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Chile

South America · South America

Total Species
1166
Threatened
93
CR + EN + VU
Population
19 116 209
Area
756 102 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 25
Endangered 28
Vulnerable 40
Near Threatened 50
Least Concern 447
Data Deficient 34
Not Evaluated 518
Extinct 15

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 741
Animalia 372
Fungi 48
Chromista 4
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Chile

Argentine pepperweed

Lepidium bonariense

Not Evaluated

Bastard Cress

Lepidium campestre

Least Concern

Cape-pondweed

Aponogeton distachyos

Not Evaluated

Cathedral bells

Kalanchoe pinnata

Not Evaluated

Southern cattail

Typha domingensis

Not Evaluated

Narrow-Leaf Bird'S-Foot Trefoil

Lotus tenuis

Vulnerable

polygamous hook moss

Drepanocladus polygamus

Least Concern

Hornschuch'S Beard-Moss

Pseudocrossidium hornschuchianum

Endangered

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Golden Dog's-tail

Lamarckia aurea

Not Evaluated

Kodomillet

Paspalum scrobiculatum

Least Concern

Stiff Brome

Brachypodium distachyon

Not Evaluated

Molassesgrass

Melinis minutiflora

Not Evaluated

Rose natal grass

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Erect Brome

Bromus erectus

Near Threatened

Cape-ivy

Delairea odorata

Not Evaluated

Blowball

Taraxacum officinale

Not Evaluated

Marguerite

Argyranthemum frutescens

Not Evaluated

Peregrine saltbush

Atriplex suberecta

Not Evaluated

Silkoak

Grevillea robusta

Not Evaluated

Australian cheesewood

Pittosporum undulatum

Not Evaluated

crescent-cup liverwort

Lunularia cruciata

Least Concern

Longbeak stork's bill

Erodium botrys

Not Evaluated

Monkeypod

Pithecellobium dulce

Least Concern

Woolly Clover

Trifolium tomentosum

Not Evaluated

Suffocated clover

Trifolium suffocatum

Not Evaluated

Conch apple

Passiflora maliformis

Least Concern

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Bare-Stemmed Teesdalia

Teesdalia nudicaulis

Least Concern

Pillpod sandmat

Euphorbia hirta

Not Evaluated

slender tare

Vicia parviflora

Not Evaluated

Wall Screw-moss

Tortula muralis

Least Concern

Sunolgrass

Phalaris coerulescens

Not Evaluated

Adherent Bristle-grass

Setaria adhaerens

Not Evaluated

St. Augustine grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Not Evaluated

Medusahead

Taeniatherum caput-medusae

Not Evaluated

Curved sicklegrass

Parapholis incurva

Not Evaluated

Common mediterranean grass

Schismus barbatus

Not Evaluated

Mediterranean rabbitsfoot grass

Polypogon maritimus

Not Evaluated

Broom brome

Bromus scoparius

Not Evaluated

Tree marigold

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

Valley redstem

Ammannia coccinea

Least Concern

Annual Willowherb

Epilobium brachycarpum

Not Evaluated

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

Carolina bristlemallow

Modiola caroliniana

Not Evaluated

leather-coat

Waltheria indica

Not Evaluated

Blue hound's tongue

Cynoglossum creticum

Not Evaluated

Yellow wall bedstraw

Galium murale

Not Evaluated

Hopbush

Dodonaea viscosa

Not Evaluated

Monterey cypress

Cupressus macrocarpa

Vulnerable

Anil de pasto

Indigofera suffruticosa

Least Concern

Yellow bird's-foot

Ornithopus pinnatus

Not Evaluated

Slender bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus angustissimus

Not Evaluated

Hyacinthbean

Lablab purpureus

Not Evaluated

Cockroach berry

Solanum capsicoides

Not Evaluated

Ramgoat dashalong

Turnera ulmifolia

Least Concern

Boccone's sandspurry

Spergularia bocconei

Not Evaluated

Onionweed

Asphodelus fistulosus

Not Evaluated

Tall Tutsan

Hypericum inodorum

Not Evaluated

Heartleaf madeiravine

Anredera cordifolia

Not Evaluated

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