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Australia

Oceania · Australia and New Zealand

Total Species
1988
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
25,499,884
Area
7,692,024 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1801
Animalia 176
Chromista 10
Fungi 1

Featured Species

All Species in Australia

Orange cestrum

Cestrum aurantiacum

Least Concern

crimson cestrum

Cestrum elegans

Least Concern

Nightshade

Solanum laxum

Not Evaluated

Purple African nightshade

Solanum marginatum

Not Evaluated

Stinking Bean Trefoil

Anagyris foetida

Least Concern

Cape-jewels

Nemesia strumosa

Not Evaluated

Rabbitear iris

Iris laevigata

Not Evaluated

Echinate Bramble

Rubus echinatus

Vulnerable

spear grass

Nassella hyalina

Not Evaluated

Indian toothcup

Rotala indica

Least Concern

Roebelin palm

Phoenix roebelenii

Not Evaluated

Indian valley false mallow

Malvastrum americanum

Least Concern

Gooseberry gourd

Cucumis myriocarpus

Not Evaluated

Shortfruit stork's bill

Erodium brachycarpum

Not Evaluated

calopo

Calopogonium mucunoides

Least Concern

Hairy medick

Medicago monspeliaca

Not Evaluated

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

False sicklepod

Senna multijuga

Least Concern

Argentine senna

Senna corymbosa

Least Concern

Easter cassia

Senna pendula

Least Concern

Christmasbush

Senna bicapsularis

Least Concern

Rose myrtle

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa

Least Concern

Cape bugloss

Anchusa capensis

Not Evaluated

Annual Lespedeza

Kummerowia striata

Not Evaluated

African scurfpea

Psoralea pinnata

Not Evaluated

Tuna

Opuntia elatior

Not Evaluated

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata

Least Concern

Thalia lovegrass

Eragrostis atrovirens

Least Concern

Longflowered veldtgrass

Ehrharta longiflora

Not Evaluated

Stalkleaf murainagrass

Ischaemum timorense

Extinct

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

Bentham's cornel

Cornus capitata

Least Concern

South American skullcap

Scutellaria racemosa

Least Concern

False ironwort

Hyptis capitata

Not Evaluated

round-leaf cassia

Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Least Concern

Pencilflower

Stylosanthes scabra

Least Concern

Viscid pencil-flower

Stylosanthes viscosa

Least Concern

Pencil flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Least Concern

Scarlet passionflower

Passiflora coccinea

Least Concern

Nightshade

Solanum chrysotrichum

Least Concern

Threelobe buttercup

Ranunculus trilobus

Not Evaluated

Silverleaf Sunflower

Helianthus argophyllus

Least Concern

Dahlberg's daisy

Thymophylla tenuiloba

Not Evaluated

Aromatic Ginger

Kaempferia galanga

Data Deficient

Mucronate Sprangletop

Leptochloa panicea

Not Evaluated

Rescuegrass

Bromus catharticus

Not Evaluated

Deutzia

Deutzia scabra

Not Evaluated

midnight-lady

Harrisia pomanensis

Least Concern

roundleaf toothcup

Rotala rotundifolia

Least Concern

Illawarra Flame Tree

Brachychiton acerifolius

Least Concern

Blue Dawn Flower

Ipomoea indica

Not Evaluated

African plume

Bauhinia galpinii

Least Concern

Kura clover

Trifolium ambiguum

Not Evaluated

Common Sugarbush

Protea repens

Least Concern

Desert Cotton

Gossypium thurberi

Endangered

Brown indianhemp

Hibiscus cannabinus

Not Evaluated

Fringed dodder

Cuscuta suaveolens

Not Evaluated

Japanese netvein hollyfern

Cyrtomium falcatum

Not Evaluated

Balkan Toadflax

Linaria dalmatica

Not Evaluated

Hoary Stock

Matthiola incana

Not Evaluated

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