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Australia

Oceania · Australia and New Zealand

Total Species
1988
Threatened
87
CR + EN + VU
Population
25.499.884
Area
7.692.024 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 25
Endangered 33
Vulnerable 29
Near Threatened 59
Least Concern 609
Data Deficient 15
Not Evaluated 1178
Extinct 22

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1801
Animalia 176
Chromista 10
Fungi 1

Featured Species

All Species in Australia

Kleingrass

Panicum coloratum

Not Evaluated

Sea Vase

Ciona intestinalis

Least Concern

African Bermuda-grass

Cynodon incompletus

Not Evaluated

Rat-tail grass

Sporobolus africanus

Not Evaluated

elk

Cervus elaphus

Vulnerable

Crown Daisy

Glebionis coronaria

Not Evaluated

Syrian thistle

Notobasis syriaca

Not Evaluated

fallow deer

Dama dama

Not Evaluated

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

Trailing shrubverbena

Lantana montevidensis

Not Evaluated

Purpletop vervain

Verbena incompta

Not Evaluated

Purple woodsorrel

Oxalis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Formosa lily

Lilium formosanum

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean lineseed

Bellardia trixago

Not Evaluated

violet horned-poppy

Roemeria hybrida

Not Evaluated

Giant Oceanic Manta Ray

Manta birostris

Endangered

Sanchezia

Sanchezia parvibracteata

Not Evaluated

Laurel-leaved thunbergia

Thunbergia laurifolia

Not Evaluated

blue-ginger

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora

Not Evaluated

Basketplant

Callisia fragrans

Not Evaluated

Geranium

Geranium aequale

Not Evaluated

Porcupinefish

Diodon holocanthus

Least Concern

Indian-rhododendron

Melastoma malabathricum

Not Evaluated

White tephrosia

Tephrosia candida

Not Evaluated

banana water-lily

Nymphaea mexicana

Not Evaluated

Rennet

Withania somnifera

Not Evaluated

lily-of-the-valley-vine

Salpichroa origanifolia

Not Evaluated

grape ground-cherry

Physalis viscosa

Not Evaluated

Wandflower

Sparaxis tricolor

Not Evaluated

New Zealand Broadleaf

Griselinia littoralis

Not Evaluated

Ocean Sunfish

Mola mola

Vulnerable

Wavyleaf mullein

Verbascum sinuatum

Not Evaluated

Cape Figwort

Phygelius capensis

Not Evaluated

tangled hypericum

Hypericum triquetrifolium

Not Evaluated

tiger's-claw

Martynia annua

Not Evaluated

Broom Sedge

Carex scoparia

Not Evaluated

Spotted African cornlily

Ixia maculata

Not Evaluated

Sacred bamboo

Nandina domestica

Not Evaluated

Rosy sandcrocus

Romulea rosea

Not Evaluated

mother-of-pearl-plant

Graptopetalum paraguayense

Not Evaluated

Common Seahorse

Hippocampus kuda

Vulnerable

David'S Spurge

Euphorbia davidii

Not Evaluated

Tussock paspalum

Paspalum quadrifarium

Not Evaluated

Dusty miller

Centaurea cineraria

Not Evaluated

Slender Cottonweed

Froelichia gracilis

Not Evaluated

African cornflag

Chasmanthe floribunda

Not Evaluated

tea rose

Rosa odorata

Not Evaluated

dinnerplate-aralia

Polyscias scutellaria

Not Evaluated

bladder dock

Rumex vesicarius

Not Evaluated

Rottingdean Sea-lavender

Limonium hyblaeum

Not Evaluated

goldflower

Hypericum moserianum

Not Evaluated

Paspalum

Paspalum mandiocanum

Not Evaluated

Broadleaved bristlegrass

Setaria palmifolia

Not Evaluated

East indian bristlegrass

Setaria barbata

Not Evaluated

Kangaroo grass

Themeda quadrivalvis

Not Evaluated

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Bahia lovegrass

Eragrostis bahiensis

Not Evaluated

Natal-ivy

Senecio macroglossus

Not Evaluated

gomphrena-weed

Gomphrena celosioides

Not Evaluated

small matweed

Guilleminea densa

Not Evaluated

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