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El Salvador

North America · Central America

Total Species
265
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
6,486,201
Area
21,041 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 2
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 118
Not Evaluated 138
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 257
Animalia 8

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in El Salvador

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

Peruvian primrose-willow

Ludwigia peruviana

Not Evaluated

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Cayenne porterweed

Stachytarpheta cayennensis

Least Concern

Indian valley false mallow

Malvastrum americanum

Least Concern

Tropical fanpetals

Sida urens

Not Evaluated

Dixie silverback fern

Pityrogramma calomelanos

Not Evaluated

redhead

Hamelia patens

Least Concern

Kulayadambu

Aniseia martinicensis

Least Concern

West Indian sage

Salvia occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Caracas rattlebox

Crotalaria micans

Least Concern

Tickclover

Desmodium incanum

Least Concern

calopo

Calopogonium mucunoides

Least Concern

Red Wood

Inga laurina

Least Concern

Black mimosa

Mimosa pigra

Least Concern

Wild passionfruit

Passiflora suberosa

Least Concern

erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta

Not Evaluated

Whitesnow

Drymaria cordata

Least Concern

Madamfate

Hippobroma longiflora

Not Evaluated

Orosne

Polygala paniculata

Not Evaluated

Grassleaf spurge

Euphorbia graminea

Not Evaluated

Gulf sandmat

Euphorbia thymifolia

Not Evaluated

Graceful sandmat

Euphorbia hypericifolia

Least Concern

Hyssopleaf sandmat

Euphorbia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Fimbry

Fimbristylis littoralis

Least Concern

Low Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis autumnalis

Not Evaluated

Spiny spiderflower

Tarenaya spinosa

Least Concern

cabbage-star

Cnidoscolus aconitifolius

Not Evaluated

Arrasa con todo

Gomphrena serrata

Not Evaluated

Yellow leafbract

Malachra alceifolia

Not Evaluated

Trumpet tree

Cecropia obtusifolia

Least Concern

Tropical burnweed

Erechtites valerianifolius

Not Evaluated

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

Least Concern

Threelobe false mallow

Malvastrum coromandelianum

Not Evaluated

Rough mexican clover

Richardia scabra

Not Evaluated

Woodland false buttonweed

Spermacoce remota

Not Evaluated

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

False ironwort

Hyptis capitata

Not Evaluated

palm fern

Blechnum appendiculatum

Not Evaluated

Browne's blechum

Ruellia blechum

Least Concern

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

baby jump-up

Mecardonia procumbens

Least Concern

Virdrillo

Pilea hyalina

Not Evaluated

Wild Tantan

Desmanthus virgatus

Least Concern

Dead and Awake

Neptunia plena

Least Concern

Casia amarilla

Senna spectabilis

Least Concern

Arsenic bush

Senna septemtrionalis

Not Evaluated

woolly senna

Senna hirsuta

Least Concern

Partridge-Pea

Chamaecrista nictitans

Least Concern

Viscid pencil-flower

Stylosanthes viscosa

Least Concern

Pencil flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Least Concern

Silk tree

Albizia niopoides

Not Evaluated

Least snoutbean

Rhynchosia minima

Least Concern

Foxtail copperleaf

Acalypha alopecuroidea

Least Concern

swamp flat sedge

Cyperus ligularis

Not Evaluated

Longbeak rattlebox

Crotalaria longirostrata

Least Concern

Prairie Acacia

Acaciella angustissima

Not Evaluated

Shrubby fuchsia

Fuchsia paniculata

Least Concern

Roostertree

Calotropis procera

Not Evaluated

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