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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
237
CR + EN + VU
Population
212,559,409
Area
8,515,767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 34
Endangered 86
Vulnerable 117
Near Threatened 97
Least Concern 1214
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2647
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

little-robin

Geranium purpureum

Not Evaluated

Littleseed canarygrass

Phalaris minor

Not Evaluated

Lizard's Claw

Lysurus cruciatus

Not Evaluated

lobed croton

Astraea lobata

Not Evaluated

Loblolly pine

Pinus taeda

Least Concern

lobster-claws

Vriesea carinata

Not Evaluated

lockyer's-box

Eucalyptus lockyeri

Least Concern

Loddiges's cattleya

Cattleya loddigesii

Not Evaluated

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

London plane

Platanus hispanica

Not Evaluated

Longan

Dimocarpus longan

Near Threatened

long-beaked grimmia

Grimmia longirostris

Not Evaluated

Longbeak rattlebox

Crotalaria longirostrata

Least Concern

Long Bracted Cyclopogon

Cyclopogon longibracteatus

Least Concern

Longflower evening primrose

Oenothera affinis

Extinct

Long-Flower Tobacco

Nicotiana longiflora

Not Evaluated

long-fruited-bloodwood

Corymbia polycarpa

Least Concern

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

Long john

Triplaris weigeltiana

Least Concern

Longleaf peppertree

Schinus longifolia

Least Concern

Long-Leaf Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium longifolium

Least Concern

Longleaf primrose-willow

Ludwigia longifolia

Not Evaluated

long-leaved fork moss

Paraleucobryum longifolium

Least Concern

Louisiana canna

Canna glauca

Not Evaluated

Louisiana cupgrass

Eriochloa punctata

Not Evaluated

Low Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis autumnalis

Not Evaluated

Low flatsedge

Cyperus pumilus

Least Concern

lowland rotala

Rotala ramosior

Not Evaluated

mabola-tree

Diospyros blancoi

Not Evaluated

Macadamia

Macadamia integrifolia

Vulnerable

Macambo tree

Theobroma bicolor

Least Concern

Macarthur palm

Ptychosperma macarthurii

Not Evaluated

Macroalgae

Caulerpa brachypus

Not Evaluated

Madagascar Cycad

Cycas thouarsii

Least Concern

Madagascar dropseed

Sporobolus pyramidatus

Not Evaluated

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Madagascar ragwort

Senecio madagascariensis

Not Evaluated

Madagascar widow's-thrill

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

Not Evaluated

Madamfate

Hippobroma longiflora

Not Evaluated

Madam gorgon

Acicarpha tribuloides

Not Evaluated

Madeira ivy

Hedera canariensis

Not Evaluated

Magellan's peat moss

Sphagnum magellanicum

Not Evaluated

Magnolia-Cone Xylaria

Xylaria magnoliae

Not Evaluated

mahogany fern

Didymochlaena truncatula

Not Evaluated

Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Least Concern

maidenhair pocket moss

Fissidens adianthoides

Least Concern

Maidenhair vine

Muehlenbeckia complexa

Not Evaluated

Majestic Palm

Ravenea rivularis

Vulnerable

Malabar plum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

Malaysian apple

Syzygium malaccense

Not Evaluated

male bamboo

Dendrocalamus strictus

Not Evaluated

Mallard

Anas platyrhynchos

Least Concern

Mallee Pine

Callitris preissii

Least Concern

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

mamey

Mammea americana

Not Evaluated

mamey

Pouteria sapota

Least Concern

mamuri bali

Spiranthera parviflora

Least Concern

Mango

Mangifera indica

Data Deficient

mangosteen

Garcinia mangostana

Not Evaluated

Mangrove fan palm

Licuala spinosa

Not Evaluated

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