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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
129
CR + EN + VU
Population
212.559.409
Area
8.515.767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 22
Endangered 45
Vulnerable 62
Near Threatened 40
Least Concern 646
Data Deficient 51
Not Evaluated 1681
Extinct 11

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2837
Chromista 638
Fungi 463
Protozoa 221
Animalia 171
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

darwin-woollybutt

Eucalyptus miniata

Least Concern

angel-wing begonia

Begonia coccinea

Not Evaluated

Angel's-wings

Opuntia microdasys

Least Concern

Andean Water Milfoil

Myriophyllum quitense

Least Concern

Amphora proteus

Not Evaluated

Amphora ovalis

Not Evaluated

Cyclamen-flowered Daffodil

Narcissus cyclamineus

Not Evaluated

Amphora laevis

Not Evaluated

Amphora commutata

Not Evaluated

Amphiprora gigantea

Not Evaluated

Amphipleura pellucida

Not Evaluated

American Water-Lily

Nymphaea odorata

Least Concern

dancing-bones

Hatiora salicornioides

Least Concern

dancing ladies

Gomesa bifolia

Not Evaluated

Texas silverleaf

Leucophyllum frutescens

Not Evaluated

darwin-stringybark

Eucalyptus tetrodonta

Least Concern

Day jessamine

Cestrum diurnum

Least Concern

American Seguieria

Seguieria americana

Least Concern

American Royal Fern

Osmunda spectabilis

Least Concern

American Muskwood

Guarea guidonia

Least Concern

Delta maidenhair fern

Adiantum raddianum

Not Evaluated

Dense-Tufted Hair Sedge

Bulbostylis capillaris

Not Evaluated

Desert horsepurslane

Trianthema portulacastrum

Not Evaluated

Devil's horsewhip

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

American Black Nightshade

Solanum americanum

Least Concern

disc water hyssop

Bacopa rotundifolia

Least Concern

Divided Tunicate

Styela canopus

Not Evaluated

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

dodder-laurel

Cassytha filiformis

Not Evaluated

American Black Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Not Evaluated

Ambay pumpwood

Cecropia pachystachya

Not Evaluated

Amazonvine

Stigmaphyllon ciliatum

Not Evaluated

dongara-mallee

Eucalyptus obtusiflora

Vulnerable

Donnell-Smith Pine

Pinus hartwegii

Least Concern

Alutaceodontia alutacea

Least Concern

Doubtful Knight'S-Spur

Delphinium ajacis

Not Evaluated

Alternaria brassicae

Not Evaluated

Duckweed

Lemna perpusilla

Least Concern

Duckweed

Lemna aequinoctialis

Not Evaluated

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Not Evaluated

Alternaria alternata

Not Evaluated

Dune-bean

Vigna marina

Least Concern

Dune Sandbur

Cenchrus tribuloides

Least Concern

Alpine Thread-Leaved Pondweed

Stuckenia filiformis

Least Concern

Dunn's White Gum

Eucalyptus dunnii

Near Threatened

Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia trilobata

Least Concern

ant-tree

Triplaris americana

Not Evaluated

Antilles heliotrope

Euploca lagoensis

Not Evaluated

Creeping inchplant

Callisia repens

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Bulrush

Cyperus subsquarrosus

Least Concern

Dwarf cupflower

Nierembergia linariifolia

Not Evaluated

Alpine Bloodspot Lichen

Ophioparma ventosa

Extinct

alpine-ash

Eucalyptus delegatensis

Least Concern

Algirosphaera robusta

Not Evaluated

Algirosphaera oryza

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Palmetto

Sabal minor

Least Concern

Dwarf St. John'S Wort

Hypericum mutilum

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Water Clover

Marsilea minuta

Least Concern

Alexandrium tamarense

Not Evaluated

Earleaf acacia

Acacia auriculiformis

Least Concern

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