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Congo (DRC)

Africa · Middle Africa

Total Species
548
Threatened
4
CR + EN + VU
Population
92 377 986
Area
2 344 858 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 2
Vulnerable 2
Near Threatened 5
Least Concern 72
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 204
Extinct 2

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 477
Animalia 68
Bacteria 3

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Congo (DRC)

West Indian-pink

Spigelia anthelmia

Least Concern

redhead

Hamelia patens

Least Concern

Kulayadambu

Aniseia martinicensis

Least Concern

Morning-glory

Ipomoea carnea

Not Evaluated

Mexican bush sage

Salvia leucantha

Not Evaluated

Caracas rattlebox

Crotalaria micans

Least Concern

Tickclover

Desmodium incanum

Least Concern

Pink powder puff

Calliandra surinamensis

Least Concern

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

vestal

Rhodometra sacraria

Not Evaluated

Brazilian firetree

Schizolobium parahyba

Not Evaluated

Black mimosa

Mimosa pigra

Least Concern

Jamaican forget-me-not

Browallia americana

Least Concern

Showy chalicevine

Solandra grandiflora

Least Concern

Tropical soda apple

Solanum viarum

Least Concern

Expanded lobsterclaw

Heliconia latispatha

Least Concern

erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta

Not Evaluated

Whitesnow

Drymaria cordata

Least Concern

Pineapple

Ananas comosus

Least Concern

Beach spiderlily

Hymenocallis littoralis

Not Evaluated

Smokebush

Buddleja madagascariensis

Least Concern

Grassleaf spurge

Euphorbia graminea

Not Evaluated

redbird flower

Euphorbia tithymaloides

Not Evaluated

convolvulus hawkmoth

Agrius convolvuli

Not Evaluated

ngai camphor

Blumea balsamifera

Least Concern

Deviltree

Alstonia macrophylla

Least Concern

tickle grass

Panicum trichoides

Not Evaluated

Tropical dropseed

Sporobolus tenuissimus

Least Concern

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Spiny fiddlewood

Citharexylum spinosum

Least Concern

Rough mexican clover

Richardia scabra

Not Evaluated

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

Pacific false buttonweed

Spermacoce exilis

Not Evaluated

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

Devil's Bit

Ruellia tuberosa

Not Evaluated

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

Gaping dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia ringens

Not Evaluated

Red leucaena

Leucaena diversifolia

Least Concern

Napoleon's plume

Bauhinia monandra

Data Deficient

bell bauhinia

Bauhinia tomentosa

Least Concern

Casia amarilla

Senna spectabilis

Least Concern

Glossy shower

Senna surattensis

Least Concern

Arsenic bush

Senna septemtrionalis

Not Evaluated

woolly senna

Senna hirsuta

Least Concern

Pencil flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Least Concern

creeping sensitive-plant

Mimosa invisa

Not Evaluated

Nightshade

Solanum chrysotrichum

Least Concern

hill jelutong

Dyera costulata

Least Concern

Turpentine tree

Syncarpia glomulifera

Least Concern

Death's-head Hawk Moth

Acherontia atropos

Not Evaluated

Amboina Pitch Tree

Agathis dammara

Vulnerable

Mucronate Sprangletop

Leptochloa panicea

Not Evaluated

Oleander Hawk Moth

Daphnis nerii

Not Evaluated

crimson speckled

Utetheisa pulchella

Not Evaluated

lady-of-the-night

Brunfelsia americana

Not Evaluated

Elephant Apple

Dillenia indica

Least Concern

dwarf white bauhinia

Bauhinia acuminata

Least Concern

Brazilian potato-tree

Solanum wrightii

Least Concern

Badhara-bush

Gmelina elliptica

Least Concern

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