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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
122
CR + EN + VU
Population
212,559,409
Area
8,515,767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 46
Vulnerable 61
Near Threatened 51
Least Concern 703
Data Deficient 43
Not Evaluated 1841
Extinct 8

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

privet stopper

Eugenia ligustrina

Not Evaluated

prostrate dallis grass

Paspalum pauciciliatum

Not Evaluated

Prostrate false buttonweed

Spermacoce prostrata

Not Evaluated

Prostrate knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Prostrate sandmat

Euphorbia prostrata

Not Evaluated

provision-tree

Pachira aquatica

Not Evaluated

Puerto Rico Jointvetch

Ctenodon gracilis

Least Concern

pulque agave

Agave salmiana

Least Concern

Puncturevine

Tribulus terrestris

Not Evaluated

Punktree

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Least Concern

pupunha palm

Syagrus inajai

Least Concern

purple allamanda

Allamanda blanchetii

Not Evaluated

Purple bushbean

Macroptilium atropurpureum

Not Evaluated

purple dropseed

Sporobolus purpurascens

Not Evaluated

purple-fringed liverwort

Ricciocarpos natans

Vulnerable

Purple granadilla

Passiflora edulis

Not Evaluated

purpleheart

Tradescantia pallida

Not Evaluated

purpleheart

Peltogyne paniculata

Near Threatened

purple-margined liverwort

Reboulia hemisphaerica

Vulnerable

Purple mombin

Spondias purpurea

Least Concern

Purple Pinwheel

Marasmius haematocephalus

Not Evaluated

Purple plague

Miconia calvescens

Least Concern

Purple Prickly-pear

Opuntia macrocentra

Least Concern

purple spikerush

Eleocharis atropurpurea

Least Concern

Purple-Spored Puffball

Calvatia cyathiformis

Not Evaluated

Purple Vetch

Vicia benghalensis

Not Evaluated

Purple Viper's-bugloss

Echium plantagineum

Not Evaluated

Push Pin Slime Mold

Hemitrichia calyculata

Not Evaluated

Pygmy Brittlestem

Psathyrella pygmaea

Least Concern

Pygmyweed

Crassula tetragona

Not Evaluated

Pyramidflower

Melochia pyramidata

Least Concern

quassia

Quassia amara

Least Concern

queen-of-the-night

Cereus jamacaru

Least Concern

Queen palm

Syagrus romanzoffiana

Not Evaluated

queen's crape-myrtle

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Not Evaluated

Queensland duboisia

Duboisia leichhardtii

Least Concern

Queensland fire-wheel-tree

Stenocarpus sinuatus

Least Concern

Queen's-wreath

Petrea volubilis

Least Concern

Quill beaksedge

Rhynchospora tenuis

Least Concern

radiating bur-marigold

Bidens radiata

Least Concern

rainbow pincushion

Mammillaria rhodantha

Least Concern

Raintree

Samanea saman

Least Concern

rambutan

Nephelium lappaceum

Least Concern

Ramgoat dashalong

Turnera ulmifolia

Least Concern

Ramie Chinese grass

Boehmeria nivea

Not Evaluated

Rape

Brassica napus

Not Evaluated

Raphia Palm

Raphia farinifera

Least Concern

Rapunzel Moss

Schwetschkeopsis fabronia

Not Evaluated

rat-tail orchid

Trichocentrum cepula

Not Evaluated

rat-tail orchid

Trichocentrum sprucei

Not Evaluated

rat-tail orchid

Trichocentrum jonesianum

Not Evaluated

Rattlebox

Sesbania punicea

Least Concern

Rattlesnake plant

Calathea crotalifera

Not Evaluated

Rattleweed

Crotalaria retusa

Least Concern

Recurved Peatmoss

Sphagnum recurvum

Not Evaluated

Red algae

Kappaphycus alvarezii

Not Evaluated

Red algae

Acanthophora spicifera

Not Evaluated

Red Algae

Spyridia filamentosa

Not Evaluated

Red beadtree

Adenanthera pavonina

Least Concern

redbird flower

Euphorbia tithymaloides

Not Evaluated

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