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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
232
CR + EN + VU
Population
212,559,409
Area
8,515,767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 31
Endangered 86
Vulnerable 115
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1172
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2621
Extinct 19

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Couchgrass

Elymus repens

Least Concern

Couscous Crust

Bulbillomyces farinosus

Least Concern

cow-itch

Mucuna pruriens

Not Evaluated

Cowpea

Vigna unguiculata

Not Evaluated

Cowslip

Primula veris

Least Concern

cow-tongue fern

Campyloneurum phyllitidis

Not Evaluated

Crab Apple

Malus sylvestris

Vulnerable

crab eating macaque

Macaca fascicularis

Endangered

Crab Finger Grass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Not Evaluated

Crabgrass

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

Crabgrass

Pappophorum pappiferum

Not Evaluated

crabwood

Carapa guianensis

Not Evaluated

Crack Open

Casearia decandra

Least Concern

Cramp Balls

Daldinia concentrica

Vulnerable

Cranberry-myrtle

Myrteola nummularia

Not Evaluated

crane grass

Ixophorus unisetus

Not Evaluated

Crapemyrtle

Lagerstroemia indica

Not Evaluated

Cratered Duster

Amphinema byssoides

Least Concern

crato passionvine

Passiflora cincinnata

Not Evaluated

Cream narcissus

Narcissus tazetta

Not Evaluated

Creephorn

Chondracanthus acicularis

Not Evaluated

creeping-bluegrass

Bothriochloa insculpta

Not Evaluated

Creeping buttercup

Ranunculus repens

Least Concern

creeping-Charlie

Pilea nummulariifolia

Not Evaluated

Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea

Least Concern

creeping cinquefoil

Potentilla reptans

Least Concern

creeping-cucumber

Melothria pendula

Least Concern

Creeping inchplant

Callisia repens

Not Evaluated

Creeping indigo

Indigofera spicata

Not Evaluated

creeping leafstalk grass

Pharus lappulaceus

Not Evaluated

Creeping Love Grass

Eragrostis hypnoides

Not Evaluated

creeping river grass

Echinochloa polystachya

Not Evaluated

creeping saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

Not Evaluated

creeping sensitive-plant

Mimosa invisa

Not Evaluated

Creeping spotflower

Acmella decumbens

Not Evaluated

Creeping White Clover

Trifolium repens

Least Concern

Creole cotton

Gossypium barbadense

Not Evaluated

Creole tea

Sauvagesia erecta

Least Concern

Crested Coral

Clavulina coralloides

Least Concern

Crested Philippine violet

Barleria cristata

Not Evaluated

Cricket-Bat Willow

Salix alba

Least Concern

cricketvine

Fridericia chica

Least Concern

crimson bluestem

Schizachyrium sanguineum

Not Evaluated

Crimson Flax

Linum grandiflorum

Not Evaluated

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

crinkle-awn

Trachypogon spicatus

Not Evaluated

Crome Sphagnum

Sphagnum squarrosum

Least Concern

Crookneck Nodding-Moss

Pohlia camptotrachela

Endangered

Crowded Parchment

Stereum complicatum

Not Evaluated

Crowned Earthstar

Geastrum coronatum

Critically Endangered

Crown flower

Calotropis gigantea

Not Evaluated

Crowngrass

Paspalum pilosum

Not Evaluated

Crown Rust

Puccinia coronata

Not Evaluated

Crow-Poison

Nothoscordum bivalve

Not Evaluated

Cuban bulrush

Cyperus blepharoleptos

Least Concern

Cuban Pine

Pinus cubensis

Least Concern

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Not Evaluated

Cucurbit Downy Mildew

Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Not Evaluated

cullen's-ironbark

Eucalyptus cullenii

Least Concern

Cultivated Garlic

Allium sativum

Not Evaluated

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