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India

Asia · Southern Asia

Total Species
1380
Threatened
66
CR + EN + VU
Population
1 380 004 385
Area
3 287 263 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 17
Vulnerable 34
Near Threatened 32
Least Concern 440
Data Deficient 10
Not Evaluated 806
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 7

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1306
Animalia 69
Chromista 4
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

All Species in India

Yellow Ipe

Handroanthus serratifolius

Not Evaluated

moreton-bay-pine

Araucaria bidwillii

Least Concern

Asian copperleaf

Acalypha australis

Not Evaluated

Hedge Cactus

Cereus hildmannianus

Least Concern

Roadside flatsedge

Cyperus sphacelatus

Least Concern

Trinidad palm

Sabal mauritiiformis

Near Threatened

Spiny spiderflower

Tarenaya spinosa

Least Concern

yellow monkey-flower

Erythranthe lutea

Not Evaluated

African Blackwood

Dalbergia melanoxylon

Near Threatened

Shamel ash

Fraxinus uhdei

Not Evaluated

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

False ironwort

Hyptis capitata

Not Evaluated

golden shrimp-plant

Pachystachys lutea

Not Evaluated

Blood root

Justicia secunda

Not Evaluated

Pacara earpod tree

Enterolobium contortisiliquum

Least Concern

Dead and Awake

Neptunia plena

Least Concern

Red leucaena

Leucaena diversifolia

Least Concern

Napoleon's plume

Bauhinia monandra

Data Deficient

tropical flat sedge

Cyperus surinamensis

Least Concern

white bamboo

Dendrocalamus membranaceus

Least Concern

Forest Num-num

Carissa bispinosa

Least Concern

Perfumed passionflower

Passiflora vitifolia

Least Concern

Forest Bitterberry

Solanum anguivi

Least Concern

Merkus's Pine

Pinus merkusii

Vulnerable

Caracus wigandia

Wigandia urens

Not Evaluated

Japanese tung-oil-tree

Vernicia cordata

Least Concern

Durban grass

Dactyloctenium australe

Extinct

Shrubby fuchsia

Fuchsia paniculata

Least Concern

african-juniper

Juniperus procera

Least Concern

Kaka-beak

Clianthus puniceus

Endangered

Twoflower passionflower

Passiflora biflora

Least Concern

broad-leafed-ironbark

Eucalyptus siderophloia

Near Threatened

Applebox

Eucalyptus bridgesiana

Vulnerable

Snow Gum

Eucalyptus pauciflora

Near Threatened

Mountain Grey Gum

Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

Least Concern

Scribbly Gum

Eucalyptus racemosa

Least Concern

narrow-leaved-stringybark

Eucalyptus eugenioides

Least Concern

Sydney Peppermint

Eucalyptus piperita

Least Concern

prickly paperbark

Melaleuca styphelioides

Least Concern

drooping she-oak

Allocasuarina verticillata

Least Concern

Chinese Sweet Gum

Liquidambar formosana

Least Concern

forest-oak

Allocasuarina torulosa

Least Concern

African Black Wattle

Peltophorum africanum

Least Concern

cocoswood

Brya ebenus

Least Concern

Chinese honey-locust

Gleditsia sinensis

Least Concern

coral-bean

Erythrina herbacea

Least Concern

narrow-leaf palm-lily

Cordyline stricta

Least Concern

Early jessamine

Cestrum fasciculatum

Least Concern

devil's-fig

Solanum asperolanatum

Not Evaluated

Virgin's-bower

Clematis flammula

Not Evaluated

Brazilian nightshade

Solanum seaforthianum

Not Evaluated

Balloon cotton bush

Gomphocarpus physocarpus

Not Evaluated

verdant bamboo

Bambusa tuldoides

Not Evaluated

Kurrajong

Brachychiton populneus

Not Evaluated

Artist's pallet

Caladium bicolor

Not Evaluated

Confederate jasmine

Trachelospermum jasminoides

Not Evaluated

honeyplant

Hoya carnosa

Not Evaluated

Velvetplant

Gynura aurantiaca

Not Evaluated

watermelon pepper

Peperomia argyreia

Not Evaluated

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