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Colombia

South America · South America

Total Species
5221
Threatened
369
CR + EN + VU
Population
50882884
Area
1141748 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 58
Endangered 120
Vulnerable 191
Near Threatened 187
Least Concern 2990
Data Deficient 122
Not Evaluated 1457
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

Rice-paper plant

Tetrapanax papyrifer

Least Concern

Puncturevine

Tribulus terrestris

Not Evaluated

Purple African nightshade

Solanum marginatum

Not Evaluated

Punktree

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Least Concern

purple allamanda

Allamanda blanchetii

Not Evaluated

Hardy swamplily

Crinum bulbispermum

Not Evaluated

Purple bushbean

Macroptilium atropurpureum

Not Evaluated

purple-fringed liverwort

Ricciocarpos natans

Vulnerable

Purple granadilla

Passiflora edulis

Not Evaluated

purple magnolia

Magnolia liliiflora

Data Deficient

Purple mombin

Spondias purpurea

Least Concern

Fiddle-leaf Fig

Ficus lyrata

Not Evaluated

Cinnamon

Cinnamomum verum

Not Evaluated

Purple pampas grass

Cortaderia jubata

Not Evaluated

Purple plague

Miconia calvescens

Least Concern

Purple turkey

Magnolia yarumalensis

Endangered

Purple Vetch

Vicia benghalensis

Not Evaluated

Gritty Tree Pelt Lichen

Peltigera collina

Critically Endangered

Rufous Mouse Opossum

Marmosa lepida

Least Concern

pygmy marmoset

Cebuella pygmaea

Least Concern

Lynch's Cochran Frog

Nymphargus ignotus

Least Concern

Hairy sensitive pea

Chamaecrista pilosa

Least Concern

pyrimidal bugle

Ajuga pyramidalis

Least Concern

quassia

Quassia amara

Least Concern

Queen palm

Syagrus romanzoffiana

Not Evaluated

queen sago

Cycas rumphii

Near Threatened

queen's crape-myrtle

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Not Evaluated

Quickstick

Gliricidia sepium

Least Concern

Quinine tree

Cinchona pubescens

Vulnerable

Quinoa

Chenopodium quinoa

Not Evaluated

Quito-orange

Solanum quitoense

Not Evaluated

radiate bloom moss

Schistidium apocarpum

Not Evaluated

Ramgoat dashalong

Turnera ulmifolia

Least Concern

Raintree

Samanea saman

Least Concern

Ramie Chinese grass

Boehmeria nivea

Not Evaluated

White-fronted Spider Monkey

Ateles belzebuth

Endangered

Hidden Mealy Pixie-Cup Lichen

Cladonia cryptochlorophaea

Data Deficient

Rape

Brassica napus

Not Evaluated

Raspy river stingray

Potamotrygon scobina

Data Deficient

Rattleweed

Crotalaria retusa

Least Concern

Mauritius hemp

Furcraea foetida

Not Evaluated

Red beadtree

Adenanthera pavonina

Least Concern

Rose natal grass

Melinis repens

Not Evaluated

Waterhouse’s Mouse Opossum

Marmosa waterhousei

Data Deficient

Rosenberg´s Gladiator Treefrog

Boana rosenbergi

Least Concern

red brocket

Mazama americana

Data Deficient

Red Buffalo-bur

Solanum sisymbriifolium

Least Concern

Red-tailed Squirrel

Sciurus granatensis

Least Concern

Red Hamburger Bean

Mucuna urens

Not Evaluated

Red-crowned Titi

Plecturocebus discolor

Least Concern

red inkplant

Phytolacca icosandra

Least Concern

twining cow-itch

Tragia volubilis

Least Concern

Rosarypea

Abrus precatorius

Least Concern

red-fronted conure

Aratinga wagleri

Least Concern

Red floripontio

Brugmansia sanguinea

Extinct in the Wild

Redflower gum

Corymbia ficifolia

Near Threatened

Red ginger

Alpinia purpurata

Not Evaluated

red ginger-lily

Hedychium coccineum

Not Evaluated

Redgum

Corymbia calophylla

Near Threatened

redhead

Hamelia patens

Least Concern

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