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Congo (DRC)

Africa · Middle Africa

Total Species
548
Threatened
5
CR + EN + VU
Population
92.377.986
Area
2.344.858 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 3
Vulnerable 2
Near Threatened 3
Least Concern 69
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 148
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 477
Animalia 68
Bacteria 3

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Congo (DRC)

jambo

Syzygium malaccense

Not Evaluated

jasmim-manga

Plumeria rubra

Not Evaluated

jatobá

Hymenaea courbaril

Near Threatened

jatrofa

Jatropha integerrima

Not Evaluated

Jinguba-de-Cabambe

Vigna subterranea

Not Evaluated

judeu-errante

Tradescantia zebrina

Not Evaluated

juta

Corchorus olitorius

Not Evaluated

lapola

Torilis arvensis

Near Threatened

leucena

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

ligustro

Ligustrum vulgare

Least Concern

lipupu

Melothria sphaerocarpa

Not Evaluated

malva-branca

Sida cordifolia

Least Concern

malva-crespa

Malva verticillata

Not Evaluated

mamoeiro

Carica papaya

Data Deficient

manga

Mangifera indica

Data Deficient

Manjirioba

Senna occidentalis

Least Concern

maracujá-açu

Passiflora quadrangularis

Not Evaluated

maria-mole

Phytolacca dioica

Not Evaluated

maria-sem-vergonha

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

marupá

Eleutherine bulbosa

Not Evaluated

mato-de-oreção

Hamelia patens

Least Concern

meloeiro

Cucumis melo

Not Evaluated

mentrasto

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

milhã

Digitaria sanguinalis

Not Evaluated

milho

Zea mays

Not Evaluated

moscadeira

Myristica fragrans

Data Deficient

mostarda

Brassica juncea

Not Evaluated

mostarda

Brassica carinata

Not Evaluated

mourisco

Fagopyrum esculentum

Not Evaluated

neem

Azadirachta indica

Not Evaluated

Níger

Guizotia abyssinica

Not Evaluated

nogueira

Aleurites moluccanus

Least Concern

noni

Morinda citrifolia

Not Evaluated

odontonema

Odontonema tubaeforme

Not Evaluated

onze-horas

Portulaca grandiflora

Not Evaluated

paina-de-seda

Gomphocarpus physocarpus

Not Evaluated

Pardal-comum

Passer domesticus

Least Concern

pasto-chato

Axonopus compressus

Least Concern

patchouli

Pogostemon cablin

Not Evaluated

Pau-de-balsa

Ochroma pyramidale

Not Evaluated

pau-do-sebo

Triadica sebifera

Not Evaluated

pepino

Cucumis sativus

Not Evaluated

periquito-sessil

Alternanthera sessilis

Least Concern

perna-de-moça

Jatropha podagrica

Not Evaluated

pimenta-bastarda

Schinus molle

Least Concern

pimenta-do-reino

Piper nigrum

Not Evaluated

pimenteiro-comum

Capsicum annuum

Not Evaluated

pinchão

Eruca vesicaria

Not Evaluated

pinhão-branco

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

pinhão-roxo

Jatropha gossypiifolia

Not Evaluated

pirétro

Tanacetum cinerariifolium

Not Evaluated

Pitanga

Eugenia uniflora

Not Evaluated

plantagem

Plantago major

Least Concern

quebra-pedra

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

quiabo

Abelmoschus esculentus

Not Evaluated

quina-amarela

Cinchona calisaya

Least Concern

quina-do-Amazonas

Cinchona pubescens

Vulnerable

rabanete

Raphanus sativus

Not Evaluated

rami

Boehmeria nivea

Not Evaluated

resedá-gigante

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Not Evaluated

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