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Madagascar

Africa · Eastern Africa

Total Species
559
Threatened
4
CR + EN + VU
Population
27.691.019
Area
587.041 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Vulnerable 3
Near Threatened 2
Least Concern 179
Data Deficient 4
Not Evaluated 346
Extinct 6

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 529
Animalia 30

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Madagascar

Slender amaranth

Amaranthus viridis

Not Evaluated

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Torpedo grass

Panicum repens

Least Concern

Guineagrass

Megathyrsus maximus

Least Concern

Rhodes grass

Chloris gayana

Not Evaluated

Lemon grass

Cymbopogon citratus

Not Evaluated

Slimleaf bur ragweed

Ambrosia tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

rose evening-primrose

Oenothera rosea

Not Evaluated

Malabar plum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

Bracken

Pteridium aquilinum

Least Concern

Black Eyed Susan

Thunbergia alata

Not Evaluated

Sunn hemp

Crotalaria juncea

Not Evaluated

White Broom

Cytisus multiflorus

Not Evaluated

Common Sensitive-Plant

Mimosa pudica

Least Concern

Mung-bean

Vigna radiata

Not Evaluated

Fetid passionflower

Passiflora foetida

Least Concern

Turkey berry

Solanum torvum

Not Evaluated

Water fern

Azolla filiculoides

Not Evaluated

Nutgrass

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

Variable flatsedge

Cyperus difformis

Least Concern

Arrowroot

Tacca leontopetaloides

Least Concern

pagoda-tree

Plumeria rubra

Not Evaluated

Golden bamboo

Phyllostachys aurea

Not Evaluated

black spear grass

Heteropogon contortus

Not Evaluated

Australian waterbuttons

Cotula australis

Not Evaluated

Carelessweed

Amaranthus spinosus

Not Evaluated

magentaspreen

Chenopodium giganteum

Not Evaluated

Alligatorweed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Not Evaluated

Water primrose

Ludwigia peploides

Not Evaluated

Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa crus-galli

Not Evaluated

Surinam cherry

Eugenia uniflora

Not Evaluated

Roselle

Hibiscus sabdariffa

Not Evaluated

Creole cotton

Gossypium barbadense

Not Evaluated

Hemp-agrimony Plume

Adaina microdactyla

Vulnerable

Egyptian Cotton Leafworm

Spodoptera littoralis

Not Evaluated

House Crow

Corvus splendens

Not Evaluated

Cardinal-Climber

Ipomoea quamoclit

Not Evaluated

Panther Chameleon

Furcifer pardalis

Least Concern

Turmeric

Curcuma longa

Data Deficient

Cinnamon

Cinnamomum verum

Not Evaluated

Indian jujube

Ziziphus mauritiana

Least Concern

Tea

Camellia sinensis

Data Deficient

Ramie Chinese grass

Boehmeria nivea

Not Evaluated

Sesbania Pea

Sesbania bispinosa

Least Concern

White leadtree

Leucaena leucocephala

Least Concern

Asian pigeonwings

Clitoria ternatea

Not Evaluated

Pokeweed

Phytolacca dioica

Not Evaluated

Tamarillo

Solanum betaceum

Not Evaluated

Papaya

Carica papaya

Data Deficient

Kariba weed

Salvinia molesta

Not Evaluated

Mexican fireplant

Euphorbia heterophylla

Not Evaluated

Candlenut tree

Aleurites moluccanus

Least Concern

Barbados gooseberry

Pereskia aculeata

Not Evaluated

Raphia Palm

Raphia farinifera

Least Concern

Golden trumpet

Allamanda cathartica

Least Concern

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

milkweed

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Not Evaluated

Egyptian grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

Nile Crocodile

Crocodylus niloticus

Least Concern

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