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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
190
CR + EN + VU
Population
212559409
Area
8515767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 28
Endangered 68
Vulnerable 94
Near Threatened 73
Least Concern 823
Data Deficient 52
Not Evaluated 2082
Extinct 16

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2837
Chromista 638
Fungi 463
Protozoa 221
Animalia 171
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

tapewormplant

Muehlenbeckia platyclada

Not Evaluated

bataua palm

Oenocarpus bataua

Least Concern

mayten

Maytenus boaria

Least Concern

Y-twig Algae

Amphiroa rigida

Not Evaluated

Brazilian cat's ear

Hypochaeris chillensis

Not Evaluated

Pinewoods fingergrass

Eustachys petraea

Not Evaluated

bastard-tallow-wood

Eucalyptus planchoniana

Least Concern

Brazilian-jasmine

Mandevilla sanderi

Not Evaluated

bastard waterwood

Cassipourea guianensis

Not Evaluated

Terrestrial water-starwort

Callitriche terrestris

Least Concern

Bedstraw

Galium aparine

Least Concern

Beebalm

Monarda didyma

Not Evaluated

Woloszynskia neglecta

Not Evaluated

tigerwood

Astronium fraxinifolium

Not Evaluated

Timber Mazegill

Gloeophyllum trabeum

Not Evaluated

Savory

Satureja montana

Not Evaluated

Hantzschia amphioxyss

Not Evaluated

Irish Threadwort

Telaranea nematodes

Not Evaluated

Inflatedscale flatsedge

Cyperus aggregatus

Least Concern

tropical-red-box

Eucalyptus brachyandra

Least Concern

Black Manwood

Minquartia guianensis

Near Threatened

scimitar-bean

Canavalia gladiata

Not Evaluated

grand mahot

Sterculia pruriens

Least Concern

Bronze Shower Tree

Cassia moschata

Least Concern

Spoonleaf Peperomia

Peperomia magnoliifolia

Least Concern

wild sage

Casearia sylvestris

Not Evaluated

Veined Shield

Pluteus thomsonii

Least Concern

Pinnularia acidophila

Not Evaluated

white copal

Zanthoxylum riedelianum

Least Concern

Wire With

Desmodium axillare

Least Concern

Yellow leafbract

Malachra alceifolia

Not Evaluated

Cryptomonas curvata

Not Evaluated

Bog Sage

Salvia uliginosa

Not Evaluated

Chenille Weed

Dasya baillouviana

Not Evaluated

Fig

Ficus nymphaeifolia

Not Evaluated

Tripos lineatus

Not Evaluated

Olpidiopsis saprolegniae

Not Evaluated

Sargasso Weed

Sargassum natans

Not Evaluated

pride-of-Burma

Amherstia nobilis

Not Evaluated

red love grass

Eragrostis secundiflora

Not Evaluated

desert hackberry

Celtis pallida

Least Concern

White Tubelet

Henningsomyces candidus

Least Concern

Creeping buttercup

Ranunculus repens

Least Concern

creeping leafstalk grass

Pharus lappulaceus

Not Evaluated

Curupay

Anadenanthera colubrina

Least Concern

Fivestamen Pricklyash

Zanthoxylum pentandrum

Least Concern

Grassland Puffball

Lycoperdon lividum

Least Concern

Miniature Barrel Cactus

Thelocactus setispinus

Least Concern

Peeling Puffball

Lycoperdon marginatum

Not Evaluated

spotted dracaena

Dracaena surculosa

Not Evaluated

White-headed Marmoset

Callithrix geoffroyi

Least Concern

Shoestring Fern

Vittaria lineata

Not Evaluated

Kidneyleaf mudplantain

Heteranthera reniformis

Not Evaluated

Rhizoma peanut

Arachis glabrata

Not Evaluated

crato passionvine

Passiflora cincinnata

Not Evaluated

Runner Bean

Phaseolus coccineus

Not Evaluated

False Weymouth Pine

Pinus pseudostrobus

Least Concern

Conifer

Afrocarpus falcatus

Least Concern

tonka

Dipteryx odorata

Not Evaluated

Chlorine Dust Lichen

Chrysothrix chlorina

Extinct

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