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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
122
CR + EN + VU
Population
212559409
Area
8515767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 46
Vulnerable 61
Near Threatened 51
Least Concern 703
Data Deficient 43
Not Evaluated 1841
Extinct 8

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

water fern

Ceratopteris thalictroides

Not Evaluated

Water fern

Azolla filiculoides

Not Evaluated

Water lettuce

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

watermelon pepper

Peperomia argyreia

Not Evaluated

Waterpoppy

Hydrocleys nymphoides

Not Evaluated

Water primrose

Ludwigia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Water primrose

Ludwigia peploides

Not Evaluated

Water speedwell

Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Vulnerable

Waterthyme

Hydrilla verticillata

Not Evaluated

Water yam

Dioscorea alata

Not Evaluated

Wavyleaf sea lavender

Limonium sinuatum

Not Evaluated

Wax mallow

Malvaviscus arboreus

Not Evaluated

Wax tree

Toxicodendron succedaneum

Least Concern

Waxy Crust

Vuilleminia comedens

Least Concern

Weedy dogfennel

Cladanthus mixtus

Not Evaluated

Weeping fig

Ficus benjamina

Not Evaluated

Weeping fingergrass

Eustachys distichophylla

Not Evaluated

Weeping lovegrass

Eragrostis curvula

Not Evaluated

Weeping Paperbark

Melaleuca leucadendra

Data Deficient

West Indian tufted airplant

Guzmania monostachia

Least Concern

weeping willow

Salix babylonica

Not Evaluated

elkhorn fern

Platycerium bifurcatum

Not Evaluated

Welsh onion

Allium fistulosum

Critically Endangered

Western Australian floodedgum

Eucalyptus rudis

Near Threatened

West Indies cherry

Prunus myrtifolia

Not Evaluated

elm-leaf begonia

Begonia ulmifolia

Not Evaluated

silver bluestem

Bothriochloa laguroides

Not Evaluated

Common Liverwort

Marchantia polymorpha

Not Evaluated

Chives

Allium schoenoprasum

Least Concern

Roadside flatsedge

Cyperus sphacelatus

Least Concern

chaulmoogra

Hydnocarpus kurzii

Data Deficient

Western Yellow-pine

Pinus ponderosa

Not Evaluated

West Indian-pink

Spigelia anthelmia

Least Concern

Pea Withe

Rhynchosia reticulata

Not Evaluated

West indian foxtail grass

Andropogon bicornis

Least Concern

West indian gherkin

Cucumis anguria

Not Evaluated

Msasa Fern

Pecluma pectinata

Not Evaluated

Broomcorn

Sorghum bicolor

Not Evaluated

West Indian mahogany

Swietenia mahagoni

Near Threatened

West Indian rattlebox

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

West indian vanilla

Vanilla pompona

Not Evaluated

West indian woodnettle

Laportea aestuans

Extinct

whiskerplant

Orthosiphon aristatus

Not Evaluated

Whisk Fern

Psilotum nudum

Least Concern

Woodland passionflower

Passiflora morifolia

Not Evaluated

Virdrillo

Pilea hyalina

Not Evaluated

purpleheart

Peltogyne paniculata

Near Threatened

Crow-Poison

Nothoscordum bivalve

Not Evaluated

Foolproofplant

Billbergia pyramidalis

Not Evaluated

Field copperleaf

Acalypha arvensis

Not Evaluated

Push Pin Slime Mold

Hemitrichia calyculata

Not Evaluated

white silky-oak

Grevillea hilliana

Least Concern

White bladderflower

Araujia sericifera

Not Evaluated

false bird of paradise

Heliconia rostrata

Not Evaluated

Stinkvine

Paederia foetida

Not Evaluated

White breu

Protium occultum

Data Deficient

White Bromeliad

Aechmea candida

Data Deficient

Large Leaf Watercress Algae

Halimeda discoidea

Not Evaluated

Common Rose-Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

Least Concern

White Carnival Candy Slime Mold

Arcyria cinerea

Not Evaluated

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