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Papua New Guinea

Oceania · Melanesia

Total Species
298
Threatened
1
CR + EN + VU
Population
8 947 027
Area
462 840 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 1
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 52
Not Evaluated 94
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 273
Animalia 23
Chromista 1
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Papua New Guinea

good-luck-plant

Cordyline fruticosa

Least Concern

Prostrate sandmat

Euphorbia prostrata

Not Evaluated

Pillpod sandmat

Euphorbia hirta

Not Evaluated

Coral vine

Antigonon leptopus

Not Evaluated

Swollen fingergrass

Chloris barbata

Not Evaluated

Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye

Sphagneticola trilobata

Not Evaluated

Tree marigold

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

Siamweed

Chromolaena odorata

Least Concern

Devil's horsewhip

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

Khakiweed

Alternanthera pungens

Not Evaluated

Ribbon Fern

Pteris cretica

Not Evaluated

Littlebell

Ipomoea triloba

Least Concern

Stickbush

Clerodendrum chinense

Least Concern

White garland-lily

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

Boatlily

Tradescantia spathacea

Not Evaluated

Jio

Commelina benghalensis

Least Concern

Rockweed

Pilea microphylla

Not Evaluated

Black wattle

Acacia mangium

Not Evaluated

Indian Jointvetch

Aeschynomene indica

Least Concern

Anil de pasto

Indigofera suffruticosa

Least Concern

Pride-of-barbados

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Least Concern

Arrocillo

Paspalum paniculatum

Not Evaluated

slim-bristle sandbur

Cenchrus brownii

Not Evaluated

Southern Cut Grass

Leersia hexandra

Not Evaluated

Violet crabgrass

Digitaria violascens

Not Evaluated

Wild cosmos

Cosmos caudatus

Not Evaluated

Bilbao fleabane

Erigeron floribundus

Not Evaluated

Carry me seed

Phyllanthus amarus

Not Evaluated

Man to man

Peperomia pellucida

Not Evaluated

Spiked pepper

Piper aduncum

Least Concern

sawah-flower-rush

Limnocharis flava

Not Evaluated

Gray ironbark

Eucalyptus paniculata

Near Threatened

Inchplant

Tradescantia zebrina

Not Evaluated

Birdbill Dayflower

Commelina diffusa

Least Concern

Rattleweed

Crotalaria retusa

Least Concern

Shakeshake

Crotalaria incana

Least Concern

silverleaf desmodium

Desmodium uncinatum

Not Evaluated

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

joint-vetch

Aeschynomene americana

Least Concern

Wild bushbean

Macroptilium lathyroides

Least Concern

Hairy indigo

Indigofera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Rosarypea

Abrus precatorius

Least Concern

Yellow trumpetbush

Tecoma stans

Least Concern

Desert horsepurslane

Trianthema portulacastrum

Not Evaluated

Roseleaf raspberry

Rubus rosifolius

Not Evaluated

Bellyache bush

Jatropha gossypiifolia

Not Evaluated

Poorland flatsedge

Cyperus compressus

Least Concern

Kikuyugrass

Cenchrus clandestinus

Not Evaluated

burgu grass

Echinochloa stagnina

Not Evaluated

Grass

Eriochloa procera

Not Evaluated

Sourgrass

Digitaria insularis

Least Concern

Angleton bluestem

Dichanthium aristatum

Not Evaluated

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

Basketgrass

Oplismenus hirtellus

Not Evaluated

Itchgrass

Rottboellia cochinchinensis

Not Evaluated

pilipiliula

Chrysopogon aciculatus

Not Evaluated

Nodeweed

Synedrella nodiflora

Least Concern

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Cayenne porterweed

Stachytarpheta cayennensis

Least Concern

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