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Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
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Agave d'Amérique
Agave americana
agrostis commun
Agrostis capillaris
agrostis géant
Agrostis gigantea
canche caryophyllée
Aira caryophyllea
cerf de Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
Rat surmulot
Rattus norvegicus
Ricin
Ricinus communis
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Ecoregions
Cocos Island moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Costa Rican seasonal moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Atlantic moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Isthmian-Pacific moist forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Talamancan montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
Central American dry forests
Tropical & Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests · Neotropic
All Species in Costa Rica
abaca
Musa textilis
abeille domestique
Apis mellifera
Absinthe
Artemisia absinthium
Agave d'Amérique
Agave americana
agrostis commun
Agrostis capillaris
agrostis géant
Agrostis gigantea
agrostis stolonifère
Agrostis stolonifera
ajonc deurope
Ulex europaeus
akee-d'afrique
Blighia sapida
alocasie
Alocasia macrorrhizos
Alpiste
Phalaris canariensis
amarantine
Gomphrena globosa
ammi élevé
Ammi majus
anacardier
Anacardium occidentale
anone
Annona muricata
arbre à pain
Artocarpus altilis
Balsamine
Impatiens balsamina
bananier
Musa acuminata
Barbon
Bothriochloa ischaemum
bâton casse
Cassia fistula
Belle-de-nuit
Mirabilis jalapa
ben-oléifere
Moringa oleifera
Bigaradier
Citrus aurantium
bois dartre
Senna alata
bois de fer
Casuarina equisetifolia
bouquet géant
Macrobrachium rosenbergii
brunelle commune
Prunella vulgaris
cacaoyer
Theobroma cacao
caféier d'Arabie
Coffea arabica
Café robusta
Coffea canephora
calebasse zombi
Sicana odorifera
Calebassier
Lagenaria siceraria
Calla
Zantedeschia aethiopica
camomille allemande
Matricaria chamomilla
canang odorant
Cananga odorata
canche caryophyllée
Aira caryophyllea
canne à sucre
Saccharum officinarum
Canne de Provence
Arundo donax
Canne sauvage
Saccharum spontaneum
carambolier
Averrhoa carambola
cardamine des bois
Cardamine flexuosa
Cenchrus cilié
Cenchrus ciliaris
cerf de Virginie
Odocoileus virginianus
cerisier carré
Eugenia uniflora
chat sauvage, chat sauvage deurope, chat forestier
Felis silvestris
chénopode blanc
Chenopodium album
Chèvrefeuille asiatique
Lonicera japonica
chiendent dactyle
Cynodon dactylon
chiendent gazon
Zoysia matrella
chloris
Chloris gayana
Chou faux Jonc
Brassica juncea
cirse commun
Cirsium vulgare
citron vert
Citrus aurantiifolia
cobée grimpante
Cobaea scandens
Coccinelle asiatique
Harmonia axyridis
colocasie
Colocasia esculenta
Cosmos
Cosmos bipinnatus
Courge
Cucurbita pepo
courge torchon
Luffa aegyptiaca
crevette géante tigrée
Penaeus monodon
cymbalaire
Cymbalaria muralis
dactyle vulgaire
Dactylis glomerata
Digitaire à fleurs longues
Digitaria longiflora
digitale pourpre
Digitalis purpurea
ebolo
Crassocephalum crepidioides
écrevisse rouge de marais
Procambarus clarkii
Éleusine d'Inde
Eleusine indica
Éragrostide poilue
Eragrostis pilosa
Faux-monarque
Hypolimnas misippus
fétuque rouge
Festuca rubra
Figuier de Barbarie
Opuntia ficus-indica
Flamboyan
Delonix regia
flouve odorante
Anthoxanthum odoratum
fourmi de feu tropicale
Solenopsis geminata
fourmi pharaon
Monomorium pharaonis
gingembre
Zingiber officinale
gombo
Abelmoschus esculentus
graines de lin
Leucaena leucocephala
grand bambou
Bambusa vulgaris
grande cigüe
Conium maculatum
grande igname
Dioscorea alata
grande marguerite
Leucanthemum vulgare
Grande Pervenche
Vinca major
grand éragrostis
Eragrostis cilianensis
grenadille
Passiflora edulis
Herbe à chapelets
Coix lacryma-jobi
herbe à échasses japonaise
Microstegium vimineum
herbe à miel
Melinis minutiflora
herbe de Para
Urochloa mutica
herbe de Vasey
Paspalum urvillei
houlque velue
Holcus lanatus
impatiens
Impatiens walleriana
jamboissier rouge
Syzygium malaccense
Jamrosa
Syzygium jambos
jonc des crapauds
Juncus bufonius
Jonc du Nil
Cyperus papyrus
jonc épars
Juncus effusus
jonc grêle
Juncus tenuis
kolatier sauvage
Cola acuminata
Laiteron maraîcher
Sonchus oleraceus
Le Grillon domestique
Acheta domesticus
Lilas des Indes
Melia azedarach
lis de tigre
Tigridia pavonia
liseron d'eau
Ipomoea aquatica
lotier corniculé
Lotus corniculatus
Lotier d'egypte
Nymphaea lotus
luzule champêtre
Luzula campestris
Maïs
Zea mays
malanga marron
Xanthosoma sagittifolium
mangue
Mangifera indica
margose
Momordica charantia
Melon
Cucumis melo
Mignonnette
Dianthus plumarius
Millet à balai
Sorghum bicolor
Mimosa
Acacia dealbata
Moineau domestique
Passer domesticus
montbrétia
Crocosmia crocosmiiflora
nard
Nardus stricta
Navet potager
Brassica rapa
niaouli
Melaleuca quinquenervia
nono
Morinda citrifolia
orange de Quito
Solanum quitoense
Oxalide chétive
Oxalis debilis
oxalis cornu
Oxalis corniculata
Palmier a Huile
Elaeis guineensis
Panic du Brésil
Paspalum dilatatum
patience crépue
Rumex crispus
patience sauvage
Rumex obtusifolius
pâturin annuel
Poa annua
pâturin des prés
Poa pratensis
pervenche de Madagascar
Catharanthus roseus
petite amourette
Briza minor
petite oseille
Rumex acetosella
petit trèfle jaune
Trifolium dubium
phalaris mineur
Phalaris minor
Pigeon biset
Columba livia
Pin d'Australie
Casuarina cunninghamiana
pissenlit
Taraxacum officinale
plantain à larges feuilles
Plantago major
plantain lancéolé
Plantago lanceolata
polycarpe à quatre feuilles
Polycarpon tetraphyllum
Polypogon de Montpellier
Polypogon monspeliensis
pomme canelle
Annona squamosa
pommier velours
Diospyros blancoi
potamot à feuilles crépues
Potamogeton crispus
pourpier
Portulaca oleracea
rat noir
Rattus rattus
Rat surmulot
Rattus norvegicus
ray-grass ditalie
Lolium multiflorum
renoncule rampante
Ranunculus repens
renouée des oiseaux
Polygonum aviculare
Ricin
Ricinus communis
rose de Chine
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Rose de porcelaine
Etlingera elatior
sagine rampante
Sagina procumbens
sanglier
Sus scrofa
scléranthe annuel
Scleranthus annuus
sétaire verte
Setaria viridis
silène de france
Silene gallica
sorgho dalep
Sorghum halepense
spargoute des champs
Spergula arvensis
Suzanne aux yeux noirs
Thunbergia alata
teck
Tectona grandis
Teigne des choux
Plutella xylostella
trèfle des prés
Trifolium pratense
trèfle rampant
Trifolium repens
tulipier du Gabon
Spathodea campanulata
vergerette annuelle
Erigeron annuus
véronique à feuilles de serpolet
Veronica serpyllifolia
véronique à feuilles luisantes
Veronica polita
zibeline
Averrhoa bilimbi
Small carpgrass
Arthraxon hispidus
Green Iguana
Iguana iguana
Leatherback Sea Turtle
Dermochelys coriacea
Bean weevil
Acanthoscelides obtectus
House fly
Musca domestica
domestic goat
Capra hircus
brown-banded cockroach
Supella longipalpa
Mediterranean fruit fly
Ceratitis capitata
Stable Fly
Stomoxys calcitrans
Longhorned crazy ant
Paratrechina longicornis
Pantropical mini-ponerine ant
Hypoponera punctatissima
Sweetpotato whitefly
Bemisia tabaci
Common Plume
Emmelina monodactyla
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
Little fire ant
Wasmannia auropunctata
Johnstone's Robber Frog
Eleutherodactylus johnstonei
Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium floricola
Guinea ant
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Citrus leafminer
Phyllocnistis citrella
Southern green stink bug
Nezara viridula
Greenhouse frog
Eleutherodactylus planirostris
Cuban Tree Frog
Osteopilus septentrionalis
Cottony cushion scale
Icerya purchasi
False stable fly
Muscina stabulans
Bathroom Moth Fly
Clogmia albipunctatus
Pomace fly
Drosophila melanogaster
Ensign wasp
Evania appendigaster
Coffee berry borer
Hypothenemus hampei
Horn fly
Haematobia irritans
Fly
Drosophila simulans
Madeira cockroach
Rhyparobia maderae
Scuttle fly
Megaselia scalaris
Coqui frog
Eleutherodactylus coqui
Moth fly
Psychoda alternata
pear cone
Conus patricius
Indian House Cricket
Gryllodes sigillatus
Brown twig beetle
Xylosandrus morigerus
Ant
Cardiocondyla obscurior
Southern sandbur
Cenchrus echinatus
Okinawa Torch
Musa coccinea
Asian Wild Raspberry
Rubus ellipticus
Golden bamboo
Phyllostachys aurea
Cathedral bells
Kalanchoe pinnata
Golden trumpet
Allamanda cathartica
Egyptian grass
Dactyloctenium aegyptium
Rose natal grass
Melinis repens
Jaraguagrass
Hyparrhenia rufa
Silkoak
Grevillea robusta
good-luck-plant
Cordyline fruticosa
Black poui
Jacaranda mimosifolia
Coral vine
Antigonon leptopus
Devil's horsewhip
Achyranthes aspera
Alexandrian laurel
Calophyllum inophyllum
Stickbush
Clerodendrum chinense
White garland-lily
Hedychium coronarium
purpleheart
Tradescantia pallida
Cedar of Goa
Cupressus lusitanica
Black wattle
Acacia mangium
African senna
Senna didymobotrya
Pride-of-barbados
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
Heartleaf madeiravine
Anredera cordifolia
Antelope Grass
Echinochloa pyramidalis
Brownbeard rice
Oryza rufipogon
Violet crabgrass
Digitaria violascens
African bermudagrass
Cynodon nlemfuensis
Daisy-Chrysanthemum
Leucanthemum maximum
Golden dewdrops
Duranta erecta
Honeyweed
Leonurus japonicus
Christmas candlestick
Leonotis nepetifolia
Chinese violet
Asystasia gangetica
Polkadot-plant
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Bengal trumpet
Thunbergia grandiflora
Bush clockvine
Thunbergia erecta
Hairy indigo
Indigofera hirsuta
Coral tree
Erythrina poeppigiana
Asparagus fern
Asparagus densiflorus
Caribbean Pine
Pinus caribaea
Peregrina
Jatropha integerrima
Pascuita
Euphorbia leucocephala
Cassava
Manihot esculenta
soulvine
Banisteriopsis caapi
Kikuyugrass
Cenchrus clandestinus
Sprawling signalgrass
Urochloa reptans
Pitted beardgrass
Bothriochloa pertusa
African couchgrass
Digitaria abyssinica
Angleton bluestem
Dichanthium aristatum
Gophertail lovegrass
Eragrostis ciliaris
saramatta grass
Ischaemum rugosum
Itchgrass
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
Kahili flower
Grevillea banksii
pinto peanut
Arachis pintoi
candletree
Parmentiera cereifera
hedge euphorbia
Euphorbia neriifolia
Pink velvet banana
Musa velutina
African bristlegrass
Setaria sphacelata
Glenwoodgrass
Sacciolepis indica
Elastic grass
Eragrostis tenuifolia
Stalkleaf murainagrass
Ischaemum timorense
Nakedstem dewflower
Murdannia nudiflora
Ricefield flatsedge
Cyperus iria
Beehive Ginger
Zingiber spectabile
Flamevine
Pyrostegia venusta
West indian gherkin
Cucumis anguria
queen's crape-myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Buddha's hand
Alocasia cucullata
pagoda-flower
Clerodendrum paniculatum
Red ginger
Alpinia purpurata
Japanese mazus
Mazus pumilus
African signalgrass
Urochloa arrecta
Florida tasselflower
Emilia fosbergii
Chamber bitter
Phyllanthus urinaria
Sanchezia
Sanchezia parvibracteata
Bamboo orchid
Arundina graminifolia
Florida keys indian mallow
Abutilon hirtum
Mule's-foot fern
Angiopteris evecta
armgrass millet
Urochloa subquadripara
Broadleaved bristlegrass
Setaria palmifolia
East indian crabgrass
Digitaria setigera
Kleberg's bluestem
Dichanthium annulatum
Long lovegrass
Eragrostis elongata
Giant brake
Pteris tripartita
Wild hops
Flemingia strobilifera
Green Sea Turtle
Chelonia mydas
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