Nigeria
Africa · Western Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Vibrio cholerae
African bermudagrass
Cynodon nlemfuensis
Anil de pasto
Indigofera suffruticosa
Apple blossom
Cassia javanica
Arsenic bush
Senna septemtrionalis
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
Avian malaria
Plasmodium relictum
Balloon cotton bush
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Ecoregions
Cross-Niger transition forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Niger Delta swamp forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Nigerian lowland forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
East Sudanian savanna
Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands · Afrotropic
Sahelian Acacia savanna
Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands · Afrotropic
All Species in Nigeria
Mediterranean fruit fly
Ceratitis capitata
Melon fly
Bactrocera cucurbitae
Mesquite
Prosopis juliflora
Mexican cedar
Cedrela odorata
Mexican fireplant
Euphorbia heterophylla
Monkeypod
Pithecellobium dulce
Mountain ebony
Bauhinia variegata
Napoleon's plume
Bauhinia monandra
Nutgrass
Cyperus rotundus
Paraguayan starbur
Acanthospermum australe
Peruvian groundcherry
Physalis peruviana
pilipiliula
Chrysopogon aciculatus
Pinklady
Heterotis rotundifolia
Pride-of-barbados
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Punktree
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Quinine tree
Cinchona pubescens
Red beadtree
Adenanthera pavonina
Red leucaena
Leucaena diversifolia
Red Swamp Crayfish
Procambarus clarkii
Reticulated barnacle
Amphibalanus reticulatus
Septicweed
Senna occidentalis
Sessile joyweed
Alternanthera sessilis
Short Sharp-tail Bee
Coelioxys afra
Siamese cassia
Senna siamea
Siamweed
Chromolaena odorata
Sieva bean
Phaseolus lunatus
Soft elephantsfoot
Elephantopus mollis
Southern cattail
Typha domingensis
Spiny sowthistle
Sonchus asper
Sticky snakeroot
Ageratina adenophora
Swamp morning-glory
Ipomoea aquatica
Tall albizia
Albizia procera
Tree marigold
Tithonia diversifolia
Tropical whiteweed
Ageratum conyzoides
Water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
White leadtree
Leucaena leucocephala
Whitesnow
Drymaria cordata
White tephrosia
Tephrosia candida
Woman's tongue
Albizia lebbeck
Yellow Dodder
Cuscuta campestris
Yellow trumpetbush
Tecoma stans
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