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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
53
CR + EN + VU
Population
126.476.461
Area
377.975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 18
Vulnerable 20
Near Threatened 37
Least Concern 404
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 861
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Mite

Tenuipalpus pacificus

Not Evaluated

tuberculate pear crab

Pyromaia tuberculata

Not Evaluated

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

Melon fly

Bactrocera cucurbitae

Not Evaluated

Immortal jellyfish

Turritopsis dohrnii

Not Evaluated

pineapple mealybug

Dysmicoccus brevipes

Not Evaluated

Asian chestnut gall wasp

Dryocosmus kuriphilus

Not Evaluated

black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Not Evaluated

Magnificent Bryozoan

Pectinatella magnifica

Not Evaluated

Sessile joyweed

Alternanthera sessilis

Least Concern

Clustered clover

Trifolium glomeratum

Not Evaluated

Glossy privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Not Evaluated

False daisy

Eclipta prostrata

Not Evaluated

Russian pigweed

Axyris amaranthoides

Not Evaluated

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Not Evaluated

American Black Nightshade

Solanum americanum

Least Concern

Silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Not Evaluated

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

Pink-sorrel

Oxalis articulata

Not Evaluated

smooth heliotrope

Heliotropium curassavicum

Not Evaluated

Sydney golden wattle

Acacia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Mung-bean

Vigna radiata

Not Evaluated

Australian waterbuttons

Cotula australis

Not Evaluated

ilima

Sida cordifolia

Least Concern

Mile a minute vine

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

Philippine Waxflower

Etlingera elatior

Data Deficient

Sesbania Pea

Sesbania bispinosa

Least Concern

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Rose Clover

Trifolium hirtum

Not Evaluated

Argentine pepperweed

Lepidium bonariense

Not Evaluated

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Egyptian grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

Molassesgrass

Melinis minutiflora

Not Evaluated

Rose natal grass

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Field burrweed

Soliva sessilis

Not Evaluated

Tiny trumpet

Collomia linearis

Not Evaluated

Peregrine saltbush

Atriplex suberecta

Not Evaluated

White Morning-glory

Ipomoea lacunosa

Not Evaluated

Blood sage

Salvia coccinea

Not Evaluated

crescent-cup liverwort

Lunularia cruciata

Least Concern

Longbeak stork's bill

Erodium botrys

Not Evaluated

Indian heliotrope

Heliotropium indicum

Least Concern

Rougeplant

Rivina humilis

Least Concern

Woolly Clover

Trifolium tomentosum

Not Evaluated

box-holly

Ruscus aculeatus

Not Evaluated

Carpet-Weed

Mollugo verticillata

Not Evaluated

gilo

Solanum aethiopicum

Not Evaluated

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Blue-Eyed Grass

Sisyrinchium angustifolium

Not Evaluated

Brazilian peppertree

Schinus terebinthifolia

Not Evaluated

Ciliate Loosestrife

Lysimachia ciliata

Not Evaluated

Pillpod sandmat

Euphorbia hirta

Not Evaluated

Malaysian scurfpea

Cullen corylifolium

Least Concern

filiform rock jasmine

Androsace filiformis

Not Evaluated

St. Augustine grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Not Evaluated

Curved sicklegrass

Parapholis incurva

Not Evaluated

Little Barley

Hordeum pusillum

Not Evaluated

Viper grass

Dinebra retroflexa

Not Evaluated

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