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Ecuador

South America · South America

Total Species
2522
Threatened
171
CR + EN + VU
Population
17643060
Area
276841 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 17
Endangered 46
Vulnerable 108
Near Threatened 116
Least Concern 1728
Data Deficient 67
Not Evaluated 379
Extinct 11

Species by Taxonomic Group

Animalia 2085
Plantae 435
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Ecuador

Sangay Shrew-opossum

Caenolestes sangay

Vulnerable

Ecuadorean Spiny Pocket Mouse

Heteromys teleus

Vulnerable

Beardsley leafhopper

Balclutha saltuella

Not Evaluated

orange cup coral

Tubastraea coccinea

Not Evaluated

Chilean recluse spider

Loxosceles laeta

Not Evaluated

cobweb spiders

Nesticodes rufipes

Not Evaluated

Clustered Dock

Rumex conglomeratus

Least Concern

Common Sheep Sorrel

Rumex acetosella

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

Bitter Dock

Rumex obtusifolius

Not Evaluated

Prostrate knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Common Privet

Ligustrum vulgare

Least Concern

Puncturevine

Tribulus terrestris

Not Evaluated

Big-Leaved Periwinkle

Vinca major

Not Evaluated

Giant reed

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

Cereal rye

Secale cereale

Not Evaluated

Large Sweet Vernalgrass

Anthoxanthum odoratum

Not Evaluated

Annual canarygrass

Phalaris canariensis

Not Evaluated

Bristle Pigeon Grass

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

Awnless Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa colonum

Least Concern

Broomcorn

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

Aleppo Grass

Sorghum halepense

Not Evaluated

Perennial ryegrass

Lolium perenne

Not Evaluated

Darnel ryegrass

Lolium temulentum

Critically Endangered

Annual ryegrass

Lolium multiflorum

Not Evaluated

Animated oat

Avena sterilis

Not Evaluated

Common oat

Avena sativa

Not Evaluated

Common wheat

Triticum aestivum

Not Evaluated

Annual rabbitsfoot grass

Polypogon monspeliensis

Not Evaluated

Rough Bluegrass

Poa trivialis

Least Concern

Annual Bluegrass

Poa annua

Not Evaluated

English Meadow Grass

Poa pratensis

Not Evaluated

Floating Manna Grass

Glyceria fluitans

Least Concern

Common Velvetgrass

Holcus lanatus

Not Evaluated

Common barley

Hordeum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Black Bent

Agrostis gigantea

Least Concern

Colonial bentgrass

Agrostis capillaris

Least Concern

Creeping bentgrass

Agrostis stolonifera

Least Concern

Bermudagrass

Cynodon dactylon

Least Concern

Corn

Zea mays

Not Evaluated

Barnyard Grass

Dactylis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Smooth hawksbeard

Crepis capillaris

Least Concern

Black Thistle

Cirsium vulgare

Least Concern

Absinth Sagewort

Artemisia absinthium

Not Evaluated

Globe Artichoke

Cynara cardunculus

Not Evaluated

Old-man-in-the-spring

Senecio vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

Common Feverfew

Tanacetum parthenium

Least Concern

Dahlia

Dahlia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Common sowthistle

Sonchus oleraceus

Least Concern

Spiny sowthistle

Sonchus asper

Least Concern

Cultivated Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Not Evaluated

Ageratum

Ageratum houstonianum

Not Evaluated

Common Rue

Ruta graveolens

Not Evaluated

Camphire

Lawsonia inermis

Least Concern

Cut-Leaf Mignonette

Reseda lutea

Least Concern

Common Lamb'S-Quarters

Chenopodium album

Least Concern

Beet

Beta vulgaris

Vulnerable

Afghan-Melon

Citrullus lanatus

Not Evaluated

Cheeseweed mallow

Malva parviflora

Not Evaluated

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