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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
236
CR + EN + VU
Population
212,559,409
Area
8,515,767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 34
Endangered 87
Vulnerable 115
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1205
Data Deficient 72
Not Evaluated 2676
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Physarum nudum

Not Evaluated

Ganoderma resinaceum

Endangered

Oligonema schweinitzii

Not Evaluated

Leucoagaricus meleagris

Not Evaluated

Brevicellicium olivascens

Least Concern

Coprinellus xanthothrix

Least Concern

Eunotia arcus

Not Evaluated

Cryptomonas obovata

Not Evaluated

Hippodonta capitata

Not Evaluated

Protoperidinium cerasus

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia schoenfelderi

Not Evaluated

Dinophysis truncata

Not Evaluated

Orthoseira dendroteres

Not Evaluated

Cladonia ceratophylla

Not Evaluated

Tomentella subclavigera

Data Deficient

Puccinia pulverulenta

Not Evaluated

Cladosporium cladosporioides

Not Evaluated

Hypochnicium subrigescens

Data Deficient

Steccherinum subcrinale

Data Deficient

Podospora communis

Not Evaluated

Tomentella ferruginea

Least Concern

Phycomyces blakesleeanus

Near Threatened

Rhopalodia musculus

Not Evaluated

Eunotia naegelii

Not Evaluated

Navicula radiosa

Not Evaluated

Stauroneis gracilis

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros teres

Not Evaluated

Characiopsis longipes

Not Evaluated

Cocconeis neodiminuta

Not Evaluated

Surirella tenera

Not Evaluated

Alatospora acuminata

Data Deficient

Candida albicans

Not Evaluated

Lecanora jamesii

Data Deficient

Paraphaeosphaeria michotii

Not Evaluated

Sporormiella australis

Not Evaluated

Ectocarpus fasciculatus

Least Concern

Ectocarpus siliculosus

Least Concern

Petalonia fascia

Least Concern

Feldmannia irregularis

Least Concern

Myrionema strangulans

Least Concern

Peronospora sparsa

Not Evaluated

Peronospora alta

Not Evaluated

Phytophthora cryptogea

Not Evaluated

Thalassionema nitzschioides

Not Evaluated

Tripos macroceros

Not Evaluated

Tripos fusus

Not Evaluated

Tripos candelabrus

Not Evaluated

Tripos furca

Not Evaluated

Lingulodinium polyedra

Not Evaluated

Heterosigma akashiwo

Not Evaluated

Fibrocapsa japonica

Not Evaluated

Ceratium furcoides

Not Evaluated

Ceratium massiliense

Not Evaluated

Melosira varians

Not Evaluated

Melosira moniliformis

Not Evaluated

Rhopalodia gibberula

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia divergens

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia subgibba

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia gibba

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia nobilis

Not Evaluated

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