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Guinea

Africa · Western Africa

Total Species
768
Threatened
27
CR + EN + VU
Population
13,132,792
Area
245,857 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 7
Vulnerable 20
Near Threatened 9
Least Concern 347
Data Deficient 6
Not Evaluated 366
Extinct 5

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 757
Animalia 11

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Guinea

Ordeal Tree

Erythrophleum suaveolens

Least Concern

African Blackwood

Dalbergia melanoxylon

Near Threatened

African Teak

Milicia excelsa

Near Threatened

Showy Spleenwort

Asplenium formosum

Least Concern

Silkrubber

Funtumia elastica

Least Concern

Serillo Dulce

Schizachyrium brevifolium

Not Evaluated

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata

Least Concern

Glenwoodgrass

Sacciolepis indica

Least Concern

Thalia lovegrass

Eragrostis atrovirens

Least Concern

Chinese lovegrass

Eragrostis unioloides

Least Concern

Japanese lovegrass

Eragrostis tenella

Least Concern

Burmann's basketgrass

Oplismenus burmanni

Least Concern

Beach Dropseed

Sporobolus virginicus

Least Concern

Tropical dropseed

Sporobolus tenuissimus

Least Concern

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

Black Afara

Terminalia ivorensis

Not Evaluated

winged water-primrose

Ludwigia decurrens

Least Concern

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

lax hornpod

Mitreola petiolata

Least Concern

Chocolateweed

Melochia corchorifolia

Least Concern

Golden Leather Fern

Acrostichum aureum

Not Evaluated

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

Pacific false buttonweed

Spermacoce exilis

Not Evaluated

Flat-top mille graines

Oldenlandia corymbosa

Not Evaluated

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

Slender dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus alsinoides

Not Evaluated

Chickenspike

Sphenoclea zeylanica

Least Concern

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

Gaping dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia ringens

Not Evaluated

Greater yellowspike orchid

Polystachya concreta

Not Evaluated

Pinklady

Heterotis rotundifolia

Least Concern

Red leucaena

Leucaena diversifolia

Least Concern

Napoleon's plume

Bauhinia monandra

Data Deficient

bell bauhinia

Bauhinia tomentosa

Least Concern

African locust-bean

Parkia biglobosa

Least Concern

woolly senna

Senna hirsuta

Least Concern

Fish-bone Cassia

Chamaecrista mimosoides

Least Concern

Tropical sensitive pea

Chamaecrista absus

Least Concern

Pencil flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Least Concern

creeping sensitive-plant

Mimosa invisa

Not Evaluated

Nightshade

Solanum chrysotrichum

Least Concern

Ashy pipewort

Eriocaulon cinereum

Least Concern

Oldman's cap

Polycarpaea corymbosa

Extinct

Spurgecreeper

Dalechampia scandens

Least Concern

Cortadera blanca

Scleria gaertneri

Least Concern

common fringe-rush

Fimbristylis dichotoma

Least Concern

West Indian fimbry

Fimbristylis ferruginea

Least Concern

foothill flat sedge

Cyperus amabilis

Least Concern

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus iria

Not Evaluated

swamp flat sedge

Cyperus ligularis

Not Evaluated

Slender Cyperus

Cyperus distans

Not Evaluated

Uniola flatsedge

Cyperus unioloides

Least Concern

Yefen

Fuirena umbellata

Least Concern

Christmas-bells

Trichilia emetica

Least Concern

African Mahogany

Khaya ivorensis

Vulnerable

Horse Mint

Mentha longifolia

Least Concern

Quickstick

Gliricidia sepium

Least Concern

Chilean algarrobo

Prosopis chilensis

Least Concern

Castilla Rubber

Castilla elastica

Least Concern

Highland coffee

Coffea stenophylla

Vulnerable

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