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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

Yerba porosa

Porophyllum ruderale

Not Evaluated

yellow-stringybark

Eucalyptus muelleriana

Least Concern

Silk Cotton Purslane

Portulaca halimoides

Endangered

Yellow trumpetbush

Tecoma stans

Least Concern

black-sesame

Cantinoa americana

Not Evaluated

blackseed crabgrass

Digitaria ternata

Not Evaluated

Large watergrass

Luziola subintegra

Not Evaluated

Strombomonas acuminata

Not Evaluated

roundleaf toothcup

Rotala rotundifolia

Least Concern

Socotrine aloe

Aloe perryi

Near Threatened

Zarzabacoa dulce

Desmodium glabrum

Not Evaluated

maskflower

Alonsoa meridionalis

Least Concern

Smallcane

Lasiacis divaricata

Least Concern

Cuban Pine

Pinus cubensis

Least Concern

Blue potatobush

Lycianthes rantonnetii

Not Evaluated

Chinese Cypress

Cupressus duclouxiana

Data Deficient

Stipulate Inga

Inga stipulacea

Least Concern

Recurved Peatmoss

Sphagnum recurvum

Not Evaluated

white-tamarind

Senegalia polyphylla

Least Concern

Rigid Coelogyne

Coelogyne rigida

Least Concern

Green Flat Sedge

Cyperus drummondii

Least Concern

Zonal geranium

Pelargonium hortorum

Not Evaluated

Low flatsedge

Cyperus pumilus

Least Concern

Giant-leaved Fig

Ficus lutea

Least Concern

black-sage

Varronia polycephala

Least Concern

Black sage

Varronia curassavica

Least Concern

black rock moss

Andreaea rupestris

Not Evaluated

cheesytoes

Stylosanthes hamata

Not Evaluated

Black Peppermint

Eucalyptus nova-anglica

Vulnerable

Big-laurel

Magnolia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Yarrow Plume

Gillmeria pallidactyla

Least Concern

Garden-huckleberry

Solanum scabrum

Not Evaluated

Big Caltropa

Kallstroemia maxima

Least Concern

Bifid Crestwort

Lophocolea bidentata

Not Evaluated

Bicolored trailing ant

Monomorium floricola

Not Evaluated

Louisiana cupgrass

Eriochloa punctata

Not Evaluated

bhutan-cypress

Cupressus torulosa

Least Concern

Stromanthe

Stromanthe tonckat

Not Evaluated

pearl echeveria

Echeveria elegans

Not Evaluated

Boarwood

Symphonia globulifera

Least Concern

Biscogniauxia cinereolilacina

Near Threatened

cherry-of-the-Rio Grande

Eugenia involucrata

Least Concern

bosisto's-box

Eucalyptus bosistoana

Near Threatened

boskomkommer

Cayaponia rigida

Not Evaluated

lilac-bell

Ipomoea muricata

Not Evaluated

Orinoco-apple

Solanum sessiliflorum

Not Evaluated

Woolly Hair

Ulothrix flacca

Least Concern

rat-tail orchid

Trichocentrum sprucei

Not Evaluated

Meadow Puffball

Lycoperdon pratense

Least Concern

Chestnut

Pochota fendleri

Least Concern

Fern Palm

Cycas revoluta

Not Evaluated

Wedge Flapwort

Leptoscyphus cuneifolius

Critically Endangered

Schwerdtfeger's Pine

Pinus tecunumanii

Vulnerable

Fragile Stonewort

Chara globularis

Least Concern

Jewels of opar

Talinum paniculatum

Least Concern

Bracted fanpetals

Sida ciliaris

Least Concern

toothcup

Ammannia latifolia

Least Concern

Smooth joyweed

Alternanthera paronychioides

Not Evaluated

drooping-white-gum

Corymbia papuana

Least Concern

winged water-primrose

Ludwigia decurrens

Least Concern

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