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Ecuador

South America · South America

Total Species
2522
Threatened
66
CR + EN + VU
Population
17 643 060
Area
276 841 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 8
Endangered 19
Vulnerable 39
Near Threatened 34
Least Concern 401
Data Deficient 52
Not Evaluated 350
Extinct 11

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2085
Plantae 435
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ecuador

Cowpea

Vigna unguiculata

Not Evaluated

Common Chickweed

Cerastium fontanum

Least Concern

Montbretia

Crocosmia crocosmiiflora

Not Evaluated

Barbados aloe

Aloe vera

Not Evaluated

Barbados nut

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

Rhodes grass

Chloris gayana

Not Evaluated

Ripgut brome

Bromus diandrus

Near Threatened

Lemon grass

Cymbopogon citratus

Not Evaluated

Hardy fuchsia

Fuchsia magellanica

Not Evaluated

Malabar plum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

Althea

Hibiscus syriacus

Not Evaluated

Coffee

Coffea arabica

Not Evaluated

Chia

Salvia hispanica

Not Evaluated

Fine-leaved Fumitory

Fumaria parviflora

Extinct

Ginger

Zingiber officinale

Not Evaluated

Tamarind

Tamarindus indica

Not Evaluated

true senna

Senna alexandrina

Not Evaluated

African tuliptree

Spathodea campanulata

Not Evaluated

calabash

Crescentia cujete

Least Concern

Asian Wild Raspberry

Rubus ellipticus

Least Concern

Golden bamboo

Phyllostachys aurea

Not Evaluated

Lavender-cotton

Santolina chamaecyparissus

Not Evaluated

Florida royal palm

Roystonea regia

Not Evaluated

blimbing

Averrhoa carambola

Not Evaluated

mamey

Mammea americana

Not Evaluated

Shoeblackplant

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Not Evaluated

Turmeric

Curcuma longa

Data Deficient

Philippine Waxflower

Etlingera elatior

Data Deficient

Silver wattle

Acacia retinodes

Not Evaluated

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Coco plum

Chrysobalanus icaco

Not Evaluated

Cathedral bells

Kalanchoe pinnata

Not Evaluated

Edible banana

Musa acuminata

Not Evaluated

breadfruit

Artocarpus altilis

Not Evaluated

Purple mombin

Spondias purpurea

Least Concern

Indiantree spurge

Euphorbia tirucalli

Not Evaluated

Candlenut tree

Aleurites moluccanus

Least Concern

sandboxtree

Hura crepitans

Not Evaluated

Barbados gooseberry

Pereskia aculeata

Not Evaluated

Egyptian grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

Common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Stiff Brome

Brachypodium distachyon

Not Evaluated

Molassesgrass

Melinis minutiflora

Not Evaluated

Blowball

Taraxacum officinale

Not Evaluated

Brazilian cress

Acmella oleracea

Not Evaluated

cup-and-saucer-vine

Cobaea scandens

Not Evaluated

Silkoak

Grevillea robusta

Not Evaluated

American Plane

Platanus occidentalis

Least Concern

Dixie rosemallow

Hibiscus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Figleaf gourd

Cucurbita ficifolia

Not Evaluated

Grannyvine

Ipomoea tricolor

Not Evaluated

Blood sage

Salvia coccinea

Not Evaluated

Royal poinciana

Delonix regia

Least Concern

good-luck-plant

Cordyline fruticosa

Least Concern

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

canary-creeper

Tropaeolum peregrinum

Not Evaluated

Mexican weeping pine

Pinus patula

Not Evaluated

Brazilian peppertree

Schinus terebinthifolia

Not Evaluated

Christplant

Euphorbia milii

Not Evaluated

assai palm

Euterpe oleracea

Least Concern

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