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Australia

Oceania · Australia and New Zealand

Total Species
1988
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
25 499 884
Area
7 692 024 km²

Conservation Status Overview

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

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1801
Animalia 176
Chromista 10
Fungi 1

Featured Species

All Species in Australia

Peruvian primrose-willow

Ludwigia peruviana

Not Evaluated

Longflower evening primrose

Oenothera affinis

Extinct

four-wing evening-primrose

Oenothera tetraptera

Not Evaluated

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Changeable velvetberry

Stachytarpheta mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Cayenne porterweed

Stachytarpheta cayennensis

Least Concern

bushy matgrass

Lippia alba

Least Concern

Australian teatree

Leptospermum laevigatum

Least Concern

New Zealand Christmastree

Metrosideros excelsa

Not Evaluated

magenta lilly-pilly

Syzygium paniculatum

Not Evaluated

Indian valley false mallow

Malvastrum americanum

Least Concern

Gooseberry gourd

Cucumis myriocarpus

Not Evaluated

Dixie silverback fern

Pityrogramma calomelanos

Not Evaluated

Morning-glory

Ipomoea carnea

Not Evaluated

Mexican bush sage

Salvia leucantha

Not Evaluated

New World midsorus fern

Blechnum occidentale

Not Evaluated

Creeping inchplant

Callisia repens

Not Evaluated

Chinese pistache

Pistacia chinensis

Least Concern

red Easter-lily cactus

Echinopsis oxygona

Least Concern

Bull Pine

Pinus sabiniana

Least Concern

Lowveld spotted aloe

Aloe parvibracteata

Least Concern

bagflower

Clerodendrum thomsoniae

Not Evaluated

Syrian mustard

Euclidium syriacum

Not Evaluated

Flamevine

Pyrostegia venusta

Not Evaluated

Lemonwood

Pittosporum eugenioides

Not Evaluated

barleria

Barleria prionitis

Not Evaluated

True indigo

Indigofera tinctoria

Not Evaluated

African daisy

Arctotis venusta

Not Evaluated

Pygmyweed

Crassula tetragona

Not Evaluated

Matted pratia

Lobelia pedunculata

Not Evaluated

Wilman lovegrass

Eragrostis superba

Not Evaluated

blue-ginger

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora

Not Evaluated

Basketplant

Callisia fragrans

Not Evaluated

Bamboo orchid

Arundina graminifolia

Not Evaluated

Indian-rhododendron

Melastoma malabathricum

Not Evaluated

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Bahia lovegrass

Eragrostis bahiensis

Not Evaluated

Natal-ivy

Senecio macroglossus

Not Evaluated

Tropical Mexican clover

Richardia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Lamarck's bedstraw

Galium divaricatum

Not Evaluated

Obscure morning-glory

Ipomoea obscura

Not Evaluated

Broadleaf glandweed

Parentucellia latifolia

Not Evaluated

bur ragweed

Ambrosia confertiflora

Not Evaluated

willow-leaf heimia

Heimia salicifolia

Not Evaluated

French flax

Linum trigynum

Not Evaluated

large painted-lady

Gladiolus undulatus

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean onion

Allium paniculatum

Not Evaluated

Harbin pear

Pyrus ussuriensis

Not Evaluated

Geraldton carnation weed

Euphorbia terracina

Not Evaluated

Striaria attenuata

Least Concern

Spanish heath

Erica lusitanica

Least Concern

Coolia monotis

Not Evaluated

moreton-bay-pine

Araucaria bidwillii

Least Concern

Flame lily

Gloriosa superba

Least Concern

hairy fiddleneck

Amsinckia calycina

Not Evaluated

Rough mexican clover

Richardia scabra

Not Evaluated

Woodland false buttonweed

Spermacoce remota

Not Evaluated

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

Pacific false buttonweed

Spermacoce exilis

Not Evaluated

Flat-top mille graines

Oldenlandia corymbosa

Not Evaluated

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