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Colombia

South America · South America

Total Species
5221
Threatened
374
CR + EN + VU
Population
50882884
Area
1141748 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 57
Endangered 124
Vulnerable 193
Near Threatened 189
Least Concern 3025
Data Deficient 122
Not Evaluated 1434
Extinct in the Wild 3
Extinct 24

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2867
Plantae 2196
Fungi 151
Chromista 6
Bacteria 1

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Colombia

small matweed

Guilleminea densa

Not Evaluated

West indian bristlegrass

Setaria setosa

Least Concern

Notched Rustwort

Marsupella emarginata

Extinct

water orchid

Habenaria repens

Not Evaluated

Nutgrass

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

ocelot

Leopardus pardalis

Least Concern

Gianna’s Yellow-shouldered Bat

Sturnira giannae

Least Concern

Least snoutbean

Rhynchosia minima

Least Concern

Southern Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys australis

Least Concern

Oil palm

Elaeis guineensis

Not Evaluated

Okra

Abelmoschus esculentus

Not Evaluated

Old-man-in-the-spring

Senecio vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Old Man'S Beard

Tillandsia usneoides

Least Concern

Oleander

Nerium oleander

Not Evaluated

Olive

Olea europaea

Not Evaluated

olive-leaf podoberry

Podocarpus oleifolius

Vulnerable

Rambur'S Forktail

Ischnura ramburii

Least Concern

olive hymenachne

Hymenachne amplexicaulis

Not Evaluated

spiny tree rat

Mesomys hispidus

Least Concern

palm fern

Blechnum appendiculatum

Not Evaluated

Panama crowngrass

Paspalum fimbriatum

Not Evaluated

Papagayo

Sesbania sericea

Not Evaluated

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

breadfruit

Artocarpus altilis

Not Evaluated

Southern Soldiers

Cladonia didyma

Not Evaluated

American Bull Frog

Lithobates catesbeianus

Not Evaluated

Maryland dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus filipes

Not Evaluated

Blue Dots

Evolvulus sericeus

Not Evaluated

Christmas orchid

Cattleya trianae

Critically Endangered

Wild hops

Flemingia strobilifera

Not Evaluated

woolly senna

Senna hirsuta

Least Concern

James' waterlily

Nymphaea jamesoniana

Not Evaluated

orange peat moss

Sphagnum subsecundum

Not Evaluated

Andean blueberry

Vaccinium meridionale

Not Evaluated

Genipap

Genipa americana

Least Concern

Oregano

Origanum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Oriental false hawksbeard

Youngia japonica

Not Evaluated

Mosquito flatsedge

Cyperus prolixus

Not Evaluated

cypress peperomia

Peperomia glabella

Least Concern

leafless swallow-wort

Orthosia scoparia

Not Evaluated

Ornamental Rhubarb

Rheum palmatum

Not Evaluated

Orosne

Polygala paniculata

Not Evaluated

Orobus-seed Liverwort

Targionia hypophylla

Not Evaluated

Osier

Salix viminalis

Least Concern

Cup Lichen

Cladonia coccifera

Least Concern

Red algae

Kappaphycus alvarezii

Not Evaluated

White Green-Algae Coral

Multiclavula mucida

Near Threatened

Gray'S Cup Lichen

Cladonia grayi

Data Deficient

Organ-Pipe Lichen

Cladonia crispata

Least Concern

Orange Dimple Lichen

Coenogonium luteum

Endangered

Grainy Shadow-Crust Lichen

Hyperphyscia adglutinata

Near Threatened

Leather Lichen

Dermatocarpon miniatum

Extinct

varied capuchin

Cebus versicolor

Endangered

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Hoary Rosette Lichen

Physcia aipolia

Least Concern

Whiteworm Lichen

Thamnolia vermicularis

Least Concern

Salted shell lichen

Coccocarpia palmicola

Not Evaluated

Old Fustic

Maclura tinctoria

Least Concern

Winged false buttonweed

Spermacoce alata

Not Evaluated

Many-Fruited Pelt Lichen

Peltigera polydactylon

Data Deficient

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