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Ghana

Africa · Western Africa

Total Species
87
Threatened
1
CR + EN + VU
Population
31.072.945
Area
238.533 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Endangered 1
Least Concern 39
Data Deficient 2
Not Evaluated 43
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 78
Animalia 8
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ghana

hint yagi

Ricinus communis

Not Evaluated

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

Ant

Technomyrmex albipes

Not Evaluated

Bicolored trailing ant

Monomorium floricola

Not Evaluated

Ahl's River Frog

Phrynobatrachus latifrons

Least Concern

Striped Spiny Reed Frog

Afrixalus fulvovittatus

Least Concern

Giant Swamp Frog

Hoplobatrachus occipitalis

Least Concern

Mexilhao mussel

Perna perna

Not Evaluated

Awnless Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa colonum

Least Concern

Bermudagrass

Cynodon dactylon

Least Concern

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Sessile joyweed

Alternanthera sessilis

Least Concern

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

Chinaberrytree

Melia azedarach

Not Evaluated

Indian lilac

Azadirachta indica

Not Evaluated

Bermuda Thistle

Argemone mexicana

Not Evaluated

Camphortree

Cinnamomum camphora

Not Evaluated

Common Honey-Locust

Gleditsia triacanthos

Not Evaluated

Cutleaf groundcherry

Physalis angulata

Least Concern

Peruvian groundcherry

Physalis peruviana

Not Evaluated

Water fern

Azolla filiculoides

Not Evaluated

Papyrus

Cyperus papyrus

Least Concern

Lantana

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Swamp morning-glory

Ipomoea aquatica

Least Concern

Jerusalem thorn

Parkinsonia aculeata

Least Concern

Paper mulberry

Broussonetia papyrifera

Least Concern

Coconut palm

Cocos nucifera

Not Evaluated

Guava

Psidium guajava

Not Evaluated

Java plum

Syzygium cumini

Least Concern

Beach sheoak

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

Red beadtree

Adenanthera pavonina

Least Concern

Mesquite

Prosopis juliflora

Not Evaluated

Mango

Mangifera indica

Data Deficient

Barbados nut

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

Malabar plum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

Common Sensitive-Plant

Mimosa pudica

Least Concern

Nutgrass

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

Surinam cherry

Eugenia uniflora

Not Evaluated

Mexican cedar

Cedrela odorata

Endangered

Cinnamon

Cinnamomum verum

Not Evaluated

Indian jujube

Ziziphus mauritiana

Least Concern

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Mountain ebony

Bauhinia variegata

Not Evaluated

Golden shower

Cassia fistula

Least Concern

Kariba weed

Salvinia molesta

Not Evaluated

breadfruit

Artocarpus altilis

Not Evaluated

Egyptian grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

Common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Jaraguagrass

Hyparrhenia rufa

Least Concern

Royal poinciana

Delonix regia

Least Concern

Monkeypod

Pithecellobium dulce

Least Concern

Tree marigold

Tithonia diversifolia

Not Evaluated

Siamweed

Chromolaena odorata

Least Concern

Egyptian riverhemp

Sesbania sesban

Not Evaluated

Pride-of-barbados

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Least Concern

Angel's tears

Brugmansia suaveolens

Not Evaluated

African bermudagrass

Cynodon nlemfuensis

Extinct

Bilbao fleabane

Erigeron floribundus

Not Evaluated

sawah-flower-rush

Limnocharis flava

Not Evaluated

Earleaf acacia

Acacia auriculiformis

Least Concern

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