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India

Asia · Southern Asia

Total Species
1380
Threatened
65
CR + EN + VU
Population
1,380,004,385
Area
3,287,263 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 14
Endangered 17
Vulnerable 34
Near Threatened 32
Least Concern 443
Data Deficient 13
Not Evaluated 813
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 7

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1306
Animalia 69
Chromista 4
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

All Species in India

Red ginger

Alpinia purpurata

Not Evaluated

cardinal's-guard

Pachystachys coccinea

Not Evaluated

Shrimpplant

Justicia brandegeeana

Not Evaluated

Mesquite

Prosopis pallida

Not Evaluated

Woodland passionflower

Passiflora morifolia

Not Evaluated

Arabian starflower

Ornithogalum arabicum

Not Evaluated

boxthorn

Lycium europaeum

Not Evaluated

Costa Rican nightshade

Solanum wendlandii

Not Evaluated

Clammy Ground-Cherry

Physalis heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Sweet Scabious

Sixalix atropurpurea

Not Evaluated

Jacob's coat

Acalypha wilkesiana

Not Evaluated

chenilleplant

Acalypha hispida

Not Evaluated

Sour Prickle

Opuntia dillenii

Not Evaluated

Hedge bamboo

Bambusa multiplex

Not Evaluated

Kleingrass

Panicum coloratum

Not Evaluated

Chickenweed

Portulaca quadrifida

Not Evaluated

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

Fiji fan palm

Pritchardia pacifica

Not Evaluated

prince's-vine

Ipomoea horsfalliae

Not Evaluated

Ginger-leaf morning-glory

Ipomoea asarifolia

Not Evaluated

comb hyptis

Mesosphaerum pectinatum

Not Evaluated

Warer willow

Justicia gendarussa

Not Evaluated

Sanchezia

Sanchezia parvibracteata

Not Evaluated

Cedar wattle

Acacia elata

Not Evaluated

Gambia-pea

Crotalaria goreensis

Not Evaluated

Tortoise shell bamboo

Phyllostachys edulis

Not Evaluated

triplinerved eupatorium

Ayapana triplinervis

Not Evaluated

Mangrove fan palm

Licuala spinosa

Not Evaluated

lipstick palm

Cyrtostachys renda

Not Evaluated

spotted dracaena

Dracaena surculosa

Not Evaluated

St. Dabeoc's-heath

Daboecia cantabrica

Not Evaluated

trailing iceplant

Lampranthus spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Moreton bay fig

Ficus macrophylla

Not Evaluated

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

Foolproofplant

Billbergia pyramidalis

Not Evaluated

Japanese fibre banana

Musa basjoo

Not Evaluated

McLarens' cotoneaster

Cotoneaster transens

Not Evaluated

candycorn-plant

Cuphea micropetala

Not Evaluated

Broadleaved bristlegrass

Setaria palmifolia

Not Evaluated

ruffled fan palm

Licuala grandis

Not Evaluated

gomphrena-weed

Gomphrena celosioides

Not Evaluated

Nettleleaf velvetberry

Stachytarpheta urticifolia

Not Evaluated

narrow-leaf paperbark

Melaleuca alternifolia

Not Evaluated

Spearleaf swampmallow

Pavonia hastata

Not Evaluated

Sea hibiscus

Talipariti tiliaceum

Not Evaluated

Jute

Corchorus aestuans

Not Evaluated

Dutch eggplant

Solanum aculeatissimum

Not Evaluated

tobacco-tree

Solanum erianthum

Not Evaluated

Brazilian begonia

Begonia hirtella

Not Evaluated

bandana-of-the-Everglades

Canna flaccida

Not Evaluated

Cowpea witchweed

Striga gesnerioides

Not Evaluated

narrow-leaf bottlebrush

Callistemon linearis

Not Evaluated

variegate-ginger

Alpinia vittata

Not Evaluated

rasp-leaf pelargonium

Pelargonium radens

Not Evaluated

Horseshoe geranium

Pelargonium zonale

Not Evaluated

honey-flower

Melianthus major

Not Evaluated

Didymo

Didymosphenia geminatum

Not Evaluated

Root rot

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Not Evaluated

Broadleaf wild leek

Allium ampeloprasum

Not Evaluated

Xanthomonas axonopodis

Not Evaluated

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