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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

Brazilian red-cloak

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys

Not Evaluated

Brazilian pricklypear

Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis

Least Concern

Cranberry-myrtle

Myrteola nummularia

Not Evaluated

Brazilian Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium brasiliense

Data Deficient

Brazilian Licorice

Periandra mediterranea

Least Concern

Virginia Cutgrass

Leersia virginica

Least Concern

red-cedar

Trichilia hirta

Least Concern

Vogel tephrosia

Tephrosia vogelii

Not Evaluated

water paspalum

Paspalum repens

Least Concern

brazilian-king-wood

Dalbergia cearensis

Near Threatened

Brazilian joyweed

Alternanthera brasiliana

Not Evaluated

Waterpoppy

Hydrocleys nymphoides

Not Evaluated

Brazilian jasmine

Jasminum fluminense

Not Evaluated

Brazilian jalap

Operculina macrocarpa

Not Evaluated

Brazilian firetree

Schizolobium parahyba

Not Evaluated

Brazilian begonia

Begonia hirtella

Not Evaluated

Bottle Palm

Hyophorbe lagenicaulis

Critically Endangered

Wax mallow

Malvaviscus arboreus

Not Evaluated

Wax tree

Toxicodendron succedaneum

Least Concern

Weedy dogfennel

Cladanthus mixtus

Not Evaluated

Bolander'S Water-Starwort

Callitriche heterophylla

Least Concern

Weeping fingergrass

Eustachys distichophylla

Not Evaluated

Weeping Paperbark

Melaleuca leucadendra

Data Deficient

West Indian tufted airplant

Guzmania monostachia

Least Concern

elkhorn fern

Platycerium bifurcatum

Not Evaluated

Western Australian floodedgum

Eucalyptus rudis

Near Threatened

West Indies cherry

Prunus myrtifolia

Not Evaluated

elm-leaf begonia

Begonia ulmifolia

Not Evaluated

silver bluestem

Bothriochloa laguroides

Not Evaluated

Common Liverwort

Marchantia polymorpha

Not Evaluated

Roadside flatsedge

Cyperus sphacelatus

Least Concern

chaulmoogra

Hydnocarpus kurzii

Data Deficient

Blusher

Amanita rubescens

Least Concern

West Indian-pink

Spigelia anthelmia

Least Concern

Pea Withe

Rhynchosia reticulata

Not Evaluated

West indian foxtail grass

Andropogon bicornis

Least Concern

West indian gherkin

Cucumis anguria

Not Evaluated

Msasa Fern

Pecluma pectinata

Not Evaluated

Blunt Spurge

Euphorbia spathulata

Not Evaluated

West Indian mahogany

Swietenia mahagoni

Near Threatened

West Indian rattlebox

Crotalaria trichotoma

Not Evaluated

West indian vanilla

Vanilla pompona

Not Evaluated

West indian woodnettle

Laportea aestuans

Extinct

whiskerplant

Orthosiphon aristatus

Not Evaluated

Whisk Fern

Psilotum nudum

Least Concern

Woodland passionflower

Passiflora morifolia

Not Evaluated

Virdrillo

Pilea hyalina

Not Evaluated

purpleheart

Peltogyne paniculata

Near Threatened

Crow-Poison

Nothoscordum bivalve

Not Evaluated

Foolproofplant

Billbergia pyramidalis

Not Evaluated

Field copperleaf

Acalypha arvensis

Not Evaluated

Push Pin Slime Mold

Hemitrichia calyculata

Not Evaluated

white silky-oak

Grevillea hilliana

Least Concern

White bladderflower

Araujia sericifera

Not Evaluated

false bird of paradise

Heliconia rostrata

Not Evaluated

Stinkvine

Paederia foetida

Not Evaluated

White breu

Protium occultum

Data Deficient

White Bromeliad

Aechmea candida

Data Deficient

Large Leaf Watercress Algae

Halimeda discoidea

Not Evaluated

Common Rose-Mallow

Hibiscus moscheutos

Least Concern

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