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Peru

South America · South America

Total Species
318
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
32,971,846
Area
1,285,216 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 238
Animalia 71
Chromista 6
Bacteria 2
Fungi 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Peru

Black Stem Rust

Puccinia graminis

Not Evaluated

Black Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Least Concern

Black Tinamou

Tinamus osgoodi

Vulnerable

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Not Evaluated

Blue Chamomile

Matricaria chamomilla

Least Concern

Blue-grey Tanager

Thraupis episcopus

Least Concern

Blue Lorikeet

Vini peruviana

Vulnerable

Blue-winged Parrotlet

Forpus xanthopterygius

Least Concern

Brazilian peppertree

Schinus terebinthifolia

Not Evaluated

Bristle Pigeon Grass

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

Broadleaf wild leek

Allium ampeloprasum

Not Evaluated

Broad-Leaved Plantain

Plantago major

Least Concern

Brownbeard rice

Oryza rufipogon

Least Concern

Brown Bryozoan

Bugula neritina

Not Evaluated

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

Brown Widow

Latrodectus geometricus

Not Evaluated

Budgerigar

Melopsittacus undulatus

Not Evaluated

Buffelgrass

Cenchrus ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Bullace Plum

Prunus domestica

Least Concern

Burclover

Medicago polymorpha

Not Evaluated

Butterweed

Erigeron canadensis

Not Evaluated

cabbage rose

Rosa centifolia

Not Evaluated

California Poppy

Eschscholzia californica

Not Evaluated

Calla lily

Zantedeschia aethiopica

Least Concern

Canary Island Date Palm

Phoenix canariensis

Least Concern

Canker Rose

Rosa canina

Least Concern

Carelessweed

Amaranthus spinosus

Not Evaluated

Carolina fanwort

Cabomba caroliniana

Not Evaluated

Carrot

Daucus carota

Least Concern

Carrot-Fern

Conium maculatum

Not Evaluated

Castor

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

Cathedral bells

Kalanchoe pinnata

Not Evaluated

Cattail

Typha angustifolia

Least Concern

Cattle Egret

Bubulcus ibis

Least Concern

Centuryplant

Agave americana

Least Concern

Chamber bitter

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

Chandelier plant

Kalanchoe delagoensis

Not Evaluated

Cheeseweed mallow

Malva parviflora

Not Evaluated

Chickweed

Stellaria media

Not Evaluated

Chinese Honeysuckle

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

Chinese Parsley

Coriandrum sativum

Not Evaluated

Christmas-flower

Euphorbia pulcherrima

Not Evaluated

Christplant

Euphorbia milii

Not Evaluated

Chufa (Edible Variety)

Cyperus esculentus

Not Evaluated

Cinnamon

Cinnamomum verum

Not Evaluated

Citron

Citrus medica

Least Concern

Citrus leafminer

Phyllocnistis citrella

Not Evaluated

Clasping Henbit

Lamium amplexicaule

Least Concern

Clove Pink

Dianthus plumarius

Not Evaluated

Cobalt-winged Parakeet

Brotogeris cyanoptera

Least Concern

Coffee

Coffea arabica

Not Evaluated

Common brassbuttons

Cotula coronopifolia

Not Evaluated

Common comfrey

Symphytum officinale

Least Concern

common-cypress

Cupressus sempervirens

Least Concern

Common Daisy

Leucanthemum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Common Feverfew

Tanacetum parthenium

Least Concern

Common Fig

Ficus carica

Not Evaluated

Common Flax

Linum usitatissimum

Not Evaluated

Common Forget-Me-Not

Myosotis arvensis

Least Concern

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