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Australia

Oceania · Australia and New Zealand

Total Species
1988
Threatened
68
CR + EN + VU
Population
25,499,884
Area
7,692,024 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 24
Endangered 27
Vulnerable 17
Near Threatened 41
Least Concern 385
Data Deficient 7
Not Evaluated 784
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1801
Animalia 176
Chromista 10
Fungi 1

Featured Species

All Species in Australia

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Orange cestrum

Cestrum aurantiacum

Least Concern

crimson cestrum

Cestrum elegans

Least Concern

Nightshade

Solanum laxum

Not Evaluated

Purple African nightshade

Solanum marginatum

Not Evaluated

Yellow trumpetbush

Tecoma stans

Least Concern

Monkey comb

Amphilophium crucigerum

Least Concern

Zimbabwe creeper

Podranea ricasoliana

Not Evaluated

Desert horsepurslane

Trianthema portulacastrum

Not Evaluated

Slenderleaf iceplant

Mesembryanthemum nodiflorum

Not Evaluated

Caucasian Campion

Silene schafta

Not Evaluated

Slash pine

Pinus elliottii

Least Concern

Caribbean Pine

Pinus caribaea

Least Concern

African-lily

Agapanthus praecox

Not Evaluated

Clasping Bellwort

Triodanis perfoliata

Not Evaluated

Chinese rose

Rosa chinensis

Not Evaluated

Reeves' meadowsweet

Spiraea cantoniensis

Least Concern

Bellyache bush

Jatropha gossypiifolia

Not Evaluated

Cassava

Manihot esculenta

Not Evaluated

Creeping Prickly-Pear

Opuntia humifusa

Least Concern

Stinking Bean Trefoil

Anagyris foetida

Least Concern

Cape-jewels

Nemesia strumosa

Not Evaluated

Phalsa

Grewia asiatica

Least Concern

fern-leaf lavender

Lavandula multifida

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Hygrophila

Hygrophila polysperma

Not Evaluated

hairy thorn-apple

Datura wrightii

Not Evaluated

perennial ground-cherry

Physalis virginiana

Not Evaluated

sheathed cholla

Cylindropuntia tunicata

Least Concern

Illyrian cottonthistle

Onopordum illyricum

Not Evaluated

Conifer

Afrocarpus falcatus

Least Concern

Rabbitear iris

Iris laevigata

Not Evaluated

Echinate Bramble

Rubus echinatus

Vulnerable

spear grass

Nassella hyalina

Not Evaluated

Holme willow

Salix calodendron

Not Evaluated

red-maids

Calandrinia ciliata

Not Evaluated

Mickey mouse plant

Ochna serrulata

Least Concern

silver nailroot

Paronychia argentea

Not Evaluated

Woollyjoint pricklypear

Opuntia tomentosa

Least Concern

Hiptage

Hiptage benghalensis

Least Concern

Palay rubbervine

Cryptostegia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

burgu grass

Echinochloa stagnina

Not Evaluated

Alkali Saltgrass

Distichlis spicata

Least Concern

Pitted beardgrass

Bothriochloa pertusa

Not Evaluated

olive hymenachne

Hymenachne amplexicaulis

Not Evaluated

Peruvian zinnia

Zinnia peruviana

Not Evaluated

Paraguayan starbur

Acanthospermum australe

Not Evaluated

Soft elephantsfoot

Elephantopus mollis

Not Evaluated

Jersey knapweed

Centaurea paniculata

Not Evaluated

Evergreen Goldenrod

Solidago sempervirens

Least Concern

western cudweed

Gnaphalium polycaulon

Not Evaluated

Straggler daisy

Calyptocarpus vialis

Least Concern

Nodeweed

Synedrella nodiflora

Least Concern

Peruvian primrose-willow

Ludwigia peruviana

Not Evaluated

Longflower evening primrose

Oenothera affinis

Extinct

four-wing evening-primrose

Oenothera tetraptera

Not Evaluated

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Changeable velvetberry

Stachytarpheta mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Cayenne porterweed

Stachytarpheta cayennensis

Least Concern

Supine vervain

Verbena supina

Not Evaluated

bushy matgrass

Lippia alba

Least Concern

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