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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

Southern Soldiers

Cladonia didyma

Not Evaluated

Reticulated barnacle

Amphibalanus reticulatus

Not Evaluated

Melosira octogona

Not Evaluated

Wood sorrel

Oxalis triangularis

Not Evaluated

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Turk's Cap Cactus

Melocactus matanzanus

Endangered

Mallomonas calceolus

Not Evaluated

Brazilian begonia

Begonia hirtella

Not Evaluated

Panama crowngrass

Paspalum fimbriatum

Not Evaluated

Palmate Roseweed

Rhodymenia pseudopalmata

Not Evaluated

olive hymenachne

Hymenachne amplexicaulis

Not Evaluated

Melampsora epitea

Not Evaluated

Onion Downy Mildew

Peronospora destructor

Not Evaluated

Olive

Olea europaea

Not Evaluated

Lepocinclis marssonii

Not Evaluated

Root rot

Phytophthora cinnamomi

Not Evaluated

Hairy abutilon

Abutilon grandifolium

Not Evaluated

Lecanographa lyncea

Critically Endangered

Barbicou-bean

Canavalia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Amphora proteus

Not Evaluated

old-man-of-the-Andes

Oreocereus celsianus

Least Concern

Junghuhnia nitida

Least Concern

Hyphodermella corrugata

Vulnerable

spear grass

Nassella hyalina

Not Evaluated

old-lady pincushion

Mammillaria hahniana

Near Threatened

Hemitrichia pardina

Not Evaluated

Bottle Palm

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

Critically Endangered

Least snoutbean

Rhynchosia minima

Least Concern

rough-stalk witchgrass

Panicum hirticaule

Not Evaluated

Hantzschia virgata

Not Evaluated

Hecatonema terminale

Least Concern

Amphora ovalis

Not Evaluated

Airplant

Tillandsia gardneri

Not Evaluated

water orchid

Habenaria repens

Not Evaluated

Frustulia rhomboides

Not Evaluated

West indian bristlegrass

Setaria setosa

Least Concern

Bolander'S Water-Starwort

Callitriche heterophylla

Least Concern

gomphrena-weed

Gomphrena celosioides

Not Evaluated

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

Eunotia serra

Not Evaluated

Splachnobryum moss

Splachnobryum obtusum

Not Evaluated

Eunotia rhomboidea

Not Evaluated

Barbados Cherry

Malpighia glabra

Least Concern

Nyl grass

Acroceras macrum

Not Evaluated

Green Mermaid's Wine Glass

Acetabularia caliculus

Not Evaluated

Euglena mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Northern needleleaf

Tillandsia balbisiana

Least Concern

Praxelis

Praxelis clematidea

Not Evaluated

Euglena gaumei

Not Evaluated

orange cup coral

Tubastraea coccinea

Not Evaluated

Blusher

Amanita rubescens

Least Concern

Euglena clara

Not Evaluated

Little ironweed

Cyanthillium cinereum

Not Evaluated

Euglena deses

Not Evaluated

Simple-stem everlasting

Gamochaeta simplicicaulis

Not Evaluated

Xenasma rimicola

Vulnerable

Mexican flamevine

Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides

Not Evaluated

Entomoneis alata

Not Evaluated

Blunt Spurge

Euphorbia spathulata

Not Evaluated

Amphora laevis

Not Evaluated

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