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Papua New Guinea

Oceania · Melanesia

Total Species
298
Threatened
1
CR + EN + VU
Population
8.947.027
Area
462.840 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 1
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 56
Not Evaluated 98
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 273
Animalia 23
Chromista 1
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Papua New Guinea

Südliche Winterzirpe

Balclutha saltuella

Not Evaluated

Tamarisken-Fuchsschwanz

Amaranthus spinosus

Not Evaluated

Teppichgras

Axonopus compressus

Least Concern

Teppichrasengras

Axonopus fissifolius

Not Evaluated

Teufels-Nachtschatten

Solanum torvum

Not Evaluated

Tomate

Solanum lycopersicum

Not Evaluated

Tropische Feuerameise

Solenopsis geminata

Not Evaluated

Vielstengeliges Schaumkraut

Cardamine hirsuta

Least Concern

Violette Fingerhirse

Digitaria violascens

Not Evaluated

Wassersalat

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

Wasserspinat

Ipomoea aquatica

Least Concern

weißer Kapokbaum

Ceiba pentandra

Least Concern

Weiss-Klee

Trifolium repens

Least Concern

Westindisches Blumenrohr

Canna indica

Not Evaluated

Wilde Fingerhirse

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

Wildschwein

Sus scrofa

Least Concern

Ylang-Ylangbaum

Cananga odorata

Not Evaluated

Zehrwurzel

Colocasia esculenta

Not Evaluated

Zierlicher Fuchsschwanz

Amaranthus viridis

Not Evaluated

Zypressen-Prunkwinde

Ipomoea quamoclit

Not Evaluated

Chamber bitter

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

Indian-rhododendron

Melastoma malabathricum

Not Evaluated

Yellow flame

Peltophorum pterocarpum

Not Evaluated

West Indian rattlebox

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

Gambia-pea

Crotalaria goreensis

Not Evaluated

Blue rattlesnake

Crotalaria verrucosa

Not Evaluated

Flemingia

Flemingia macrophylla

Not Evaluated

White tephrosia

Tephrosia candida

Not Evaluated

Mule's-foot fern

Angiopteris evecta

Not Evaluated

Little ironweed

Cyanthillium cinereum

Not Evaluated

gomphrena-weed

Gomphrena celosioides

Not Evaluated

Asian spiderflower

Arivela viscosa

Not Evaluated

Jute

Corchorus aestuans

Not Evaluated

Beach moonflower

Ipomoea violacea

Not Evaluated

Wild hops

Flemingia strobilifera

Not Evaluated

Stinkvine

Paederia foetida

Not Evaluated

Broad-leaved bowgrass

Cyrtococcum patens

Not Evaluated

Root rot

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas axonopodis

Not Evaluated

Cane Toad

Rhinella marina

Least Concern

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

Polynesian rat

Rattus exulans

Least Concern

manus island tree snail

Papustyla pulcherrima

Near Threatened

Lichen Weevil

Gymnopholus lichenifer

Endangered

Asian blue tick

Rhipicephalus microplus

Not Evaluated

crown-of-thorns

Acanthaster planci

Not Evaluated

Ant

Anoplolepis gracilipes

Not Evaluated

hirsutus mealybug

Maconellicoccus hirsutus

Not Evaluated

Sessile joyweed

Alternanthera sessilis

Least Concern

Indian lilac

Azadirachta indica

Not Evaluated

False daisy

Eclipta prostrata

Not Evaluated

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

American Black Nightshade

Solanum americanum

Least Concern

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

ilima

Sida cordifolia

Least Concern

Mile a minute vine

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Egyptian grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

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