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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

Callus Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum callosum

Endangered

moneytree

Pachira glabra

Not Evaluated

Cane bluestem

Bothriochloa barbinodis

Not Evaluated

Blackbutt eucalyptus

Eucalyptus pilularis

Near Threatened

black-box

Eucalyptus largiflorens

Vulnerable

cape-jasmine

Gardenia jasminoides

Not Evaluated

cape-york-gum

Eucalyptus brassiana

Least Concern

Wall Screw-moss

Tortula muralis

Least Concern

Carbeen

Corymbia tessellaris

Near Threatened

Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

Least Concern

Caribbean trumpet-tree

Tabebuia aurea

Not Evaluated

Licea variabilis

Not Evaluated

Small ballmoss

Tillandsia recurvata

Least Concern

Beet Downy Mildew

Peronospora farinosa

Not Evaluated

Beehive Ginger

Zingiber spectabile

Data Deficient

Carolina crane's-bill

Geranium carolinianum

Not Evaluated

Carpet-Weed

Mollugo verticillata

Not Evaluated

milktree

Sapium glandulosum

Not Evaluated

Green Anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Least Concern

fire barrel cactus

Ferocactus gracilis

Least Concern

Fingered Cowlwort

Colura calyptrifolia

Data Deficient

Common Stonewort

Chara vulgaris

Endangered

Smallest Pottia

Microbryum davallianum

Endangered

Bearded Catasetum

Catasetum barbatum

Not Evaluated

Spiked bur grass

Tragus berteronianus

Not Evaluated

Potato powdery scab pathogen

Spongospora subterranea

Not Evaluated

Petty Featherwort

Plagiochila exigua

Near Threatened

Rougeplant

Rivina humilis

Least Concern

Graceful Green Hair

Cladophora sericea

Least Concern

Delicate Stonewort

Chara virgata

Least Concern

Beanweed

Scytosiphon lomentaria

Least Concern

Chinese ixora

Ixora chinensis

Not Evaluated

Chinese juniper

Juniperus chinensis

Not Evaluated

Many-Branched Stonewort

Nitella hyalina

Not Evaluated

spread sandwort

Arenaria lanuginosa

Not Evaluated

Wild Peas

Chamaecrista glandulosa

Least Concern

Beach spiderlily

Hymenocallis littoralis

Not Evaluated

Strangler Fig

Ficus citrifolia

Not Evaluated

Night scented orchid

Epidendrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Lesser Notchwort

Isopaches bicrenatus

Least Concern

spreading fantails

Sida abutifolia

Not Evaluated

cluster fig

Ficus racemosa

Least Concern

fanleaf dwarf polypody

Melpomene flabelliformis

Not Evaluated

Long Bracted Cyclopogon

Cyclopogon longibracteatus

Least Concern

Strawberry Tomato

Physalis pruinosa

Least Concern

Brazilian waterhyssop

Bacopa egensis

Not Evaluated

Cat's claw

Biancaea decapetala

Least Concern

Giant airplant

Tillandsia fasciculata

Least Concern

Gracefulleaf Inga

Inga gracilifolia

Least Concern

beach palm

Bactris major

Least Concern

Clasping Bellwort

Triodanis perfoliata

Not Evaluated

nandi coffee

Coffea eugenioides

Least Concern

Beach moonflower

Ipomoea violacea

Not Evaluated

Beach Dropseed

Sporobolus virginicus

Least Concern

Monkey-thorn

Senegalia galpinii

Least Concern

Key West heliotrope

Euploca fruticosa

Data Deficient

Long-Leaf Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium longifolium

Least Concern

Clubbed begonia

Begonia cucullata

Not Evaluated

Puerto Rico Jointvetch

Ctenodon gracilis

Least Concern

Club Root

Plasmodiophora brassicae

Not Evaluated

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