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Japan

Asia · Eastern Asia

Total Species
1446
Threatened
52
CR + EN + VU
Population
126,476,461
Area
377,975 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 14
Endangered 18
Vulnerable 20
Near Threatened 37
Least Concern 402
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 855
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1017
Animalia 427
Protozoa 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Japan

Blue Toadflax

Nuttallanthus canadensis

Not Evaluated

Eastern Stork's-bill

Erodium crinitum

Not Evaluated

Smooth rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida

Least Concern

Shakeshake

Crotalaria incana

Least Concern

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

joint-vetch

Aeschynomene americana

Least Concern

Wild bushbean

Macroptilium lathyroides

Least Concern

Inconspicuous pea

Lathyrus inconspicuus

Not Evaluated

Hairy bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus subbiflorus

Not Evaluated

Rosarypea

Abrus precatorius

Least Concern

Spider plant

Chlorophytum comosum

Not Evaluated

Green Tansy Mustard

Descurainia pinnata

Not Evaluated

red spiderling

Boerhavia diffusa

Least Concern

Desert horsepurslane

Trianthema portulacastrum

Not Evaluated

Mexican stonecrop

Sedum mexicanum

Not Evaluated

Carolina mosquitofern

Azolla caroliniana

Least Concern

Greater Canadian St. John'S-Wort

Hypericum majus

Least Concern

Clasping Bellwort

Triodanis perfoliata

Not Evaluated

Bristlefruit hedgeparsley

Torilis leptophylla

Not Evaluated

Calingale

Cyperus odoratus

Least Concern

False Flatsedge

Cyperus strigosus

Not Evaluated

Brevior Sedge

Carex brevior

Not Evaluated

Bristleless Dark-Green Bulrush

Scirpus georgianus

Least Concern

Cape-jewels

Nemesia strumosa

Not Evaluated

Azure Bluet

Houstonia caerulea

Not Evaluated

Common Pawpaw

Asimina triloba

Least Concern

hairy thorn-apple

Datura wrightii

Not Evaluated

Illyrian cottonthistle

Onopordum illyricum

Not Evaluated

Common knotweed

Polygonum plebeium

Not Evaluated

Radiate fingergrass

Chloris radiata

Not Evaluated

Gophertail lovegrass

Eragrostis ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

Itchgrass

Rottboellia cochinchinensis

Not Evaluated

Bur-daisy

Calotis cuneifolia

Not Evaluated

Evergreen Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens

Least Concern

Bur Marigold

Bidens laevis

Not Evaluated

Narrow-Leaf Goosefoot

Chenopodium leptophyllum

Least Concern

Wormseed

Dysphania anthelmintica

Not Evaluated

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

four-wing evening-primrose

Oenothera tetraptera

Not Evaluated

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Cayenne porterweed

Stachytarpheta cayennensis

Least Concern

Dixie silverback fern

Pityrogramma calomelanos

Not Evaluated

Prostrate false buttonweed

Spermacoce prostrata

Not Evaluated

Mexican Morningglory

Ipomoea coccinea

Not Evaluated

Rose glorybower

Clerodendrum bungei

Least Concern

Softseed wild petunia

Ruellia simplex

Data Deficient

Clovenlip toadflax

Linaria bipartita

Not Evaluated

Giant Path Rush

Juncus anthelatus

Least Concern

Caracas rattlebox

Crotalaria micans

Least Concern

bigpod sesbania

Sesbania herbacea

Not Evaluated

Tickclover

Desmodium incanum

Least Concern

Creeping-rooted medic

Medicago carstiensis

Least Concern

Murex

Medicago murex

Not Evaluated

Wild passionfruit

Passiflora suberosa

Least Concern

Jamaican forget-me-not

Browallia americana

Least Concern

Nightshade

Solanum linnaeanum

Least Concern

erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta

Not Evaluated

Whitesnow

Drymaria cordata

Least Concern

Orosne

Polygala paniculata

Not Evaluated

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