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Papua New Guinea

Oceania · Melanesia

Total Species
298
Threatened
1
CR + EN + VU
Population
8,947,027
Area
462,840 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 1
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 105
Not Evaluated 183
Extinct 3

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 273
Animalia 23
Chromista 1
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Papua New Guinea

Bilbao fleabane

Erigeron floribundus

Not Evaluated

Mile-a-minute

Mikania micrantha

Not Evaluated

Carry me seed

Phyllanthus amarus

Not Evaluated

Man to man

Peperomia pellucida

Not Evaluated

Spiked pepper

Piper aduncum

Least Concern

sawah-flower-rush

Limnocharis flava

Not Evaluated

Gray ironbark

Eucalyptus paniculata

Near Threatened

Inchplant

Tradescantia zebrina

Not Evaluated

Birdbill Dayflower

Commelina diffusa

Least Concern

Smooth rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida

Least Concern

Rattleweed

Crotalaria retusa

Least Concern

Shakeshake

Crotalaria incana

Least Concern

silverleaf desmodium

Desmodium uncinatum

Not Evaluated

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

joint-vetch

Aeschynomene americana

Least Concern

Wild bushbean

Macroptilium lathyroides

Least Concern

Hairy indigo

Indigofera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Rosarypea

Abrus precatorius

Least Concern

Macaw flower

Heliconia bihai

Not Evaluated

Yellow trumpetbush

Tecoma stans

Least Concern

Desert horsepurslane

Trianthema portulacastrum

Not Evaluated

Roseleaf raspberry

Rubus rosifolius

Not Evaluated

Bellyache bush

Jatropha gossypiifolia

Not Evaluated

Poorland flatsedge

Cyperus compressus

Least Concern

Kikuyugrass

Cenchrus clandestinus

Not Evaluated

burgu grass

Echinochloa stagnina

Not Evaluated

Grass

Eriochloa procera

Not Evaluated

Sourgrass

Digitaria insularis

Least Concern

Angleton bluestem

Dichanthium aristatum

Not Evaluated

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

Basketgrass

Oplismenus hirtellus

Not Evaluated

Itchgrass

Rottboellia cochinchinensis

Not Evaluated

pilipiliula

Chrysopogon aciculatus

Not Evaluated

Soft elephantsfoot

Elephantopus mollis

Not Evaluated

Nodeweed

Synedrella nodiflora

Least Concern

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

Light-blue snakeweed

Stachytarpheta jamaicensis

Least Concern

Cayenne porterweed

Stachytarpheta cayennensis

Least Concern

Abutilon

Abutilon indicum

Not Evaluated

Duckweed

Lemna perpusilla

Least Concern

Dixie silverback fern

Pityrogramma calomelanos

Not Evaluated

calopo

Calopogonium mucunoides

Least Concern

Black mimosa

Mimosa pigra

Least Concern

erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta

Not Evaluated

Whitesnow

Drymaria cordata

Least Concern

Orosne

Polygala paniculata

Not Evaluated

Gulf sandmat

Euphorbia thymifolia

Not Evaluated

Roadside flatsedge

Cyperus sphacelatus

Least Concern

Pacific island flat sedge

Cyperus cyperoides

Least Concern

Chinese lovegrass

Eragrostis unioloides

Least Concern

Stalkleaf murainagrass

Ischaemum timorense

Extinct

Running mountaingrass

Oplismenus compositus

Least Concern

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Threelobe false mallow

Malvastrum coromandelianum

Not Evaluated

Woodland false buttonweed

Spermacoce remota

Not Evaluated

Pacific false buttonweed

Spermacoce exilis

Not Evaluated

Flat-top mille graines

Oldenlandia corymbosa

Not Evaluated

False ironwort

Hyptis capitata

Not Evaluated

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

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