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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

Kumquat

Citrus japonica

Not Evaluated

Himalayan ginger

Hedychium gardnerianum

Not Evaluated

Mimusops

Mimusops coriacea

Least Concern

dancing ladies

Gomesa varicosa

Not Evaluated

molloy-box

Eucalyptus leptophleba

Least Concern

Himalayan bamboo

Drepanostachyum falcatum

Not Evaluated

Hilograss

Paspalum conjugatum

Least Concern

Mistletoe Cactus

Rhipsalis baccifera

Least Concern

mistletoe fig

Ficus deltoidea

Least Concern

Molassesgrass

Melinis minutiflora

Not Evaluated

angelique

Dicorynia paraensis

Least Concern

Smooth Hornwort

Phaeoceros laevis

Endangered

Smooth Stonewort

Nitella flexilis

Least Concern

song-of-India

Dracaena reflexa

Least Concern

Bog-Hemp

Boehmeria cylindrica

Least Concern

Oat Grass

Acroceras zizanioides

Least Concern

Southern bracken fern

Pteridium caudatum

Not Evaluated

Monkey comb

Amphilophium crucigerum

Least Concern

Heyder's Pincushion Cactus

Mammillaria heyderi

Least Concern

Cucurbit Downy Mildew

Pseudoperonospora cubensis

Not Evaluated

Horsebush

Peltophorum dubium

Least Concern

Jute

Corchorus aestuans

Not Evaluated

Giant brake

Pteris tripartita

Not Evaluated

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Hemp-leaf ragwort

Senecio brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Swan-necked Apple-moss

Philonotis cernua

Not Evaluated

moreton-bay-pine

Araucaria bidwillii

Least Concern

Morning-glory

Ipomoea carnea

Not Evaluated

Rust of pelargonium

Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis

Not Evaluated

Mosquito Basil

Ocimum campechianum

Least Concern

Hedge bamboo

Bambusa multiplex

Not Evaluated

Legume

Calopogonium galactioides

Least Concern

Heartleaf madeiravine

Anredera cordifolia

Not Evaluated

Snowy Oysterling

Cheimonophyllum candidissimum

Endangered

Mottled dutchman's pipe

Aristolochia labiata

Not Evaluated

Mottled spurge

Euphorbia lactea

Not Evaluated

creeping sensitive-plant

Mimosa invisa

Not Evaluated

catole palm

Syagrus oleracea

Not Evaluated

pinwheel-flower

Tabernaemontana catharinensis

Least Concern

Coral tree

Erythrina speciosa

Least Concern

mountain-cabbage

Euterpe precatoria

Least Concern

giant horsetail

Equisetum giganteum

Not Evaluated

Mountain Coolibah

Eucalyptus orgadophila

Near Threatened

Sander's Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum sanderianum

Critically Endangered

Mountain Grey Gum

Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

Least Concern

mountain-gum

Eucalyptus dalrympleana

Least Concern

Guadeloupe trumpet-tree

Tabebuia obtusifolia

Not Evaluated

Cortadera blanca

Scleria gaertneri

Least Concern

Diatom

Coscinodiscus wailesii

Not Evaluated

Parsley Spleenwort

Asplenium cristatum

Not Evaluated

Mule Grass

Bouteloua americana

Not Evaluated

Wild Birdnest Fern

Asplenium serratum

Not Evaluated

scarlet-bugler

Cleistocactus baumannii

Least Concern

Cutleaf Spleenwort

Asplenium abscissum

Least Concern

scribbly-gum

Eucalyptus haemastoma

Vulnerable

Bush beardgrass

Schizachyrium condensatum

Not Evaluated

Yellow Pouncewort

Lejeunea flava

Not Evaluated

Japanese lovegrass

Eragrostis tenella

Least Concern

tropical sprangletop

Leptochloa virgata

Not Evaluated

Oldfield grass

Anthephora hermaphrodita

Least Concern

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