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Guyana

South America · South America

Total Species
162
Threatened
0
CR + EN + VU
Population
786.559
Area
214.969 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 29
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 41
Extinct 2

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 147
Animalia 15

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Guyana

abacaxi

Ananas comosus

Least Concern

abiu-roxo

Chrysophyllum cainito

Not Evaluated

acácia

Acacia mangium

Not Evaluated

acácia-mimosa

Pithecellobium dulce

Least Concern

adlaí

Coix lacryma-jobi

Least Concern

aipim

Manihot esculenta

Not Evaluated

alcarnache

Paspalum distichum

Least Concern

alface-de-água

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

algodão-de-seda

Calotropis procera

Not Evaluated

amarelinha

Thunbergia alata

Not Evaluated

amargoseira

Melia azedarach

Not Evaluated

ambrosia

Dysphania ambrosioides

Not Evaluated

amendoeira-da-praia

Terminalia catappa

Not Evaluated

amor-agarradinho

Antigonon leptopus

Not Evaluated

angola

Vitex agnus-castus

Not Evaluated

araruta-bastarda

Canna indica

Not Evaluated

arrebique

Mirabilis jalapa

Least Concern

Arroz-Selvagem-Vermelho

Oryza rufipogon

Least Concern

azeitona-doce

Syzygium cumini

Least Concern

bafureira

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

bananilha

Hedychium gardnerianum

Not Evaluated

barba-de-barata

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Least Concern

beldroega

Portulaca oleracea

Not Evaluated

bertalha

Basella alba

Not Evaluated

bolsa-de-pastor

Oxalis corniculata

Least Concern

Botão-de-ouro

Sigesbeckia orientalis

Not Evaluated

bredo-verde

Amaranthus viridis

Not Evaluated

calancói

Kalanchoe pinnata

Not Evaluated

campainha-d'água

Ipomoea aquatica

Least Concern

capim-arroz

Echinochloa colonum

Least Concern

capim-barbicha-de-alemão

Eragrostis pilosa

Not Evaluated

capim-buffel

Cenchrus ciliaris

Not Evaluated

capim-calandrini

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

capim-cheiroso

Cymbopogon citratus

Not Evaluated

capim-colchão

Digitaria nuda

Least Concern

capim-colchão-fino

Digitaria violascens

Not Evaluated

capim-comprido

Paspalum dilatatum

Not Evaluated

capim-de-canário

Eragrostis ciliaris

Not Evaluated

capim-de-cheiro

Chrysopogon zizanioides

Not Evaluated

capim-jaraguá

Hyparrhenia rufa

Least Concern

capim-macho

Ischaemum rugosum

Least Concern

capim-massambará

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

capim-nilo

Acroceras macrum

Not Evaluated

capoeraba

Commelina diffusa

Least Concern

cará

Dioscorea alata

Not Evaluated

cará-da-costa

Dioscorea cayenensis

Not Evaluated

carolina

Adenanthera pavonina

Least Concern

caruru

Amaranthus blitum

Least Concern

caruru-bravo

Amaranthus spinosus

Not Evaluated

cascaveleira

Crotalaria juncea

Not Evaluated

casuarina

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

chá-de-frade

Leonurus japonicus

Least Concern

chinchilho

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

coco-da-bahia

Cocos nucifera

Not Evaluated

coentro-do-mato

Parthenium hysterophorus

Not Evaluated

Coração-de-negro

Albizia lebbeck

Not Evaluated

cravo-africano

Tagetes erecta

Not Evaluated

crista-de-galo

Celosia argentea

Not Evaluated

crista-de-galo

Heliotropium indicum

Least Concern

cuspo-do-taquarizano

Digitaria fuscescens

Not Evaluated

dendê

Elaeis guineensis

Not Evaluated

eleusina

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

escalda-mão

Hedychium coronarium

Not Evaluated

espinilho

Vachellia farnesiana

Least Concern

fava

Phaseolus lunatus

Least Concern

feijão-caupi

Vigna unguiculata

Not Evaluated

girassol-mexicano

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

Goiaba

Psidium guajava

Not Evaluated

Golfão-vermelho

Nymphaea lotus

Not Evaluated

gorga

Sinapis arvensis

Least Concern

grama-boiadeira

Leersia hexandra

Not Evaluated

inhame

Colocasia esculenta

Not Evaluated

insulina

Sphagneticola trilobata

Not Evaluated

leucena

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

lotus-do-Egito

Nelumbo nucifera

Not Evaluated

mamoeiro

Carica papaya

Data Deficient

Manjirioba

Senna occidentalis

Least Concern

melaleuca

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Least Concern

melão-são-caetano

Momordica charantia

Extinct

mentrasto

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

milho-alvo

Panicum miliaceum

Not Evaluated

noni

Morinda citrifolia

Not Evaluated

palmeira-imperial

Roystonea oleracea

Near Threatened

paricá

Anadenanthera peregrina

Not Evaluated

pinhão-branco

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

plantagem

Plantago major

Least Concern

pombo-doméstico / pombo-das-rochas

Columba livia

Least Concern

quebra-pedra

Phyllanthus urinaria

Not Evaluated

sorgo-bravo

Sorghum halepense

Not Evaluated

tumbérgia-azul

Thunbergia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

White moneywort

Alysicarpus vaginalis

Not Evaluated

Java-bean

Senna obtusifolia

Least Concern

Cockroach berry

Solanum capsicoides

Not Evaluated

African jointgrass

Hemarthria altissima

Least Concern

Siamweed

Chromolaena odorata

Least Concern

Antelope Grass

Echinochloa pyramidalis

Least Concern

Oriental false hawksbeard

Youngia japonica

Not Evaluated

quassia

Quassia amara

Least Concern

Guatemalan Grass

Tripsacum andersonii

Least Concern

Senegal date palm

Phoenix reclinata

Least Concern

Butterweed

Erigeron canadensis

Not Evaluated

Rose natal grass

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Kariba weed

Salvinia molesta

Not Evaluated

Smooth rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida

Least Concern

cat's-claw

Pithecellobium unguis-cati

Not Evaluated

Rosarypea

Abrus precatorius

Least Concern

Caribbean Pine

Pinus caribaea

Least Concern

Indian jujube

Ziziphus mauritiana

Least Concern

Oat Grass

Acroceras zizanioides

Least Concern

Grass

Eriochloa procera

Not Evaluated

Alligatorweed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Not Evaluated

Angleton bluestem

Dichanthium aristatum

Not Evaluated

Mangrove Palm

Nypa fruticans

Least Concern

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

Bracken

Pteridium aquilinum

Least Concern

Duckweed

Lemna perpusilla

Least Concern

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Least Concern

African payal

Salvinia auriculata

Not Evaluated

Fimbry

Fimbristylis littoralis

Least Concern

Mule Grass

Bouteloua americana

Not Evaluated

Panama crowngrass

Paspalum fimbriatum

Not Evaluated

Crabgrass

Pappophorum pappiferum

Not Evaluated

Glenwoodgrass

Sacciolepis indica

Least Concern

Chinese lovegrass

Eragrostis unioloides

Least Concern

Indian murainagrass

Polytrias indica

Least Concern

Stalkleaf murainagrass

Ischaemum timorense

Extinct

Chickenspike

Sphenoclea zeylanica

Least Concern

Devil's Bit

Ruellia tuberosa

Not Evaluated

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

Papagayo

Sesbania sericea

Not Evaluated

giant tiger prawn

Penaeus monodon

Not Evaluated

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus iria

Not Evaluated

five-leaf crotalaria

Crotalaria quinquefolia

Least Concern

Small-leaf climbing fern

Lygodium microphyllum

Least Concern

Bicolored trailing ant

Monomorium floricola

Not Evaluated

Japanese glorybower

Clerodendrum japonicum

Least Concern

Creeping-bluet

Oldenlandiopsis callitrichoides

Least Concern

black currant-tree

Antidesma ghaesembilla

Least Concern

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

Johnstone's Robber Frog

Eleutherodactylus johnstonei

Least Concern

Javan Mongoose

Herpestes javanicus

Not Evaluated

Crown flower

Calotropis gigantea

Not Evaluated

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

Drone-Bee

Apis mellifera

Not Evaluated

Indian acalypha

Acalypha indica

Not Evaluated

Caucasian bluestem

Bothriochloa bladhii

Not Evaluated

black rat

Rattus rattus

Extinct

wire crabgrass

Digitaria longiflora

Not Evaluated

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

house mouse

Mus musculus

Least Concern

West Indian rattlebox

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

Gambia-pea

Crotalaria goreensis

Not Evaluated

Blue rattlesnake

Crotalaria verrucosa

Not Evaluated

East indian crabgrass

Digitaria setigera

Not Evaluated

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Little ironweed

Cyanthillium cinereum

Not Evaluated

Niruri

Phyllanthus debilis

Not Evaluated

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

Cowpea witchweed

Striga gesnerioides

Not Evaluated

blue wiss

Teramnus labialis

Not Evaluated

Variableleaf yellowcress

Rorippa dubia

Not Evaluated

Turk's turbin

Clerodendrum indicum

Not Evaluated

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