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Congo (DRC)

Africa · Middle Africa

Total Species
548
Threatened
9
CR + EN + VU
Population
92.377.986
Area
2.344.858 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 4
Vulnerable 5
Near Threatened 6
Least Concern 145
Data Deficient 7
Not Evaluated 357
Extinct 2

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 477
Animalia 68
Bacteria 3

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Congo (DRC)

Common Privet

Ligustrum vulgare

Least Concern

Rush veneer

Nomophila noctuella

Not Evaluated

Beet Webworm

Spoladea recurvalis

Not Evaluated

Yorkshire Y

Cornutiplusia circumflexa

Not Evaluated

Rusty Dot

Udea ferrugalis

Not Evaluated

Beet Armyworm

Spodoptera exigua

Not Evaluated

Egyptian Cotton Leafworm

Spodoptera littoralis

Not Evaluated

Tunbridge Wells Gem

Chrysodeixis acuta

Not Evaluated

Pink bollworm

Pectinophora gossypiella

Not Evaluated

Brown house moth

Hofmannophila pseudospretella

Least Concern

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Burweed

Xanthium strumarium

Not Evaluated

Hemp-agrimony Plume

Adaina microdactyla

Vulnerable

Job's tears

Coix lacryma-jobi

Least Concern

Annual Cosmos

Cosmos bipinnatus

Not Evaluated

Niger

Guizotia abyssinica

Not Evaluated

Dalmatia Pyrethrum

Tanacetum cinerariifolium

Not Evaluated

Dowdy Plume

Stenoptilia zophodactylus

Extinct

Potato tuber moth

Phthorimaea operculella

Not Evaluated

turnip moth

Agrotis segetum

Least Concern

Hairy beggarticks

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

Belgian Endive

Cichorium intybus

Least Concern

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

African Marigold

Tagetes erecta

Not Evaluated

Ageratum

Ageratum houstonianum

Not Evaluated

Camphire

Lawsonia inermis

Least Concern

Common Lamb'S-Quarters

Chenopodium album

Least Concern

Carelessweed

Amaranthus spinosus

Not Evaluated

Slender amaranth

Amaranthus viridis

Not Evaluated

Foxtail

Amaranthus caudatus

Not Evaluated

Nutmeg

Myristica fragrans

Data Deficient

Sessile joyweed

Alternanthera sessilis

Least Concern

Horseradish tree

Moringa oleifera

Not Evaluated

'Ihi

Oxalis corniculata

Least Concern

Teff

Eragrostis tef

Not Evaluated

Chinese Mallow

Malva verticillata

Not Evaluated

Crab Finger Grass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Not Evaluated

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Not Evaluated

Egyptian Bollworm

Earias insulana

Not Evaluated

Atlantic Giant Pumpkin

Cucurbita maxima

Not Evaluated

Coco yam

Colocasia esculenta

Not Evaluated

Cananga tree

Cananga odorata

Not Evaluated

Carolina poplar

Populus canadensis

Not Evaluated

Abele

Populus alba

Not Evaluated

flax dodder

Cuscuta epilinum

Extinct

Yellow Dodder

Cuscuta campestris

Not Evaluated

Common Morning Glory

Ipomoea purpurea

Not Evaluated

Chinaberrytree

Melia azedarach

Not Evaluated

Indian lilac

Azadirachta indica

Not Evaluated

Bermuda Thistle

Argemone mexicana

Not Evaluated

Camphortree

Cinnamomum camphora

Not Evaluated

Linearleaf snapdragon

Misopates orontium

Least Concern

Broad-Leaved Plantain

Plantago major

Least Concern

Uruguayan pampas grass

Cortaderia selloana

Not Evaluated

Balloon vine

Cardiospermum halicacabum

Not Evaluated

Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

Least Concern

Soya-bean

Glycine max

Not Evaluated

Septicweed

Senna occidentalis

Least Concern

Radford's Flame Shoulder

Ochropleura leucogaster

Not Evaluated

vestal

Rhodometra sacraria

Not Evaluated

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