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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

mountain soursop

Annona montana

Not Evaluated

mourning love grass

Eragrostis lugens

Not Evaluated

Mouse barley

Hordeum murinum

Least Concern

Msasa Fern

Pecluma pectinata

Not Evaluated

Mukofi

Coffea salvatrix

Endangered

Mulberry

Morus alba

Not Evaluated

mule-ear orchid

Trichocentrum fuscum

Not Evaluated

mule-ear orchid

Trichocentrum albococcineum

Not Evaluated

mule-ear orchid

Grandiphyllum hians

Not Evaluated

mule-ear orchid

Grandiphyllum auricula

Not Evaluated

mule-ear orchid

Grandiphyllum divaricatum

Not Evaluated

mule-ear orchid

Trichocentrum nanum

Not Evaluated

mule-ear orchid

Trichocentrum pumilum

Not Evaluated

Mule Grass

Bouteloua americana

Not Evaluated

mulungú

Erythrina verna

Least Concern

Mung-bean

Vigna radiata

Not Evaluated

murixi-bark-tree

Byrsonima spicata

Least Concern

Musk Cheeseweed

Malva moschata

Least Concern

musk okra

Abelmoschus moschatus

Not Evaluated

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Myrtle

Corymbia torelliana

Least Concern

Myrtle

Myrtus communis

Least Concern

Myrtle rust

Austropuccinia psidii

Not Evaluated

Naked crabgrass

Digitaria nuda

Least Concern

Nakedstem dewflower

Murdannia nudiflora

Not Evaluated

nandi coffee

Coffea eugenioides

Least Concern

Narbonne Vetch

Vicia narbonensis

Not Evaluated

narrow Canary grass

Phalaris angusta

Not Evaluated

narrow-leaf bottlebrush

Callistemon linearis

Not Evaluated

Narrowleaf lupine

Lupinus angustifolius

Not Evaluated

narrow-leaf paperbark

Melaleuca alternifolia

Not Evaluated

Narrowleaf red ironbark

Eucalyptus crebra

Least Concern

narrow-leaf strap fern

Campyloneurum angustifolium

Not Evaluated

narrow-leaved-stringybark

Eucalyptus eugenioides

Least Concern

Narrow swordfern

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Not Evaluated

Natal plum

Carissa macrocarpa

Least Concern

Native Scots Pinewood

Pinus sylvestris

Least Concern

Natural Rubber

Hevea brasiliensis

Least Concern

Neat feather-moss

Pseudoscleropodium purum

Least Concern

Neckweed

Veronica peregrina

Not Evaluated

Neke Fern

Cyclosorus interruptus

Least Concern

Netted Crust

Byssomerulius corium

Least Concern

Netted Nutrush

Scleria reticularis

Least Concern

Neverdie

Kalanchoe crenata

Not Evaluated

New England Blackbutt

Eucalyptus andrewsii

Least Concern

New Guinea Creeper

Mucuna bennettii

Least Concern

New World midsorus fern

Blechnum occidentale

Not Evaluated

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

New Zealand-spinach

Tetragonia tetragonoides

Not Evaluated

New Zealand tea tree

Leptospermum scoparium

Least Concern

Niger

Guizotia abyssinica

Not Evaluated

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Night scented orchid

Epidendrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Nightshade

Solanum laxum

Not Evaluated

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Nipple fruit

Solanum mammosum

Not Evaluated

niruri

Phyllanthus niruri

Least Concern

Nodeweed

Synedrella nodiflora

Least Concern

Norfolk island pine

Araucaria heterophylla

Vulnerable

northern-cottonwood

Bombax ceiba

Least Concern

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