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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
233
CR + EN + VU
Population
212.559.409
Area
8.515.767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 33
Endangered 84
Vulnerable 116
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1218
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2676
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

Beach Bean

Canavalia rosea

Least Concern

Cockspur

Casearia aculeata

Least Concern

Cockspur Vine

Pisonia aculeata

Least Concern

bay-cedar

Suriana maritima

Least Concern

Colombian waxweed

Cuphea carthagenensis

Least Concern

Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye

Sphagneticola trilobata

Not Evaluated

bastard-cedar

Guazuma ulmifolia

Least Concern

Thatching grass

Hyparrhenia hirta

Not Evaluated

Bastard Cedar

Calocedrus decurrens

Least Concern

Palm-Leaf Selenipedium

Selenipedium palmifolium

Near Threatened

lobster-claws

Vriesea carinata

Not Evaluated

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus iria

Not Evaluated

Common asparagus fern

Asparagus setaceus

Not Evaluated

Bastard Catclaw

Microgramma lycopodioides

Not Evaluated

bastard-box

Eucalyptus longifolia

Vulnerable

bastard-box

Eucalyptus microtheca

Least Concern

basket wiss

Trichostigma octandrum

Not Evaluated

Basketgrass

Oplismenus hirtellus

Not Evaluated

basket fern

Nephrolepis pectinata

Not Evaluated

Barrel Cactus

Melocactus intortus

Least Concern

Barbicou-bean

Canavalia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

ten-commandments

Maranta leuconeura

Not Evaluated

Barbados Cherry

Malpighia glabra

Least Concern

banana water-lily

Nymphaea mexicana

Not Evaluated

spiderweb chloris

Chloris pycnothrix

Not Evaluated

Bamboo orchid

Arundina graminifolia

Not Evaluated

bamboo grass

Paspalum fasciculatum

Not Evaluated

Trailing shrubverbena

Lantana montevidensis

Not Evaluated

Slipperwort

Calceolaria chelidonioides

Not Evaluated

Balsamillo

Hamelia axillaris

Not Evaluated

Basketplant

Callisia fragrans

Not Evaluated

musk okra

Abelmoschus moschatus

Not Evaluated

cat's-claw

Uncaria tomentosa

Not Evaluated

Striped Barbados lily

Hippeastrum striatum

Not Evaluated

Lavender scallops

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

Not Evaluated

Bahia lovegrass

Eragrostis bahiensis

Not Evaluated

Common Nodding Moss

Pohlia nutans

Least Concern

Badhamia panicea

Not Evaluated

Badhamia nitens

Not Evaluated

Badhamia affinis

Not Evaluated

Bacteriastrum hyalinum

Not Evaluated

Florida hammock sandmat

Euphorbia ophthalmica

Not Evaluated

Baby’s Tears

Lindernia rotundifolia

Least Concern

Variable-Leaved Crestwort

Lophocolea heterophylla

Least Concern

Macroalgae

Caulerpa brachypus

Not Evaluated

creeping-bluegrass

Bothriochloa insculpta

Not Evaluated

Dominican signal grass

Urochloa adspersa

Not Evaluated

Pink Bush Algae

Wrangelia penicillata

Not Evaluated

cherry-of-the-Rio-Grande

Eugenia cerasiflora

Not Evaluated

friendship-plant

Billbergia nutans

Not Evaluated

giant salvinia

Salvinia biloba

Not Evaluated

Baby sage

Salvia microphylla

Not Evaluated

Tropical dropseed

Sporobolus tenuissimus

Least Concern

tropical flat sedge

Cyperus surinamensis

Least Concern

baby jump-up

Mecardonia procumbens

Least Concern

Common Water-Nymph

Najas guadalupensis

Not Evaluated

Greyling Bracket

Postia tephroleuca

Least Concern

Azpeitia nodulifera

Not Evaluated

Awned Cyperus

Cyperus squarrosus

Least Concern

cone-like Turk's-head cactus

Melocactus conoideus

Critically Endangered

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