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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)

Beet Webworm

Spoladea recurvalis

Not Evaluated

Soft elephantsfoot

Elephantopus mollis

Not Evaluated

western cudweed

Gnaphalium polycaulon

Not Evaluated

Nodeweed

Synedrella nodiflora

Least Concern

Yorkshire Y

Cornutiplusia circumflexa

Not Evaluated

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Changeable velvetberry

Stachytarpheta mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Queen's-wreath

Petrea volubilis

Least Concern

Bay rum tree

Pimenta racemosa

Least Concern

Kulayadambu

Aniseia martinicensis

Least Concern

Tunbridge Wells Gem

Chrysodeixis acuta

Not Evaluated

West Indian sage

Salvia occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Pink bollworm

Pectinophora gossypiella

Not Evaluated

Aroma

Dichrostachys cinerea

Least Concern

Hemp-agrimony Plume

Adaina microdactyla

Vulnerable

Pink powder puff

Calliandra surinamensis

Least Concern

calopo

Calopogonium mucunoides

Least Concern

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

Christmasbush

Senna bicapsularis

Least Concern

Black mimosa

Mimosa pigra

Least Concern

Jamaican forget-me-not

Browallia americana

Least Concern

Showy chalicevine

Solandra grandiflora

Least Concern

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Egyptian Bollworm

Earias insulana

Not Evaluated

Radford's Flame Shoulder

Ochropleura leucogaster

Not Evaluated

Moth

Monopis monachella

Near Threatened

Tortricid moth

Crocidosema plebejana

Not Evaluated

Pickerel-Weed

Pontederia cordata

Not Evaluated

Smokebush

Buddleja madagascariensis

Least Concern

Madamfate

Hippobroma longiflora

Not Evaluated

Grassleaf spurge

Euphorbia graminea

Not Evaluated

Gulf sandmat

Euphorbia thymifolia

Not Evaluated

redbird flower

Euphorbia tithymaloides

Not Evaluated

Graceful sandmat

Euphorbia hypericifolia

Least Concern

Hyssopleaf sandmat

Euphorbia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Grains of Paradise

Aframomum melegueta

Data Deficient

pagoda-tree

Plumeria alba

Least Concern

ngai camphor

Blumea balsamifera

Least Concern

Deviltree

Alstonia macrophylla

Least Concern

tickle grass

Panicum trichoides

Not Evaluated

Tropical dropseed

Sporobolus tenuissimus

Least Concern

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Spiny fiddlewood

Citharexylum spinosum

Least Concern

Rough mexican clover

Richardia scabra

Not Evaluated

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

Pacific false buttonweed

Spermacoce exilis

Not Evaluated

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

Devil's Bit

Ruellia tuberosa

Not Evaluated

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

Gaping dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia ringens

Not Evaluated

Red leucaena

Leucaena diversifolia

Least Concern

Napoleon's plume

Bauhinia monandra

Data Deficient

bell bauhinia

Bauhinia tomentosa

Least Concern

Casia amarilla

Senna spectabilis

Least Concern

Glossy shower

Senna surattensis

Least Concern

Arsenic bush

Senna septemtrionalis

Not Evaluated

woolly senna

Senna hirsuta

Least Concern

Pencil flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Least Concern

creeping sensitive-plant

Mimosa invisa

Not Evaluated

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