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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 185
Extinct 4

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 235
Animalia 59

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Costa Rica

Zymbelkraut

Cymbalaria muralis

Not Evaluated

Chinese violet

Asystasia gangetica

Not Evaluated

Polkadot-plant

Hypoestes phyllostachya

Not Evaluated

Little fire ant

Wasmannia auropunctata

Not Evaluated

Bush clockvine

Thunbergia erecta

Not Evaluated

Asian Tiger Mosquito

Aedes albopictus

Not Evaluated

Coral tree

Erythrina poeppigiana

Least Concern

Asparagus fern

Asparagus densiflorus

Not Evaluated

Common Plume

Emmelina monodactyla

Least Concern

Peregrina

Jatropha integerrima

Not Evaluated

Pascuita

Euphorbia leucocephala

Least Concern

Cassava

Manihot esculenta

Not Evaluated

soulvine

Banisteriopsis caapi

Not Evaluated

Kikuyugrass

Cenchrus clandestinus

Not Evaluated

Sprawling signalgrass

Urochloa reptans

Least Concern

Pitted beardgrass

Bothriochloa pertusa

Not Evaluated

African couchgrass

Digitaria abyssinica

Not Evaluated

Angleton bluestem

Dichanthium aristatum

Not Evaluated

Gophertail lovegrass

Eragrostis ciliaris

Not Evaluated

saramatta grass

Ischaemum rugosum

Least Concern

Itchgrass

Rottboellia cochinchinensis

Not Evaluated

Kahili flower

Grevillea banksii

Least Concern

pinto peanut

Arachis pintoi

Not Evaluated

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci

Not Evaluated

Pantropical mini-ponerine ant

Hypoponera punctatissima

Not Evaluated

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata

Least Concern

Glenwoodgrass

Sacciolepis indica

Least Concern

Elastic grass

Eragrostis tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Stalkleaf murainagrass

Ischaemum timorense

Extinct

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus iria

Not Evaluated

Beehive Ginger

Zingiber spectabile

Data Deficient

Vasey's grass

Paspalum urvillei

Not Evaluated

West indian gherkin

Cucumis anguria

Not Evaluated

casabanana

Sicana odorifera

Not Evaluated

mabola-tree

Diospyros blancoi

Not Evaluated

Redflower ragleaf

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Not Evaluated

queen's crape-myrtle

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Not Evaluated

Red ginger

Alpinia purpurata

Not Evaluated

Leatherback Sea Turtle

Dermochelys coriacea

Vulnerable

Japanese mazus

Mazus pumilus

Not Evaluated

African signalgrass

Urochloa arrecta

Not Evaluated

wire crabgrass

Digitaria longiflora

Not Evaluated

Florida tasselflower

Emilia fosbergii

Not Evaluated

Chamber bitter

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

Sanchezia

Sanchezia parvibracteata

Not Evaluated

Bamboo orchid

Arundina graminifolia

Not Evaluated

Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

Least Concern

Florida keys indian mallow

Abutilon hirtum

Not Evaluated

Mule's-foot fern

Angiopteris evecta

Not Evaluated

armgrass millet

Urochloa subquadripara

Not Evaluated

Broadleaved bristlegrass

Setaria palmifolia

Not Evaluated

East indian crabgrass

Digitaria setigera

Not Evaluated

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Long lovegrass

Eragrostis elongata

Not Evaluated

Giant brake

Pteris tripartita

Not Evaluated

Wild hops

Flemingia strobilifera

Not Evaluated

Small carpgrass

Arthraxon hispidus

Not Evaluated

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

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