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Malaysia

Asia · South-Eastern Asia

Total Species
238
Threatened
6
CR + EN + VU
Population
32,365,998
Area
330,803 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 2
Vulnerable 2
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 86
Not Evaluated 132
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 198
Animalia 39
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Malaysia

Rhodes grass

Chloris gayana

Not Evaluated

Roadside flatsedge

Cyperus sphacelatus

Least Concern

Rock Pigeon

Columba livia

Least Concern

Rockweed

Pilea microphylla

Not Evaluated

Rose natal grass

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Rougeplant

Rivina humilis

Least Concern

Royal poinciana

Delonix regia

Least Concern

Sacred lotus

Nelumbo nucifera

Not Evaluated

Saltwater Crocodile

Crocodylus porosus

Least Concern

sawah-flower-rush

Limnocharis flava

Not Evaluated

scoparia-weed

Scoparia dulcis

Least Concern

Seashore paspalum

Paspalum vaginatum

Least Concern

Septicweed

Senna occidentalis

Least Concern

sesame

Sesamum indicum

Not Evaluated

Shakeshake

Crotalaria incana

Least Concern

Showy rattlebox

Crotalaria spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Siamese cassia

Senna siamea

Not Evaluated

Siamese-ginger

Alpinia galanga

Not Evaluated

Siamweed

Chromolaena odorata

Least Concern

Sickle senna

Senna tora

Not Evaluated

Silkoak

Grevillea robusta

Not Evaluated

slim-bristle sandbur

Cenchrus brownii

Not Evaluated

Smokebush

Buddleja madagascariensis

Least Concern

Smooth rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida

Least Concern

Snowpeaks raspberry

Rubus niveus

Not Evaluated

Soft elephantsfoot

Elephantopus mollis

Not Evaluated

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Spiked pepper

Piper aduncum

Least Concern

Spiritweed

Eryngium foetidum

Not Evaluated

St. Augustine grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Not Evaluated

Stickbush

Clerodendrum chinense

Least Concern

Sticky chickweed

Cerastium glomeratum

Least Concern

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

Strawberrytree

Muntingia calabura

Least Concern

Sunn hemp

Crotalaria juncea

Not Evaluated

Swollen fingergrass

Chloris barbata

Not Evaluated

Tiger grass

Thysanolaena latifolia

Not Evaluated

Torpedo grass

Panicum repens

Least Concern

Townsville stylo

Stylosanthes humilis

Not Evaluated

Tropical burnweed

Erechtites valerianifolius

Not Evaluated

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

True indigo

Indigofera tinctoria

Not Evaluated

trumpet-tree

Cecropia peltata

Least Concern

Vasey's grass

Paspalum urvillei

Not Evaluated

Water foxtail

Alopecurus geniculatus

Least Concern

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Whitesnow

Drymaria cordata

Least Concern

White tephrosia

Tephrosia candida

Not Evaluated

Wild bushbean

Macroptilium lathyroides

Least Concern

Wild passionfruit

Passiflora suberosa

Least Concern

Wild Tantan

Desmanthus virgatus

Least Concern

Woman's tongue

Albizia lebbeck

Not Evaluated

woolly senna

Senna hirsuta

Least Concern

Yellow Dodder

Cuscuta campestris

Not Evaluated

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

Yerba porosa

Porophyllum ruderale

Not Evaluated

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