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Laos

Asia · South-Eastern Asia

Total Species
181
Threatened
2
CR + EN + VU
Population
7,275,556
Area
236,800 km²

Conservation Status Overview

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

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 172
Animalia 9

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Laos

Pencil flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Least Concern

Pennyroyal

Mentha pulegium

Critically Endangered

persimmon

Diospyros kaki

Least Concern

Pinwheelflower

Tabernaemontana divaricata

Not Evaluated

Pomelo

Citrus maxima

Not Evaluated

Pride-of-barbados

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Least Concern

purging croton

Croton tiglium

Least Concern

purple allamanda

Allamanda blanchetii

Not Evaluated

Purple granadilla

Passiflora edulis

Not Evaluated

Raintree

Samanea saman

Least Concern

rambutan

Nephelium lappaceum

Least Concern

Ramie Chinese grass

Boehmeria nivea

Not Evaluated

Red beadtree

Adenanthera pavonina

Least Concern

Redflower ragleaf

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Not Evaluated

Red leucaena

Leucaena diversifolia

Least Concern

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Least Concern

Roselle

Hibiscus sabdariffa

Not Evaluated

Royal poinciana

Delonix regia

Least Concern

Safflower

Carthamus tinctorius

Not Evaluated

Sausage Tree

Kigelia africana

Least Concern

scoparia-weed

Scoparia dulcis

Least Concern

Semarang rose-apple

Syzygium samarangense

Least Concern

Septicweed

Senna occidentalis

Least Concern

Sessile joyweed

Alternanthera sessilis

Least Concern

Shoeblackplant

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Not Evaluated

Siamese cassia

Senna siamea

Not Evaluated

Siamweed

Chromolaena odorata

Least Concern

Silkoak

Grevillea robusta

Not Evaluated

Sour orange

Citrus aurantium

Not Evaluated

Soursop

Annona muricata

Not Evaluated

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Spearmint

Mentha spicata

Not Evaluated

Spinach

Spinacia oleracea

Not Evaluated

Spiritweed

Eryngium foetidum

Not Evaluated

star-apple

Chrysophyllum cainito

Not Evaluated

Sticky snakeroot

Ageratina adenophora

Not Evaluated

Strawberrytree

Muntingia calabura

Least Concern

Sunn hemp

Crotalaria juncea

Not Evaluated

Sunset muskmallow

Abelmoschus manihot

Not Evaluated

Sweetpotato

Ipomoea batatas

Not Evaluated

Tamarind

Tamarindus indica

Not Evaluated

Tangerine

Citrus reticulata

Not Evaluated

teatree

Polyscias fruticosa

Not Evaluated

Tibetan rhubarb

Rheum officinale

Not Evaluated

Torpedo grass

Panicum repens

Least Concern

traveler's-palm

Ravenala madagascariensis

Least Concern

Tree marigold

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

Variable flatsedge

Cyperus difformis

Least Concern

Variableleaf yellowcress

Rorippa dubia

Not Evaluated

Walnut

Juglans regia

Least Concern

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

Waterthyme

Hydrilla verticillata

Not Evaluated

Weeping Paperbark

Melaleuca leucadendra

Data Deficient

White egyptian lotus

Nymphaea lotus

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

white silk cottontree

Ceiba pentandra

Least Concern

wild celery

Apium graveolens

Not Evaluated

Wild Lettuce

Lactuca indica

Not Evaluated

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

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