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Cameroon

Africa · Middle Africa

Total Species
158
Threatened
5
CR + EN + VU
Population
27.224.265
Area
475.442 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 2
Vulnerable 2
Near Threatened 5
Least Concern 42
Not Evaluated 28
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 143
Animalia 15

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Cameroon

acácia

Acacia auriculiformis

Least Concern

acácia

Acacia mangium

Not Evaluated

acácia-branca

Moringa oleifera

Not Evaluated

acácia-mimosa

Pithecellobium dulce

Least Concern

agrião-selvagem

Drymaria cordata

Least Concern

agulha

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

alface-de-água

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

alquequenje-amarelo

Physalis peruviana

Not Evaluated

amargoseira

Melia azedarach

Not Evaluated

amor-agarradinho

Antigonon leptopus

Not Evaluated

araruta-bastarda

Canna indica

Not Evaluated

balão-rajado

Physalis angulata

Least Concern

bambu

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

berenquete

Rauvolfia vomitoria

Least Concern

bico-carmim

Quelea quelea

Least Concern

botão-ouro

Galinsoga quadriradiata

Not Evaluated

budleia

Buddleja davidii

Not Evaluated

cabelos

Cuscuta campestris

Not Evaluated

cambará

Lantana camara

Least Concern

campainha-d'água

Ipomoea aquatica

Least Concern

capim-alto

Rottboellia cochinchinensis

Not Evaluated

capim-arroz

Echinochloa colonum

Least Concern

capim-azedo

Paspalum conjugatum

Least Concern

capim-cheiroso

Cymbopogon citratus

Not Evaluated

capim-galinha

Poa annua

Not Evaluated

capoeraba

Commelina diffusa

Least Concern

cará

Dioscorea alata

Not Evaluated

carolina

Adenanthera pavonina

Least Concern

caruru

Amaranthus blitum

Least Concern

caruru-bravo

Amaranthus spinosus

Not Evaluated

casca-de-ferro

Eucalyptus paniculata

Near Threatened

castanheiro-do-diabo

Datura stramonium

Not Evaluated

casuarina

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

cedro

Cedrela odorata

Endangered

chinchilho

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

chufa

Cyperus esculentus

Not Evaluated

crista-de-galo

Heliotropium indicum

Least Concern

cruz-de-malta

Tribulus terrestris

Not Evaluated

dendê

Elaeis guineensis

Not Evaluated

erva-da-moda

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

erva-de-passarinho

Stellaria media

Not Evaluated

erva-de-santa-luzia

Euphorbia hirta

Not Evaluated

erva-moura

Solanum nigrum

Least Concern

espinheiro-de-jerusálem

Parkinsonia aculeata

Least Concern

eucalipto

Corymbia citriodora

Least Concern

flamboyant

Delonix regia

Least Concern

fona-de-porca

Solanum mauritianum

Not Evaluated

fruta-pão

Artocarpus altilis

Not Evaluated

girassol-mexicano

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

Goiaba

Psidium guajava

Not Evaluated

Golfão-vermelho

Nymphaea lotus

Not Evaluated

grama-boiadeira

Leersia hexandra

Not Evaluated

grama-missioneira

Axonopus fissifolius

Not Evaluated

guaxuma

Sida acuta

Not Evaluated

inhame

Colocasia esculenta

Not Evaluated

Junça Diforme

Cyperus difformis

Least Concern

leucena

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Manjirioba

Senna occidentalis

Least Concern

marianinha

Commelina benghalensis

Least Concern

marroné

Pentaclethra macrophylla

Least Concern

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