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Comoros

Africa · Eastern Africa

Total Species
459
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
869 595
Area
1 862 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 146
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 296
Extinct 2

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 418
Animalia 41

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Comoros

Yellow ginger

Hedychium flavescens

Not Evaluated

Redflower ragleaf

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Not Evaluated

Creeping croftonweed

Ageratina riparia

Not Evaluated

water fern

Ceratopteris thalictroides

Not Evaluated

Himalayan ginger

Hedychium gardnerianum

Not Evaluated

Clasping heliotrope

Heliotropium amplexicaule

Not Evaluated

True indigo

Indigofera tinctoria

Not Evaluated

African pepperwort

Lepidium africanum

Not Evaluated

veldt-grape

Cissus quadrangularis

Not Evaluated

Indian sandbur

Cenchrus biflorus

Not Evaluated

Hedge bamboo

Bambusa multiplex

Not Evaluated

wire crabgrass

Digitaria longiflora

Not Evaluated

spiderweb chloris

Chloris pycnothrix

Not Evaluated

Rat-tail grass

Sporobolus africanus

Not Evaluated

Chickenweed

Portulaca quadrifida

Not Evaluated

Chamber bitter

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

Trailing shrubverbena

Lantana montevidensis

Not Evaluated

Fiveangled dodder

Cuscuta pentagona

Not Evaluated

transparent wood-rose

Operculina turpethum

Not Evaluated

Gambia-pea

Crotalaria goreensis

Not Evaluated

Flemingia

Flemingia macrophylla

Not Evaluated

East indian bristlegrass

Setaria barbata

Not Evaluated

Kangaroo grass

Themeda quadrivalvis

Not Evaluated

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Little ironweed

Cyanthillium cinereum

Not Evaluated

gomphrena-weed

Gomphrena celosioides

Not Evaluated

Nettleleaf velvetberry

Stachytarpheta urticifolia

Not Evaluated

Brazilian vervain

Verbena brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Jute

Corchorus aestuans

Not Evaluated

hairy clustervine

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Not Evaluated

Obscure morning-glory

Ipomoea obscura

Not Evaluated

Asiatic witchweed

Striga asiatica

Not Evaluated

black-sesame

Cantinoa americana

Not Evaluated

Slender leaf rattlebox

Crotalaria ochroleuca

Not Evaluated

Chinese albizia

Albizia chinensis

Not Evaluated

Peach

Prunus persica

Not Evaluated

Bonpland's croton

Croton bonplandianus

Not Evaluated

Stinkvine

Paederia foetida

Not Evaluated

blue wiss

Teramnus labialis

Not Evaluated

Miniature flatsedge

Cyperus prolifer

Not Evaluated

camelbush

Trichodesma zeylanicum

Not Evaluated

Red moneywort

Alysicarpus rugosus

Not Evaluated

Pink woodsorrel

Oxalis debilis

Not Evaluated

rose evening-primrose

Oenothera rosea

Not Evaluated

litchi

Litchi chinensis

Not Evaluated

Slimleaf bur ragweed

Ambrosia tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Mung-bean

Vigna radiata

Not Evaluated

Broad-Leaved Pondweed

Potamogeton nodosus

Near Threatened

Alligatorweed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Not Evaluated

Garden Pink-sorrel

Oxalis latifolia

Least Concern

Chilean evening primrose

Oenothera stricta

Not Evaluated

Sticky chickweed

Cerastium glomeratum

Least Concern

Angled Burr Cucumber

Sicyos angulatus

Not Evaluated

Spanish-needles

Bidens bipinnata

Not Evaluated

ilima

Sida cordifolia

Least Concern

Latin American fleabane

Erigeron karvinskianus

Not Evaluated

Bracken

Pteridium aquilinum

Least Concern

Carrot

Daucus carota

Least Concern

Broadleaf wild leek

Allium ampeloprasum

Not Evaluated

Sesbania Pea

Sesbania bispinosa

Least Concern

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