Papua New Guinea
Oceania · Melanesia
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
aupa
Amaranthus tricolor
gandapura
Abelmoschus moschatus
jambu bol
Syzygium malaccense
jarak
Ricinus communis
kangkong
Ipomoea aquatica
Kasingsat
Senna occidentalis
kelapa sawit
Elaeis guineensis
kenanga
Cananga odorata
Ecoregions
Admiralty Islands lowland rain forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Australasia
Huon Peninsula montane rain forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Australasia
Louisiade Archipelago rain forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Australasia
New Britain-New Ireland lowland rain forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Australasia
New Britain-New Ireland montane rain forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Australasia
Northern New Guinea lowland rain and freshwater swamp forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Australasia
All Species in Papua New Guinea
Rattleweed
Crotalaria retusa
Shakeshake
Crotalaria incana
silverleaf desmodium
Desmodium uncinatum
Dixie ticktrefoil
Desmodium tortuosum
joint-vetch
Aeschynomene americana
Wild bushbean
Macroptilium lathyroides
Hairy indigo
Indigofera hirsuta
Rosarypea
Abrus precatorius
Macaw flower
Heliconia bihai
Yellow trumpetbush
Tecoma stans
Desert horsepurslane
Trianthema portulacastrum
Roseleaf raspberry
Rubus rosifolius
Bellyache bush
Jatropha gossypiifolia
Poorland flatsedge
Cyperus compressus
Kikuyugrass
Cenchrus clandestinus
burgu grass
Echinochloa stagnina
Grass
Eriochloa procera
Sourgrass
Digitaria insularis
Angleton bluestem
Dichanthium aristatum
Pond lovegrass
Eragrostis japonica
Basketgrass
Oplismenus hirtellus
Itchgrass
Rottboellia cochinchinensis
pilipiliula
Chrysopogon aciculatus
Soft elephantsfoot
Elephantopus mollis
Nodeweed
Synedrella nodiflora
water-primrose
Ludwigia octovalvis
Light-blue snakeweed
Stachytarpheta jamaicensis
Cayenne porterweed
Stachytarpheta cayennensis
Abutilon
Abutilon indicum
Duckweed
Lemna perpusilla
Dixie silverback fern
Pityrogramma calomelanos
calopo
Calopogonium mucunoides
Black mimosa
Mimosa pigra
erect spiderling
Boerhavia erecta
Whitesnow
Drymaria cordata
Orosne
Polygala paniculata
Gulf sandmat
Euphorbia thymifolia
Roadside flatsedge
Cyperus sphacelatus
Pacific island flat sedge
Cyperus cyperoides
Chinese lovegrass
Eragrostis unioloides
Stalkleaf murainagrass
Ischaemum timorense
Running mountaingrass
Oplismenus compositus
Coatbuttons
Tridax procumbens
Linear Leaf Water Primrose
Ludwigia hyssopifolia
Threelobe false mallow
Malvastrum coromandelianum
Woodland false buttonweed
Spermacoce remota
Pacific false buttonweed
Spermacoce exilis
Flat-top mille graines
Oldenlandia corymbosa
False ironwort
Hyptis capitata
Nakedstem dewflower
Murdannia nudiflora
baby jump-up
Mecardonia procumbens
Red leucaena
Leucaena diversifolia
woolly senna
Senna hirsuta
Fish-bone Cassia
Chamaecrista mimosoides
Pencil flower
Stylosanthes guianensis
common fringe-rush
Fimbristylis dichotoma
Slender Cyperus
Cyperus distans
five-leaf crotalaria
Crotalaria quinquefolia
banana poka
Passiflora tarminiana
African-Spinach
Amaranthus cruentus
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