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Costa Rica

North America · Central America

Total Species
294
Threatened
6
CR + EN + VU
Population
5.094.114
Area
51.100 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 3
Vulnerable 2
Near Threatened 3
Least Concern 81
Data Deficient 3
Not Evaluated 186
Extinct 5

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 235
Animalia 59

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Costa Rica

Pfahlrohr

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

Pfauenblume

Tigridia pavonia

Not Evaluated

Pharao-Ameise

Monomorium pharaonis

Not Evaluated

Portulak

Portulaca oleracea

Not Evaluated

Pyrenäen-Margerite

Leucanthemum maximum

Least Concern

Quito-Nachtschatten

Solanum quitoense

Not Evaluated

Rahmapfel

Annona squamosa

Not Evaluated

Rhodasgras

Chloris gayana

Not Evaluated

Riesenstraussgras

Agrostis gigantea

Least Concern

rispenblütiger Losstrauch

Clerodendrum paniculatum

Not Evaluated

Rizinus

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

Robustakaffeebaum

Coffea canephora

Least Concern

Röhrenkassie

Cassia fistula

Least Concern

Rosenapfelbaum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

Roter Fingerhut

Digitalis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Rotes Straussgras

Agrostis capillaris

Least Concern

Rotklee

Trifolium pratense

Not Evaluated

Rot-Schwingel

Festuca rubra

Least Concern

Rübsen

Brassica rapa

Not Evaluated

Ruchgras

Anthoxanthum odoratum

Not Evaluated

Ruten-Kohl

Brassica juncea

Not Evaluated

Sauersack

Annona muricata

Not Evaluated

Scharlachrote banane

Musa coccinea

Endangered

Schwammgurke

Luffa aegyptiaca

Not Evaluated

schwarzäugige Susanne

Thunbergia alata

Not Evaluated

Schwiegermutterpflanze

Kalanchoe pinnata

Not Evaluated

Speisebohnenkäfer

Acanthoscelides obtectus

Not Evaluated

Spitz-Wegerich

Plantago lanceolata

Least Concern

Sternfrucht

Averrhoa carambola

Not Evaluated

Strandkasuarine

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

Stumpfblättriger Ampfer

Rumex obtusifolius

Not Evaluated

Tania

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Not Evaluated

Thymina-Ehrenpreis

Veronica serpyllifolia

Least Concern

Tropische Feuerameise

Solenopsis geminata

Not Evaluated

Vierblättriges Nagelkraut

Polycarpon tetraphyllum

Not Evaluated

Violette Fingerhirse

Digitaria violascens

Not Evaluated

Vogel-Knöterich

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Wadenstecher

Stomoxys calcitrans

Not Evaluated

Waldschaumkraut

Cardamine flexuosa

Not Evaluated

Wanderratte

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

Wasserspinat

Ipomoea aquatica

Least Concern

Weiße ägyptische seerose

Nymphaea lotus

Not Evaluated

Weißer Gänsefuß

Chenopodium album

Least Concern

Weiss-Klee

Trifolium repens

Least Concern

weißliche Akazie

Acacia dealbata

Least Concern

Weißwedelhirsch

Odocoileus virginianus

Least Concern

Wiesenlöwenzahn

Taraxacum officinale

Not Evaluated

Wiesenmargerite

Leucanthemum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Wiesenrispengras

Poa pratensis

Not Evaluated

Wilde Fingerhirse

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

Wildkatze

Felis silvestris

Critically Endangered

Wildschwein

Sus scrofa

Least Concern

Wolliges Honiggras

Holcus lanatus

Not Evaluated

Wunderblume

Mirabilis jalapa

Least Concern

Ylang-Ylangbaum

Cananga odorata

Not Evaluated

Zart-Simse

Juncus tenuis

Least Concern

Zehrwurzel

Colocasia esculenta

Not Evaluated

Zuckermelone

Cucumis melo

Not Evaluated

Zukerrohr

Saccharum officinarum

Not Evaluated

Zwergbanane

Musa acuminata

Not Evaluated

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