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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

ilima

Sida cordifolia

Least Concern

Pineland False Buttonweed

Spermacoce tetraquetra

Least Concern

Elongated Sea Pearls

Valonia macrophysa

Not Evaluated

iguana hackberry

Celtis iguanaea

Not Evaluated

Illinois Pondweed

Potamogeton illinoensis

Least Concern

mamuri bali

Spiranthera parviflora

Least Concern

Elatior hybrid primroses

Primula polyantha

Not Evaluated

mother-of-hundreds

Mammillaria compressa

Least Concern

Mangrove fan palm

Licuala spinosa

Not Evaluated

Hyacinthbean

Lablab purpureus

Not Evaluated

Manna gum

Eucalyptus viminalis

Near Threatened

Man to man

Peperomia pellucida

Not Evaluated

Whorled Marsh Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Least Concern

Many-Rooted Earthball

Scleroderma polyrhizum

Not Evaluated

Imperial Crapet Grass

Axonopus scoparius

Least Concern

Pearl flower

Heterocentron subtriplinervium

Not Evaluated

Marblewood

Zygia racemosa

Least Concern

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

Marsh Mermaid-Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Least Concern

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

False aralia

Plerandra elegantissima

Endangered

Smokebush

Buddleja madagascariensis

Least Concern

Kahili flower

Grevillea banksii

Least Concern

Leaf and stem scab

Elsinoe batatas

Not Evaluated

bracken fern

Pteridium esculentum

Not Evaluated

Leafy Flat-blade Algae

Stypopodium zonale

Not Evaluated

Mazapan

Malvaviscus penduliflorus

Not Evaluated

Richard'S Yelloweyed Grass

Xyris jupicai

Not Evaluated

Meadow Spike Rush

Eleocharis flavescens

Least Concern

Leafy Rolled-blade Algae

Padina boergesenii

Not Evaluated

Rigid Beard Moss

Didymodon rigidulus

Not Evaluated

Yellowpored Bracket

Flaviporus brownii

Not Evaluated

Rio grande pearlhead

Isocarpha oppositifolia

Data Deficient

Horseshoe geranium

Pelargonium zonale

Not Evaluated

Torodinium teredo

Not Evaluated

Pink powder puff

Calliandra surinamensis

Least Concern

Mediterranean lovegrass

Eragrostis barrelieri

Not Evaluated

Periwinkle Rust

Puccinia vincae

Not Evaluated

Lettuce Downy Mildew

Bremia lactucae

Not Evaluated

Tropical Mexican clover

Richardia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

melville-island-bloodwood

Corymbia nesophila

Least Concern

Turtleweed

Batis maritima

Not Evaluated

mescal agave

Agave angustifolia

Least Concern

Mesquite

Prosopis pallida

Not Evaluated

Honeyweed

Leonurus japonicus

Least Concern

Honeyweed

Leonurus sibiricus

Not Evaluated

Honey Box

Eucalyptus melliodora

Vulnerable

Honduras mahogany

Swietenia macrophylla

Endangered

Holly osmanthus

Osmanthus heterophyllus

Not Evaluated

Ganoderma Butt Rot

Ganoderma zonatum

Not Evaluated

Forrest's maple

Acer forrestii

Least Concern

Mexican stonecrop

Sedum mexicanum

Not Evaluated

Mexican vanilla

Vanilla mexicana

Not Evaluated

Mexican weeping pine

Pinus patula

Not Evaluated

hoary basil

Ocimum africanum

Not Evaluated

Larkdaisy

Centratherum punctatum

Not Evaluated

Mile-a-minute

Mikania micrantha

Not Evaluated

Mile a minute vine

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

milkberry

Chiococca alba

Least Concern

Hispid starbur

Acanthospermum hispidum

Not Evaluated

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