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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

Byssoporia terrestris

Least Concern

Tiny Flowered Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum micranthum

Critically Endangered

mule-ear orchid

Trichocentrum nanum

Not Evaluated

Bulbous airplant

Tillandsia bulbosa

Least Concern

titan acorn barnacle

Megabalanus coccopoma

Not Evaluated

bitter aloe

Aloe ferox

Not Evaluated

Buffelgrass

Cenchrus ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Buffalograss

Urochloa jubata

Least Concern

pink sundew

Drosera capillaris

Vulnerable

top paspalum

Paspalum plicatulum

Least Concern

browntop signal grass

Urochloa fusca

Not Evaluated

casabanana

Sicana odorifera

Not Evaluated

Physarum auriscalpium

Not Evaluated

Transvaal aloe

Aloe marlothii

Least Concern

blackbutt-peppermint

Eucalyptus smithii

Least Concern

Burnt-Orange Bolete

Tylopilus balloui

Not Evaluated

Bur Marigold

Bidens laevis

Not Evaluated

Tree aenium

Aeonium arboreum

Not Evaluated

buritirana

Mauritiella aculeata

Least Concern

Bull's eye

Euryops chrysanthemoides

Not Evaluated

Tree stonecrop

Sedum dendroideum

Not Evaluated

Triangle barnacle

Balanus trigonus

Not Evaluated

Triangle cactus

Acanthocereus tetragonus

Least Concern

butterfly-orchid

Psychopsis sanderae

Not Evaluated

Singapore holly

Malpighia coccigera

Not Evaluated

Tropical fanpetals

Sida urens

Not Evaluated

Poor Pine

Pinus glabra

Least Concern

Azores thyme

Thymus caespititius

Not Evaluated

Blistered Saucer Leaf Algae

Turbinaria turbinata

Not Evaluated

Elephant grass

Cenchrus purpureus

Not Evaluated

burgu grass

Echinochloa stagnina

Not Evaluated

blackdown-stringybark

Eucalyptus sphaerocarpa

Least Concern

butterfly-flower

Iris japonica

Not Evaluated

blue mud-plantain

Heteranthera limosa

Not Evaluated

Trinidad Macawood

Platymiscium trinitatis

Least Concern

black-gum

Eucalyptus ovata

Vulnerable

Showy Spleenwort

Asplenium formosum

Least Concern

tonka

Taralea oppositifolia

Least Concern

Grass

Urochloa mollis

Not Evaluated

bushy matgrass

Lippia alba

Least Concern

black-marlock

Eucalyptus redunca

Least Concern

plains bristle grass

Setaria macrostachya

Not Evaluated

dwarf butterfly orchid

Prosthechea pygmaea

Least Concern

Browne's blechum

Ruellia blechum

Least Concern

Three Finger Leaf Algae

Halimeda incrassata

Not Evaluated

Brownbeard rice

Oryza rufipogon

Least Concern

Blue panicum

Panicum antidotale

Not Evaluated

Broomwort

Scoparia montevidensis

Not Evaluated

Broom cupflower

Nierembergia scoparia

Not Evaluated

Regal lily

Lilium regale

Not Evaluated

tropical smokebush

Euphorbia cotinifolia

Least Concern

Tropical whiteweed

Ageratum conyzoides

Least Concern

Tropical wild petunia

Ruellia brevifolia

Not Evaluated

Tropic croton

Croton glandulosus

Not Evaluated

tallowwood

Ximenia americana

Least Concern

broad-leaved-white-mahogany

Eucalyptus umbra

Least Concern

broad-leaved-white-mahogany

Eucalyptus carnea

Least Concern

Sandbur

Cenchrus latifolius

Not Evaluated

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

broad-leaved aloe

Aloe maculata

Not Evaluated

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