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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
7
CR + EN + VU
Population
126.476.461
Area
377.975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 3
Vulnerable 3
Near Threatened 4
Least Concern 132
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 344
Extinct 5

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

Least Concern

Threelobe false mallow

Malvastrum coromandelianum

Not Evaluated

Rough mexican clover

Richardia scabra

Not Evaluated

Woodland false buttonweed

Spermacoce remota

Not Evaluated

Flat-top mille graines

Oldenlandia corymbosa

Not Evaluated

Chickenspike

Sphenoclea zeylanica

Least Concern

baby jump-up

Mecardonia procumbens

Least Concern

Formosan koa

Acacia confusa

Least Concern

Wild Tantan

Desmanthus virgatus

Least Concern

Arsenic bush

Senna septemtrionalis

Not Evaluated

Partridge-Pea

Chamaecrista nictitans

Least Concern

Asian Plum

Prunus salicina

Least Concern

Inflatedscale flatsedge

Cyperus aggregatus

Least Concern

tall grama grass

Bouteloua curtipendula

Not Evaluated

disc water hyssop

Bacopa rotundifolia

Least Concern

Blistering Ammania

Ammannia baccifera

Least Concern

five-leaf crotalaria

Crotalaria quinquefolia

Least Concern

prairie cup grass

Eriochloa contracta

Not Evaluated

Panicled Spot Flower

Acmella paniculata

Least Concern

Silverleaf Sunflower

Helianthus argophyllus

Least Concern

Terrestrial water-starwort

Callitriche terrestris

Least Concern

Daghestan sweet-clover

Melilotus suaveolens

Not Evaluated

curve-pod yellow cress

Rorippa curvisiliqua

Least Concern

golden-mane coreopsis

Coreopsis basalis

Not Evaluated

Sharp-leaf Ground-cherry

Physalis acutifolia

Not Evaluated

Hairy Sunflower

Helianthus hirsutus

Least Concern

tomcat clover

Trifolium willdenovii

Not Evaluated

Japanese scallion

Allium chinense

Least Concern

Foxtail flatsedge

Cyperus alopecuroides

Least Concern

lateral sedge

Carex unilateralis

Least Concern

Japanese glorybower

Clerodendrum japonicum

Least Concern

Divine nightshade

Solanum nigrescens

Not Evaluated

teasel sedge

Cyperus echinatus

Not Evaluated

sandhills amaranth

Amaranthus arenicola

Not Evaluated

Stipitate Forget-me-not

Plagiobothrys stipitatus

Not Evaluated

Luchu Pine

Pinus luchuensis

Least Concern

Early crocus

Crocus imperati

Least Concern

Potato bush

Phyllanthus reticulatus

Least Concern

Fendler's nighshade

Solanum stoloniferum

Least Concern

sensitive joint-vetch

Aeschynomene virginica

Extinct

Stueve'S Lespedeza

Lespedeza stuevei

Extinct

Silveus' Lovegrass

Eragrostis silveana

Least Concern

coast amaranth

Amaranthus pumilus

Extinct

Dwarf Marigold

Schkuhria pinnata

Not Evaluated

Common wireweed

Sida acuta

Not Evaluated

Vasey's grass

Paspalum urvillei

Not Evaluated

Earleaf nightshade

Solanum mauritianum

Not Evaluated

Kiwi

Actinidia chinensis

Not Evaluated

Red brome

Bromus rubens

Not Evaluated

Slender false garlic

Nothoscordum gracile

Not Evaluated

Bohena Beauty

Cenchrus longispinus

Not Evaluated

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

sieversian wormwood

Artemisia sieversiana

Not Evaluated

Redflower ragleaf

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Not Evaluated

Alternate-Leaved Crownbeard

Verbesina alternifolia

Not Evaluated

Chinese ixora

Ixora chinensis

Not Evaluated

Clammy Ground-Cherry

Physalis heterophylla

Not Evaluated

African pepperwort

Lepidium africanum

Not Evaluated

Proliferous pink

Petrorhagia nanteuilii

Not Evaluated

Dwarf St. John'S Wort

Hypericum mutilum

Not Evaluated

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