

Sechium edule

Not Evaluated

checker fiddleneck

Amsinckia tessellata

Not Evaluated

Cheese skipper

Piophila casei

Not Evaluated

Cheeseweed mallow

Malva parviflora

Not Evaluated

Cherry Slug Sawfly

Caliroa cerasi

Not Evaluated

Chestnut Munia

Lonchura atricapilla

Least Concern

Chickenspike

Sphenoclea zeylanica

Least Concern

Chickweed

Stellaria media

Not Evaluated

Chilean Clover

Trifolium pratense

Not Evaluated

Chilean evening primrose

Oenothera stricta

Not Evaluated

Chinese Bamboo-Partridge

Bambusicola thoracicus

Least Concern

Chinese banyan

Ficus microcarpa

Least Concern

Chinese Catalpa

Catalpa ovata

Not Evaluated

Chinese Chives

Allium tuberosum

Not Evaluated

Chinese Elm

Ulmus pumila

Not Evaluated

Chinese giant salamander

Andrias davidianus

Critically Endangered

Chinese Hwamei

Garrulax canorus

Least Concern

Chinese ixora

Ixora chinensis

Not Evaluated

Chinese Mallow

Malva verticillata

Not Evaluated

Chinese Parsley

Coriandrum sativum

Not Evaluated

Chinese Scholartree

Styphnolobium japonicum

Not Evaluated

Chinese tallow

Triadica sebifera

Not Evaluated

Chinese Teaplant

Lycium chinense

Not Evaluated

Chinese trumpet-creeper

Campsis grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Chinese windmill palm

Trachycarpus fortunei

Not Evaluated

Chinese wingnut

Pterocarya stenoptera

Least Concern

Christmas candlestick

Leonotis nepetifolia

Least Concern

Chufa (Edible Variety)

Cyperus esculentus

Not Evaluated

Cigarette beetle

Lasioderma serricorne

Not Evaluated

Ciliate Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata

Not Evaluated

Citrus leafminer

Phyllocnistis citrella

Not Evaluated

Citrus mealybug

Planococcus citri

Not Evaluated

Clammy Ground-Cherry

Physalis heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Clasping Bellwort

Triodanis perfoliata

Not Evaluated

Clasping pepperweed

Lepidium perfoliatum

Not Evaluated

Clavel De Muerto

Tithonia rotundifolia

Not Evaluated

Clayweed

Tussilago farfara

Least Concern

Climbing False Buckwheat

Fallopia dumetorum

Least Concern

Clovenlip toadflax

Linaria bipartita

Not Evaluated

Clover weevil

Sitona hispidulus

Least Concern

Clown beetle

Carcinops pumilio

Least Concern

Clustered clover

Trifolium glomeratum

Not Evaluated

Clustered Dock

Rumex conglomeratus

Least Concern

Coastal Arrowhead

Sagittaria graminea

Not Evaluated

coastal plain yellowtops

Flaveria bidentis

Not Evaluated

coast amaranth

Amaranthus pumilus

Extinct

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

cobweb spiders

Latrodectus mactans

Not Evaluated

Cockroach berry

Solanum capsicoides

Not Evaluated

Cockscomb

Celosia argentea

Not Evaluated

Cocoa moth

Ephestia elutella

Least Concern

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