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Madagascar

Africa · Eastern Africa

Total Species
559
Threatened
4
CR + EN + VU
Population
27,691,019
Area
587,041 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Vulnerable 3
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 178
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 357
Extinct 6

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 529
Animalia 30

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Madagascar

Stinkgrass

Eragrostis cilianensis

Not Evaluated

Stinkvine

Paederia foetida

Not Evaluated

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

Sugarcane

Saccharum officinarum

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 alys

Alysicarpus bupleurifolius

Least Concern

Sweetpotato

Ipomoea batatas

Not Evaluated

Swollen fingergrass

Chloris barbata

Not Evaluated

Tamarillo

Solanum betaceum

Not Evaluated

Tangerine

Citrus reticulata

Not Evaluated

tapewormplant

Muehlenbeckia platyclada

Not Evaluated

Tasmanian bluegum

Eucalyptus globulus

Least Concern

tasteless water-pepper

Persicaria mitis

Not Evaluated

Tea

Camellia sinensis

Data Deficient

teak

Tectona grandis

Not Evaluated

Threelobe false mallow

Malvastrum coromandelianum

Not Evaluated

Tickclover

Desmodium incanum

Least Concern

tiger's-claw

Martynia annua

Not Evaluated

Tiny vetch

Vicia hirsuta

Least Concern

Torpedo grass

Panicum repens

Least Concern

Trailing crabgrass

Digitaria radicosa

Not Evaluated

Trailing indigo

Indigofera hendecaphylla

Not Evaluated

transparent wood-rose

Operculina turpethum

Not Evaluated

Tree marigold

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

triplinerved eupatorium

Ayapana triplinervis

Not Evaluated

Tropical almond

Terminalia catappa

Not Evaluated

Tropical fanpetals

Sida urens

Not Evaluated

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

Tropical white morning-glory

Ipomoea alba

Least Concern

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

True indigo

Indigofera tinctoria

Not Evaluated

trumpet-tree

Cecropia peltata

Least Concern

Turkey berry

Solanum torvum

Not Evaluated

Turmeric

Curcuma longa

Data Deficient

Upland cotton

Gossypium hirsutum

Vulnerable

Variable flatsedge

Cyperus difformis

Least Concern

Variableleaf yellowcress

Rorippa indica

Not Evaluated

Vasey's grass

Paspalum urvillei

Not Evaluated

veldt-grape

Cissus quadrangularis

Not Evaluated

Vogel tephrosia

Tephrosia vogelii

Not Evaluated

water fern

Ceratopteris thalictroides

Not Evaluated

Water fern

Azolla filiculoides

Not Evaluated

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

Water primrose

Ludwigia peploides

Not Evaluated

Weeping lovegrass

Eragrostis curvula

Not Evaluated

weeping willow

Salix babylonica

Not Evaluated

western cudweed

Gnaphalium polycaulon

Not Evaluated

West Indian dropseed

Sporobolus pyramidalis

Not Evaluated

West Indian rattlebox

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

White Broom

Cytisus multiflorus

Not Evaluated

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

White garlic

Allium neapolitanum

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

White passionflower

Passiflora subpeltata

Least Concern

Whitesnow

Drymaria cordata

Least Concern

White tephrosia

Tephrosia candida

Not Evaluated

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