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Portugal

Europe · Southern Europe

Total Species
5298
Threatened
252
CR + EN + VU
Population
10.196.709
Area
92.212 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 81
Endangered 82
Vulnerable 89
Near Threatened 85
Least Concern 655
Data Deficient 68
Not Evaluated 1415
Extinct 50

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2341
Animalia 1707
Fungi 925
Chromista 293
Protozoa 32

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Portugal

Bracelet honey myrtle

Melaleuca armillaris

Least Concern

Longstalk cranesbill

Geranium columbinum

Near Threatened

long-stalked yellow-sedge

Carex lepidocarpa

Near Threatened

Long-tailed Blue

Lampides boeticus

Not Evaluated

Small-Spored Pea Truffle

Glomus microcarpum

Not Evaluated

Staph beetle

Phloeopora corticalis

Least Concern

Black Bog-rush

Schoenus nigricans

Critically Endangered

Flame Neb

Chrysoesthia drurella

Least Concern

Small dung fly

Phthitia empirica

Not Evaluated

common sea slater

Ligia oceanica

Least Concern

Plant bug

Heterotoma planicornis

Least Concern

looping snail

Truncatella subcylindrica

Not Evaluated

Wild African Finger Millet

Eleusine africana

Not Evaluated

Lorquin’s Blue

Cupido lorquinii

Least Concern

Loosestrife

Lythrum borysthenicum

Least Concern

Lotus sweetjuice

Glinus lotoides

Least Concern

Louse

Chelopistes meleagridis

Not Evaluated

fleshy horny sponge

Suberites carnosus

Not Evaluated

lulworth skipper

Thymelicus acteon

Near Threatened

Luisier's Tufa-moss

Gymnostomum viridulum

Critically Endangered

Lumpy Bracket

Trametes gibbosa

Least Concern

slender beaked moss

Kindbergia praelonga

Not Evaluated

Lusitanian Water Clover

Marsilea batardae

Endangered

Lustrous Bog-Moss

Sphagnum subnitens

Least Concern

Macaronesian Laurel

Laurus azorica

Least Concern

Straggling Pouchwort

Saccogyna viticulosa

Not Evaluated

Rosy Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum hispidulum

Not Evaluated

Rove beetle

Cordalia obscura

Least Concern

Silver hairgrass

Aira cupaniana

Not Evaluated

Conifer Tuft

Hypholoma capnoides

Least Concern

Machilus oystershell

Lepidosaphes beckii

Not Evaluated

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Madeira Shield-Fern

Polystichum drepanum

Critically Endangered

Mite

Macrocheles subbadius

Not Evaluated

Madeira Wolf Spider

Hogna maderiana

Least Concern

procumbent hypecoum

Hypecoum procumbens

Not Evaluated

Lesser Sulphur-Cup Lichen

Cladonia deformis

Vulnerable

Madiera cranesbill

Geranium maderense

Critically Endangered

Madeira Firecrest

Regulus madeirensis

Least Concern

Slender bird's-foot trefoil

Lotus angustissimus

Not Evaluated

Peach

Prunus persica

Not Evaluated

Madonna lily

Lilium candidum

Not Evaluated

Ant

Technomyrmex albipes

Not Evaluated

Maidenhair vine

Muehlenbeckia complexa

Not Evaluated

Melampsora epitea

Not Evaluated

Muscoid fly

Musca vitripennis

Not Evaluated

Furniture beetle

Anobium punctatum

Least Concern

Magellan's peat moss

Sphagnum magellanicum

Not Evaluated

Guinea Chick Lobster

Panulirus guttatus

Least Concern

Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Least Concern

maidenhair pocket moss

Fissidens adianthoides

Least Concern

Malabar plum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

mallow-wort

Malope trifida

Not Evaluated

Confused Canary-grass

Phalaris brachystachys

Not Evaluated

Queen's-wreath

Petrea volubilis

Least Concern

Red algae

Caulacanthus ustulatus

Least Concern

Madeiran Brimstone

Gonepteryx maderensis

Endangered

rice root aphid

Rhopalosiphum rufiabdominale

Not Evaluated

White-tipped Bristle-moss

Orthotrichum diaphanum

Least Concern

Lecidella scabra

Least Concern

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