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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

desert-rose

Adenium obesum

Least Concern

Devil'S Dipstick

Mutinus elegans

Not Evaluated

Devil's horsewhip

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

Dewdrop Crane'S-Bill

Geranium thunbergii

Not Evaluated

Diaphanous Bladder-Fern

Cystopteris diaphana

Not Evaluated

Diatom

Coscinodiscus wailesii

Not Evaluated

Digitgrass

Digitaria eriantha

Not Evaluated

dinnerplate-aralia

Polyscias scutellaria

Not Evaluated

disc water hyssop

Bacopa rotundifolia

Least Concern

Divided Tunicate

Styela canopus

Not Evaluated

Dixie rosemallow

Hibiscus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Dixie silverback fern

Pityrogramma calomelanos

Not Evaluated

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

dodder-laurel

Cassytha filiformis

Not Evaluated

Dog Sick Slime Mould

Mucilago crustacea

Not Evaluated

Dog's Mercury Rust

Melampsora populnea

Not Evaluated

Dog Stinkhorn

Mutinus caninus

Vulnerable

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

Fuligo septica

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

Dominican Lovegrass

Eragrostis prolifera

Least Concern

Dominican signal grass

Urochloa adspersa

Not Evaluated

dongara-mallee

Eucalyptus obtusiflora

Vulnerable

Donnell-Smith Pine

Pinus hartwegii

Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

Porcellio laevis

Least Concern

Dotted Hornwort

Anthoceros punctatus

Vulnerable

dotted orchid

Scaphyglottis punctulata

Not Evaluated

doubletoothed hydroid

Obelia bidentata

Not Evaluated

Doubtful Knight'S-Spur

Delphinium ajacis

Not Evaluated

Downy Ground-Cherry

Physalis pubescens

Not Evaluated

Downy Safflower

Carthamus lanatus

Not Evaluated

Dragon Horn

Cladonia squamosa

Near Threatened

Drone-Bee

Apis mellifera

Not Evaluated

drooping bottlebrush

Callistemon viminalis

Not Evaluated

drooping she-oak

Allocasuarina verticillata

Least Concern

Drooping Tonguefern

Elaphoglossum herminieri

Least Concern

drooping-white-gum

Corymbia papuana

Least Concern

Drummond's phlox

Phlox drummondii

Not Evaluated

Dry Duster

Coniophora arida

Least Concern

duckflower

Aristolochia gigantea

Not Evaluated

Duckweed

Lemna aequinoctialis

Not Evaluated

Duckweed

Lemna perpusilla

Least Concern

Dudley'S Rush

Juncus tenuis

Least Concern

Dumbcane

Dieffenbachia seguine

Not Evaluated

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Dumortier's Liverwort

Dumortiera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Dune-bean

Vigna marina

Least Concern

Dune Sandbur

Cenchrus tribuloides

Least Concern

Dung Bird'S Nest

Cyathus stercoreus

Critically Endangered

Dung Candlesnuff

Xylaria guepinii

Not Evaluated

Dung Cannon

Pilobolus crystallinus

Not Evaluated

Dunn's White Gum

Eucalyptus dunnii

Near Threatened

Dutch eggplant

Solanum aculeatissimum

Not Evaluated

Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia trilobata

Least Concern

Dutchman's Pipe Cactus

Epiphyllum oxypetalum

Least Concern

Dwarf Bulrush

Cyperus subsquarrosus

Least Concern

dwarf butterfly orchid

Prosthechea pygmaea

Least Concern

Dwarf cupflower

Nierembergia linariifolia

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Fan Palm

Chamaerops humilis

Least Concern

Dwarf Hair-Grass

Eleocharis parvula

Vulnerable

Dwarf lilyturf

Ophiopogon japonicus

Not Evaluated

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