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El Salvador

North America · Central America

Total Species
265
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
6 486 201
Area
21 041 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 2
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 109
Not Evaluated 129
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 257
Animalia 8

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in El Salvador

acacia

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Acacia

Albizia lebbeck

Not Evaluated

acacia de tres púas

Parkinsonia aculeata

Least Concern

Acacia roja

Delonix regia

Least Concern

achiote

Bixa orellana

Least Concern

achira

Canna indica

Not Evaluated

adaza

Sorghum halepense

Not Evaluated

Ahitera

Senna occidentalis

Least Concern

aji

Capsicum frutescens

Not Evaluated

alacrancillo

Heliotropium indicum

Least Concern

alfalfa estilosante

Stylosanthes humilis

Not Evaluated

alfombra

Axonopus compressus

Least Concern

algodón

Gossypium hirsutum

Vulnerable

algodoncillo

Asclepias curassavica

Least Concern

alpiste valillo

Phalaris minor

Not Evaluated

amapolas del campo

Argemone mexicana

Not Evaluated

amarant

Amaranthus hybridus

Not Evaluated

amasisa

Erythrina poeppigiana

Least Concern

amores-de-burro

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

ánade azulón

Anas platyrhynchos

Least Concern

añil

Indigofera suffruticosa

Least Concern

apazote

Dysphania ambrosioides

Not Evaluated

araçá-amarelo

Psidium guineense

Least Concern

aromo

Vachellia farnesiana

Least Concern

aro seguino

Dieffenbachia seguine

Not Evaluated

arranca pellejo

Pithecellobium unguis-cati

Not Evaluated

arrasa con todo

Gomphrena serrata

Not Evaluated

arrayán

Morella cerifera

Least Concern

arrocillo

Paspalum paniculatum

Not Evaluated

azulejo

Clitoria ternatea

Not Evaluated

babosilla

Sida acuta

Not Evaluated

bálsamo

Momordica charantia

Extinct

Barba De Fraile

Fimbristylis littoralis

Least Concern

barba de indio

Eragrostis pilosa

Not Evaluated

barbas de indio

Andropogon bicornis

Least Concern

bardiza

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

basora prieta

Waltheria indica

Not Evaluated

Bejuco de agua

Cissus verticillata

Least Concern

Bejunco

Acanthocereus tetragonus

Least Concern

berenjena cimarrona

Solanum torvum

Not Evaluated

bolsa-de-pastor

Oxalis corniculata

Least Concern

brusca cimarrona

Senna tora

Not Evaluated

Buche

Pithecellobium dulce

Least Concern

cagamuja

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

calitro

Eucalyptus globulus

Least Concern

calotropis

Calotropis procera

Not Evaluated

camalote

Hymenachne amplexicaulis

Not Evaluated

cambustera

Ipomoea quamoclit

Not Evaluated

Campanilla

Ipomoea triloba

Least Concern

Campano

Samanea saman

Least Concern

cañamazo

Paspalum notatum

Not Evaluated

cantemó

Acaciella angustissima

Not Evaluated

Cap Prieto

Cordia alliodora

Least Concern

capulí cimarró

Nicandra physalodes

Not Evaluated

capulín blanco

Muntingia calabura

Least Concern

Carito colorado

Enterolobium cyclocarpum

Least Concern

cascabel vivaz

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

Cedro Rojo

Cedrela odorata

Endangered

Ceiba

Ceiba pentandra

Least Concern

cepillo de botellas

Setaria parviflora

Not Evaluated

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