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Turkey

Asia · Western Asia

Total Species
562
Threatened
18
CR + EN + VU
Population
84,339,067
Area
783,562 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 2
Endangered 5
Vulnerable 11
Near Threatened 10
Least Concern 118
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 370
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 401
Animalia 155
Chromista 6

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Turkey

Central Australian Cabbage Palm

Livistona mariae

Least Concern

White bladderflower

Araujia sericifera

Not Evaluated

Barley

Hordeum distichon

Not Evaluated

Mimosa

Albizia julibrissin

Not Evaluated

Ko`oko`olau

Bidens campylotheca

Vulnerable

chilicote

Erythrina flabelliformis

Least Concern

Joseph's-coat

Amaranthus tricolor

Not Evaluated

Black wattle

Acacia mearnsii

Not Evaluated

Frost Grape

Vitis riparia

Not Evaluated

Globe artichoke

Cynara scolymus

Not Evaluated

Treasure flower

Gazania rigens

Not Evaluated

Kiwi

Actinidia chinensis

Not Evaluated

Paperwhite narcissus

Narcissus papyraceus

Not Evaluated

Coast Sandbur

Cenchrus spinifex

Not Evaluated

Kurrajong

Brachychiton populneus

Not Evaluated

Myrtle-leaf milkwort

Polygala myrtifolia

Not Evaluated

honeyplant

Hoya carnosa

Not Evaluated

Redflower ragleaf

Crassocephalum crepidioides

Not Evaluated

Shrimpplant

Justicia brandegeeana

Not Evaluated

Fountainbush

Russelia equisetiformis

Not Evaluated

Early water grass

Echinochloa oryzoides

Not Evaluated

Sudangrass

Sorghum drummondii

Not Evaluated

Fiveangled dodder

Cuscuta pentagona

Not Evaluated

Rennet

Withania somnifera

Not Evaluated

American Trumpet Vine

Campsis radicans

Not Evaluated

Harpoon weed

Asparagopsis armata

Not Evaluated

Moreton bay fig

Ficus macrophylla

Not Evaluated

Brown Beetle Grass

Diplachne fusca

Not Evaluated

Cogongrass

Imperata cylindrica

Not Evaluated

creeping redflush

Lampranthus multiradiatus

Not Evaluated

Y-twig Algae

Amphiroa rigida

Not Evaluated

Chilean blue-crocus

Tecophilaea cyanocrocus

Not Evaluated

Bullbriar

Smilax rotundifolia

Not Evaluated

Button Foram

Cyclorbiculina compressa

Not Evaluated

Halothrix lumbricalis

Not Evaluated

Pseudosolenia calcar-avis

Not Evaluated

Gymnodinium uberrimum

Not Evaluated

Scrippsiella trochoidea

Not Evaluated

Pseudo-nitzschia calliantha

Not Evaluated

Bay Mussel

Mytilus edulis

Least Concern

Large-Neck Clam

Mya arenaria

Vulnerable

common pelican’s foot

Aporrhais pespelecani

Least Concern

American Comb Jelly

Mnemiopsis leidyi

Not Evaluated

bignose shark

Carcharhinus altimus

Near Threatened

Common Sea Star

Asterias rubens

Least Concern

nutria

Myocastor coypus

Not Evaluated

European painted topsnail

Calliostoma zizyphinum

Not Evaluated

Iberian slug

Arion vulgaris

Least Concern

Asian Lady Beetle

Harmonia axyridis

Not Evaluated

Ponto-Caspian freshwater hydroid

Cordylophora caspia

Not Evaluated

Colorado Beetle

Leptinotarsa decemlineata

Not Evaluated

Western Conifer Seed Bug

Leptoglossus occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Black Vine Weevil

Otiorhynchus sulcatus

Least Concern

Eight-toothed Spruce Bark Beetle

Ips typographus

Least Concern

White Plume Moth

Pterophorus pentadactyla

Least Concern

European oyster drill

Ocenebra erinaceus

Not Evaluated

Diluvian Puncturella

Puncturella noachina

Endangered

Horse chestnut leaf miner

Cameraria ohridella

Not Evaluated

Leafhopper

Cicadella viridis

Least Concern

rose leafhopper

Edwardsiana rosae

Least Concern

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