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India

Asia · Southern Asia

Total Species
1380
Threatened
65
CR + EN + VU
Population
1 380 004 385
Area
3 287 263 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 14
Endangered 17
Vulnerable 34
Near Threatened 32
Least Concern 443
Data Deficient 13
Not Evaluated 813
Extinct in the Wild 1
Extinct 7

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 1306
Animalia 69
Chromista 4
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

All Species in India

Indian toothcup

Rotala indica

Least Concern

Cardboard Palm

Zamia furfuracea

Endangered

triangle palm

Dypsis decaryi

Vulnerable

Roebelin palm

Phoenix roebelenii

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Palmetto

Sabal minor

Least Concern

Keeled wormseed

Dysphania carinata

Not Evaluated

Tropical amaranth

Amaranthus polygonoides

Not Evaluated

Bolivian fuchsia

Fuchsia boliviana

Not Evaluated

Peruvian primrose-willow

Ludwigia peruviana

Not Evaluated

Fringed rosemallow

Hibiscus schizopetalus

Not Evaluated

West Indian-pink

Spigelia anthelmia

Least Concern

Mazapan

Malvaviscus penduliflorus

Not Evaluated

Squash / Pumpkin

Cucurbita moschata

Not Evaluated

Horsebush

Peltophorum dubium

Least Concern

Caracas rattlebox

Crotalaria micans

Least Concern

Pink powder puff

Calliandra surinamensis

Least Concern

Whitesnow

Drymaria cordata

Least Concern

Pineapple

Ananas comosus

Least Concern

Cuban zephyrlily

Zephyranthes rosea

Least Concern

Beach spiderlily

Hymenocallis littoralis

Not Evaluated

flame-violet

Episcia cupreata

Not Evaluated

Asian copperleaf

Acalypha australis

Not Evaluated

Hedge Cactus

Cereus hildmannianus

Least Concern

Roadside flatsedge

Cyperus sphacelatus

Least Concern

Trinidad palm

Sabal mauritiiformis

Near Threatened

Spiny spiderflower

Tarenaya spinosa

Least Concern

yellow monkey-flower

Erythranthe lutea

Not Evaluated

African Blackwood

Dalbergia melanoxylon

Near Threatened

Java Almond

Canarium vulgare

Least Concern

Shamel ash

Fraxinus uhdei

Not Evaluated

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

False ironwort

Hyptis capitata

Not Evaluated

golden shrimp-plant

Pachystachys lutea

Not Evaluated

Blood root

Justicia secunda

Not Evaluated

Pacara earpod tree

Enterolobium contortisiliquum

Least Concern

Dead and Awake

Neptunia plena

Least Concern

Red leucaena

Leucaena diversifolia

Least Concern

Napoleon's plume

Bauhinia monandra

Data Deficient

tropical flat sedge

Cyperus surinamensis

Least Concern

white bamboo

Dendrocalamus membranaceus

Least Concern

grey-gum

Eucalyptus propinqua

Least Concern

Blue Gum

Eucalyptus leucoxylon

Vulnerable

Mexican viper

Maurandya barclayana

Not Evaluated

Sweet Thorn

Vachellia karroo

Least Concern

Umbrella Thorn Acacia

Vachellia tortilis

Least Concern

Murillo's-bark

Quillaja saponaria

Least Concern

Marmalade bush

Streptosolen jamesonii

Not Evaluated

kurchibark

Holarrhena floribunda

Least Concern

Rescuegrass

Bromus catharticus

Not Evaluated

wild safflower

Carthamus oxyacanthus

Not Evaluated

Deutzia

Deutzia scabra

Not Evaluated

Donnell-Smith Pine

Pinus hartwegii

Least Concern

dysentery-bark

Simarouba glauca

Least Concern

Cashew

Searsia lancea

Least Concern

Chinese Sweet Gum

Liquidambar formosana

Least Concern

forest-oak

Allocasuarina torulosa

Least Concern

African Black Wattle

Peltophorum africanum

Least Concern

cocoswood

Brya ebenus

Least Concern

Chinese honey-locust

Gleditsia sinensis

Least Concern

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