Nigeria
Africa · Western Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Balnimb
Azadirachta indica
Dodak
Sonchus asper
Geluti
Alternanthera sessilis
Kanchara
Commelina benghalensis
Safed siris
Albizia procera
Siris
Albizia lebbeck
Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium floricola
Asian Tiger Mosquito
Aedes albopictus
Ecoregions
Cross-Niger transition forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Cross-Sanaga-Bioko coastal forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Niger Delta swamp forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Nigerian lowland forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
East Sudanian savanna
Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands · Afrotropic
Sahelian Acacia savanna
Tropical & Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas & Shrublands · Afrotropic
All Species in Nigeria
Balnimb
Azadirachta indica
Dodak
Sonchus asper
Geluti
Alternanthera sessilis
Kanchara
Commelina benghalensis
Safed siris
Albizia procera
Siris
Albizia lebbeck
Bicolored trailing ant
Monomorium floricola
Reticulated barnacle
Amphibalanus reticulatus
giant tiger prawn
Penaeus monodon
Short Sharp-tail Bee
Coelioxys afra
Melon fly
Bactrocera cucurbitae
hirsutus mealybug
Maconellicoccus hirsutus
Dumb-Nettle
Galinsoga parviflora
Hairy beggarticks
Bidens pilosa
Coco yam
Colocasia esculenta
Water lettuce
Pistia stratiotes
Yellow Dodder
Cuscuta campestris
Chinaberrytree
Melia azedarach
Bermuda Thistle
Argemone mexicana
Septicweed
Senna occidentalis
Cutleaf groundcherry
Physalis angulata
Peruvian groundcherry
Physalis peruviana
Lantana
Lantana camara
Swamp morning-glory
Ipomoea aquatica
Jerusalem thorn
Parkinsonia aculeata
Galinsoga
Galinsoga quadriradiata
Coconut palm
Cocos nucifera
Guava
Psidium guajava
Beach sheoak
Casuarina equisetifolia
Sieva bean
Phaseolus lunatus
Red beadtree
Adenanthera pavonina
Mesquite
Prosopis juliflora
Mango
Mangifera indica
Barbados nut
Jatropha curcas
Tropical whiteweed
Ageratum conyzoides
Common Sensitive-Plant
Mimosa pudica
Fetid passionflower
Passiflora foetida
Common pricklypear
Opuntia monacantha
Nutgrass
Cyperus rotundus
Mangrove Palm
Nypa fruticans
Mexican cedar
Cedrela odorata
Indian jujube
Ziziphus mauritiana
White leadtree
Leucaena leucocephala
Mountain ebony
Bauhinia variegata
Southern cattail
Typha domingensis
Mexican fireplant
Euphorbia heterophylla
Common bamboo
Bambusa vulgaris
Clavel De Muerto
Tithonia rotundifolia
Butterweed
Erigeron canadensis
Quinine tree
Cinchona pubescens
cow-itch
Mucuna pruriens
Monkeypod
Pithecellobium dulce
Coral vine
Antigonon leptopus
Tree marigold
Tithonia diversifolia
Hispid starbur
Acanthospermum hispidum
Siamweed
Chromolaena odorata
Punktree
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Anil de pasto
Indigofera suffruticosa
Pride-of-barbados
Caesalpinia pulcherrima
African bermudagrass
Cynodon nlemfuensis
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