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Australia

Oceania · Australia and New Zealand

Total Species
1988
Threatened
87
CR + EN + VU
Population
25.499.884
Area
7.692.024 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 25
Endangered 33
Vulnerable 29
Near Threatened 59
Least Concern 609
Data Deficient 15
Not Evaluated 1178
Extinct 22

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1801
Animalia 176
Chromista 10
Fungi 1

Featured Species

All Species in Australia

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Pokeweed

Phytolacca dioica

Not Evaluated

Rose Clover

Trifolium hirtum

Not Evaluated

Chilean jessamine

Cestrum parqui

Least Concern

Argentine pepperweed

Lepidium bonariense

Not Evaluated

New Zealand Bitter-cress

Cardamine corymbosa

Not Evaluated

Cape-pondweed

Aponogeton distachyos

Not Evaluated

persimmon

Diospyros kaki

Least Concern

candelabra aloe

Aloe arborescens

Least Concern

Laurustinus

Viburnum tinus

Least Concern

Mediterranean-medlar

Crataegus azarolus

Least Concern

Clustered clover

Trifolium glomeratum

Not Evaluated

Adder's-tongue Spearwort

Ranunculus ophioglossifolius

Endangered

Chinese privet

Ligustrum sinense

Not Evaluated

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Golden Dog's-tail

Lamarckia aurea

Not Evaluated

Blue panicum

Panicum antidotale

Not Evaluated

Molassesgrass

Melinis minutiflora

Not Evaluated

Rose natal grass

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean lovegrass

Eragrostis barrelieri

Not Evaluated

Japanese cedar

Cryptomeria japonica

Not Evaluated

Field burrweed

Soliva sessilis

Not Evaluated

Chinese juniper

Juniperus chinensis

Not Evaluated

cup-and-saucer-vine

Cobaea scandens

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf Evening-Primrose

Oenothera laciniata

Not Evaluated

Silkoak

Grevillea robusta

Not Evaluated

sesame

Sesamum indicum

Not Evaluated

Black Willow

Salix nigra

Least Concern

Blood sage

Salvia coccinea

Not Evaluated

Dense-flowered Fumitory

Fumaria densiflora

Critically Endangered

Longbeak stork's bill

Erodium botrys

Not Evaluated

Indian heliotrope

Heliotropium indicum

Least Concern

Jewels of opar

Talinum paniculatum

Least Concern

Atlantic White Cedar

Chamaecyparis thyoides

Least Concern

cow-itch

Mucuna pruriens

Not Evaluated

Royal poinciana

Delonix regia

Least Concern

Blood red tassel flower

Calliandra haematocephala

Not Evaluated

Italian alder

Alnus cordata

Not Evaluated

Rougeplant

Rivina humilis

Least Concern

tiputree

Tipuana tipu

Least Concern

Woolly Clover

Trifolium tomentosum

Not Evaluated

Suffocated clover

Trifolium suffocatum

Not Evaluated

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Pale Cabbage

Brassica tournefortii

Not Evaluated

Bare-Stemmed Teesdalia

Teesdalia nudicaulis

Least Concern

Tree Heath

Erica arborea

Least Concern

Black poui

Jacaranda mimosifolia

Vulnerable

Norfolk island pine

Araucaria heterophylla

Vulnerable

Cape leadwort

Plumbago auriculata

Not Evaluated

Mexican weeping pine

Pinus patula

Not Evaluated

Eve's needle cactus

Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Least Concern

Brownspine Pricklypear

Opuntia phaeacantha

Least Concern

Angel's-wings

Opuntia microdasys

Least Concern

Giant Fennel

Ferula communis

Least Concern

Indian lilac

Azadirachta indica

Not Evaluated

Coral vine

Antigonon leptopus

Not Evaluated

Wild sugarcane

Saccharum spontaneum

Least Concern

Hilograss

Paspalum conjugatum

Least Concern

St. Augustine grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Not Evaluated

Sorghum

Sorghum arundinaceum

Least Concern

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