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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
56
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 20
Vulnerable 21
Near Threatened 43
Least Concern 440
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 880
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Guava

Psidium guajava

Not Evaluated

Jew's-mallow

Corchorus olitorius

Not Evaluated

Yellow monkswort

Nonea lutea

Not Evaluated

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Galium tricornutum

Critically Endangered

Mintweed

Salvia reflexa

Not Evaluated

Germander speedwell

Veronica chamaedrys

Least Concern

Commen Water-Starwort

Callitriche stagnalis

Least Concern

Dwarf snapdragon

Chaenorhinum minus

Least Concern

Jujube red date

Ziziphus jujuba

Least Concern

Beach sheoak

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

Silver wattle

Acacia dealbata

Least Concern

Blackwood

Acacia melanoxylon

Not Evaluated

Large yellow vetch

Vicia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Spanish vetchling

Lathyrus clymenum

Not Evaluated

Narrow Clover

Trifolium angustifolium

Not Evaluated

Common Grape Hyacinth

Muscari botryoides

Least Concern

American Black Nightshade

Solanum americanum

Least Concern

Apple Of Sodom

Solanum carolinense

Not Evaluated

Silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Not Evaluated

Garden tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Not Evaluated

Husk-Tomato

Physalis philadelphica

Not Evaluated

wood whitlow-grass

Draba nemorosa

Vulnerable

Annual False Pimpernel

Lindernia dubia

Not Evaluated

Nightflowering silene

Silene noctiflora

Endangered

Field Chickweed

Cerastium arvense

Not Evaluated

smoother rupture-wort

Herniaria glabra

Least Concern

Yellow Garlic

Allium moly

Not Evaluated

Orpin Sarmenteux

Sedum sarmentosum

Not Evaluated

Blotched Spurge

Euphorbia maculata

Not Evaluated

Tungoil tree

Vernicia fordii

Least Concern

Indian spinach

Basella alba

Not Evaluated

water dock

Rumex hydrolapathum

Least Concern

Bloodflower

Asclepias curassavica

Least Concern

Spreading alkali grass

Puccinellia distans

Least Concern

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Rhodes grass

Chloris gayana

Not Evaluated

fern-grass

Catapodium rigidum

Endangered

Sunflower

Mauranthemum paludosum

Not Evaluated

Golden chamomile

Cota tinctoria

Least Concern

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

Chinese windmill palm

Trachycarpus fortunei

Not Evaluated

Prostrate pigweed

Amaranthus albus

Not Evaluated

Least Evening-Primrose

Oenothera parviflora

Not Evaluated

rose evening-primrose

Oenothera rosea

Not Evaluated

Pink-sorrel

Oxalis articulata

Not Evaluated

Malabar plum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

Caesarweed

Urena lobata

Least Concern

Althea

Hibiscus syriacus

Not Evaluated

Bastard Alkanet

Buglossoides arvensis

Critically Endangered

Ginger

Zingiber officinale

Not Evaluated

Black Eyed Susan

Thunbergia alata

Not Evaluated

Moroccan toadflax

Linaria maroccana

Not Evaluated

Chinese Elm

Ulmus pumila

Not Evaluated

smooth heliotrope

Heliotropium curassavicum

Not Evaluated

Curly waterweed

Lagarosiphon major

Not Evaluated

Sydney golden wattle

Acacia longifolia

Not Evaluated

Sunn hemp

Crotalaria juncea

Not Evaluated

Tattered Medick

Medicago laciniata

Not Evaluated

Annual Scorpion-vetch

Coronilla scorpioides

Not Evaluated

Common Sensitive-Plant

Mimosa pudica

Least Concern

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