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Australia

Oceania · Australia and New Zealand

Total Species
1988
Threatened
85
CR + EN + VU
Population
25499884
Area
7692024 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 24
Endangered 33
Vulnerable 28
Near Threatened 59
Least Concern 593
Data Deficient 14
Not Evaluated 1141
Extinct 22

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1801
Animalia 176
Chromista 10
Fungi 1

Featured Species

All Species in Australia

Elmleaf blackberry

Rubus ulmifolius

Not Evaluated

Loganberry

Rubus loganobaccus

Not Evaluated

Bride'S Feathers

Aruncus dioicus

Not Evaluated

Willow-leaved Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster salicifolius

Not Evaluated

Brookweed

Samolus valerandi

Least Concern

Sickle spurge

Euphorbia falcata

Not Evaluated

floating pennywort

Hydrocotyle ranunculoides

Least Concern

Common pricklypear

Opuntia monacantha

Least Concern

Nutgrass

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

Grassland sedge

Carex divulsa

Near Threatened

Fourstamen chickweed

Cerastium diffusum

Near Threatened

Red-knotgrass

Polygonum patulum

Not Evaluated

Narrowleaf knotweed

Polygonum bellardii

Not Evaluated

Pinkhead smartweed

Persicaria capitata

Not Evaluated

Natal plum

Carissa macrocarpa

Least Concern

Borrer's Saltmarsh-Grass

Puccinellia fasciculata

Endangered

Golden bamboo

Phyllostachys aurea

Not Evaluated

Italian timothy

Phleum subulatum

Not Evaluated

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

Panic liverseed grass

Urochloa panicoides

Not Evaluated

American Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa muricata

Not Evaluated

Broom-Sedge

Andropogon virginicus

Not Evaluated

Spiky Fescue

Festuca gautieri

Not Evaluated

Cosmos

Cosmos sulphureus

Not Evaluated

stink aster

Dittrichia graveolens

Not Evaluated

Annual Coreopsis

Coreopsis tinctoria

Not Evaluated

Firewheel

Gaillardia pulchella

Not Evaluated

Senegal teaplant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Not Evaluated

Lipsticktree

Bixa orellana

Least Concern

Winter heliotrope

Petasites pyrenaicus

Not Evaluated

Bachelor'S-Button

Gomphrena globosa

Not Evaluated

magentaspreen

Chenopodium giganteum

Not Evaluated

Fivehorn smotherweed

Bassia hyssopifolia

Not Evaluated

Alligatorweed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Not Evaluated

Water primrose

Ludwigia peploides

Not Evaluated

Brazilian Guava

Psidium guineense

Least Concern

Myrtle

Myrtus communis

Least Concern

Surinam cherry

Eugenia uniflora

Not Evaluated

Chayote

Sechium edule

Not Evaluated

tree mallow

Malva arborea

Not Evaluated

Shoeblackplant

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Not Evaluated

Roselle

Hibiscus sabdariffa

Not Evaluated

Cut-Leaf-Philodendron

Monstera deliciosa

Not Evaluated

Custard Apple

Annona reticulata

Not Evaluated

Governor's plum

Flacourtia indica

Not Evaluated

Wisconsin weeping willow

Salix pendulina

Not Evaluated

Asian Pony'S-Foot

Dichondra micrantha

Not Evaluated

Tropical white morning-glory

Ipomoea alba

Least Concern

Cardinal-Climber

Ipomoea quamoclit

Not Evaluated

Mile a minute vine

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

Mexican cedar

Cedrela odorata

Endangered

Shellflower

Moluccella laevis

Not Evaluated

Japanese climbing fern

Lygodium japonicum

Not Evaluated

Turmeric

Curcuma longa

Data Deficient

field toadflax

Linaria arvensis

Extinct

Annual Toadflax

Linaria incarnata

Not Evaluated

Indian jujube

Ziziphus mauritiana

Least Concern

Tea

Camellia sinensis

Data Deficient

Neat feather-moss

Pseudoscleropodium purum

Least Concern

akee

Blighia sapida

Not Evaluated

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