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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

Throatwort

Trachelium caeruleum

Not Evaluated

Panic veldtgrass

Ehrharta erecta

Not Evaluated

Bridal broom

Retama monosperma

Not Evaluated

Portuguese Squill

Scilla peruviana

Not Evaluated

African asparagus fern

Asparagus asparagoides

Not Evaluated

Tubular Corn-lily

Ixia paniculata

Not Evaluated

Slender false garlic

Nothoscordum gracile

Not Evaluated

Wedgeleaf dock

Rumex frutescens

Not Evaluated

Pink jasmine

Jasminum polyanthum

Not Evaluated

Nit grass

Gastridium phleoides

Not Evaluated

Bohena Beauty

Cenchrus longispinus

Not Evaluated

Weeping fingergrass

Eustachys distichophylla

Not Evaluated

Thatching grass

Hyparrhenia hirta

Not Evaluated

Japanese Brome

Bromus japonicus

Not Evaluated

Fountainbush

Russelia equisetiformis

Not Evaluated

Clasping heliotrope

Heliotropium amplexicaule

Not Evaluated

Showy rattlebox

Crotalaria spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Tropic croton

Croton glandulosus

Not Evaluated

broad-leaved aloe

Aloe maculata

Not Evaluated

Uruguayan needlegrass

Nassella neesiana

Not Evaluated

Indian sandbur

Cenchrus biflorus

Not Evaluated

Early water grass

Echinochloa oryzoides

Not Evaluated

Kleingrass

Panicum coloratum

Not Evaluated

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

violet horned-poppy

Roemeria hybrida

Not Evaluated

Firespike

Odontonema tubaeforme

Not Evaluated

Sanchezia

Sanchezia parvibracteata

Not Evaluated

New Zealand Broadleaf

Griselinia littoralis

Not Evaluated

bitter aloe

Aloe ferox

Not Evaluated

Cape Figwort

Phygelius capensis

Not Evaluated

tangled hypericum

Hypericum triquetrifolium

Not Evaluated

Rottingdean Sea-lavender

Limonium hyblaeum

Not Evaluated

Sticky snakeroot

Ageratina adenophora

Not Evaluated

Annual trampweed

Facelis retusa

Not Evaluated

Praxelis

Praxelis clematidea

Not Evaluated

California-geranium

Roldana petasitis

Not Evaluated

Niruri

Phyllanthus debilis

Not Evaluated

Hairy ironwort

Sideritis lanata

Not Evaluated

Hophead philippine violet

Barleria lupulina

Not Evaluated

Slender leaf rattlebox

Crotalaria ochroleuca

Not Evaluated

centurion

Centrosema pascuorum

Not Evaluated

Peach

Prunus persica

Not Evaluated

Shoebutton

Ardisia elliptica

Not Evaluated

Graham's manihot

Manihot grahamii

Not Evaluated

Nyl grass

Acroceras macrum

Not Evaluated

Scilla

Scilla hyacinthoides

Not Evaluated

Alkali sandspurry

Spergularia diandra

Not Evaluated

Sparaxis

Sparaxis grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Bradford Pear

Pyrus calleryana

Not Evaluated

creeping-bluegrass

Bothriochloa insculpta

Not Evaluated

Black gram

Vigna mungo

Not Evaluated

Christmas-lily

Ornithogalum thyrsoides

Not Evaluated

New Year-lily

Gladiolus cardinalis

Not Evaluated

Root rot

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Not Evaluated

Gymnodinium catenatum

Not Evaluated

Mile a minute vine

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

Coolia monotis

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Cape-pondweed

Aponogeton distachyos

Not Evaluated

Chinese privet

Ligustrum sinense

Not Evaluated

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