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Colombia

South America · South America

Total Species
5221
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
50 882 884
Area
1 141 748 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2867
Plantae 2196
Fungi 151
Chromista 6
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Colombia

Parrotfeather

Myriophyllum aquaticum

Not Evaluated

peach palm

Bactris gasipaes

Vulnerable

peacock-flower

Tigridia pavonia

Not Evaluated

Long john

Triplaris melaenodendron

Least Concern

Guyanese arrowhead

Sagittaria guayanensis

Least Concern

pearlfruit

Margyricarpus pinnatus

Not Evaluated

Pearl Millet

Cenchrus americanus

Extinct

hato tejas

Microstachys corniculata

Not Evaluated

Pelicanflower

Aristolochia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Peregrina

Jatropha integerrima

Not Evaluated

Variegated Foam Lichen

Stereocaulon vesuvianum

Near Threatened

Varnished Tube Lichen

Hypogymnia austerodes

Vulnerable

pharaoh ant

Monomorium pharaonis

Not Evaluated

Philodendron

Philodendron erubescens

Not Evaluated

Philippine evergreen

Aglaonema commutatum

Not Evaluated

piccabeen bangalow palm

Archontophoenix cunninghamiana

Not Evaluated

Pick-a-back-plant

Tolmiea menziesii

Not Evaluated

Pickerel-Weed

Pontederia cordata

Not Evaluated

Golden dewdrops

Duranta erecta

Least Concern

Pineapple

Ananas comosus

Least Concern

Goldenleaf Campylium Moss

Campylium chrysophyllum

Least Concern

pinhead spot

Paralaoma servilis

Not Evaluated

Golden Specklebelly

Pseudocyphellaria crocata

Vulnerable

Pinkhead smartweed

Persicaria capitata

Not Evaluated

Pink-sorrel

Oxalis articulata

Not Evaluated

Pink velvet banana

Musa velutina

Least Concern

Pink woodsorrel

Oxalis debilis

Not Evaluated

Pinwheelflower

Tabernaemontana divaricata

Not Evaluated

Yerba de guava

Coccocypselum hirsutum

Not Evaluated

Plantain signalgrass

Urochloa plantaginea

Not Evaluated

plicate sweet-grass

Glyceria notata

Critically Endangered

Crapemyrtle

Lagerstroemia indica

Not Evaluated

riparian feather moss

Leptodictyum riparium

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Setaria

Setaria italica

Not Evaluated

Polkadot-plant

Hypoestes phyllostachya

Not Evaluated

Red Wood

Inga laurina

Least Concern

contracted glass snail

Vitrea contracta

Least Concern

Portia tree

Thespesia populnea

Least Concern

Steely-vented Hummingbird

Saucerottia saucerottei

Least Concern

Greater Sac-winged Bat

Saccopteryx bilineata

Least Concern

Prickly Yellow

Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Not Evaluated

hairy clustervine

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Not Evaluated

Prostrate knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Prostrate sandmat

Euphorbia prostrata

Not Evaluated

Purple African nightshade

Solanum marginatum

Not Evaluated

Punktree

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Least Concern

purple allamanda

Allamanda blanchetii

Not Evaluated

Hardy swamplily

Crinum bulbispermum

Not Evaluated

purple-fringed liverwort

Ricciocarpos natans

Vulnerable

purple magnolia

Magnolia liliiflora

Data Deficient

Fiddle-leaf Fig

Ficus lyrata

Not Evaluated

Purple pampas grass

Cortaderia jubata

Not Evaluated

Purple plague

Miconia calvescens

Least Concern

Gritty Tree Pelt Lichen

Peltigera collina

Critically Endangered

Rufous Mouse Opossum

Marmosa lepida

Least Concern

Hairy sensitive pea

Chamaecrista pilosa

Least Concern

pyrimidal bugle

Ajuga pyramidalis

Least Concern

Queen palm

Syagrus romanzoffiana

Not Evaluated

queen sago

Cycas rumphii

Near Threatened

Quinoa

Chenopodium quinoa

Not Evaluated

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