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Costa Rica

North America · Central America

Total Species
294
Threatened
6
CR + EN + VU
Population
5 094 114
Area
51 100 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 3
Vulnerable 2
Near Threatened 3
Least Concern 81
Data Deficient 3
Not Evaluated 191
Extinct 5

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 235
Animalia 59

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Costa Rica

clavellina

Dianthus plumarius

Not Evaluated

Clavellino

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Least Concern

cohombro de olor

Sicana odorifera

Not Evaluated

colatero

Cola acuminata

Least Concern

comagueyana

Bothriochloa pertusa

Not Evaluated

congossa

Vinca major

Not Evaluated

copa de oro

Allamanda cathartica

Least Concern

Coqui Antillano

Eleutherodactylus johnstonei

Least Concern

Coquí Común

Eleutherodactylus coqui

Least Concern

crocosmia

Crocosmia crocosmiiflora

Not Evaluated

cuernecillo

Lotus corniculatus

Least Concern

enredadera del mosquito

Anredera cordifolia

Not Evaluated

erva-maior

Holcus lanatus

Not Evaluated

esparcilla

Spergula arvensis

Least Concern

espinaca acuática

Ipomoea aquatica

Least Concern

espinazo de pescado

Sanchezia parvibracteata

Not Evaluated

estropajo

Luffa aegyptiaca

Not Evaluated

falsa mariposa tigre

Hypolimnas misippus

Least Concern

folhas-da-fortuna

Kalanchoe pinnata

Not Evaluated

fruta de pan

Artocarpus altilis

Not Evaluated

Gato Montés

Felis silvestris

Critically Endangered

girasol morado

Cosmos bipinnatus

Not Evaluated

gombo

Abelmoschus esculentus

Not Evaluated

Gorrión casero

Passer domesticus

Least Concern

Grama de Prados

Poa pratensis

Not Evaluated

Grama Rhodes

Chloris gayana

Not Evaluated

gramilla

Paspalum dilatatum

Not Evaluated

grosella China

Averrhoa bilimbi

Not Evaluated

guanaba

Annona muricata

Not Evaluated

Guineo De Fuego

Musa coccinea

Endangered

guizazo

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

hierba angleton

Dichanthium aristatum

Not Evaluated

hierba de Pará

Urochloa mutica

Not Evaluated

hierba de Vasey

Paspalum urvillei

Not Evaluated

hierba Manila

Zoysia matrella

Not Evaluated

Jabalí

Sus scrofa

Least Concern

jambo-rosa

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

jengibre

Zingiber officinale

Not Evaluated

jopillo

Dactylis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Junco de Rana

Juncus bufonius

Least Concern

junquera

Juncus effusus

Least Concern

labaça

Rumex obtusifolius

Not Evaluated

labaça-crespa

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

lágrimas-de-job

Coix lacryma-jobi

Least Concern

limón agrio

Citrus aurantiifolia

Not Evaluated

Llantén Major

Plantago major

Least Concern

llantén menor

Plantago lanceolata

Least Concern

Loto

Nymphaea lotus

Not Evaluated

lulo

Solanum quitoense

Not Evaluated

madreselva

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

maíz

Zea mays

Not Evaluated

malanga

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Not Evaluated

malanga

Colocasia esculenta

Not Evaluated

malanga

Xanthosoma sagittifolium

Not Evaluated

malmequer-bravo

Leucanthemum vulgare

Not Evaluated

mango

Mangifera indica

Data Deficient

maní forrajero perenne

Arachis pintoi

Not Evaluated

manzana de agua

Syzygium malaccense

Not Evaluated

manzanilla

Matricaria chamomilla

Least Concern

mostaza india

Brassica juncea

Not Evaluated

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