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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

jalapa

Ipomoea purga

Not Evaluated

jambo-rosa

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

jaqueiro

Artocarpus heterophyllus

Not Evaluated

jarvao

Verbena rigida

Not Evaluated

jazmín blanco

Jasminum officinale

Not Evaluated

jazmín de Arabia

Jasminum sambac

Not Evaluated

jengibre

Zingiber zerumbet

Data Deficient

jengibre

Zingiber officinale

Not Evaluated

jobillo

Astronium fraxinifolium

Not Evaluated

jopillo

Dactylis glomerata

Not Evaluated

judía batata

Pachyrhizus erosus

Not Evaluated

juncia anual

Cyperus compressus

Least Concern

junco

Schoenoplectus californicus

Not Evaluated

Junco de Agua

Cyperus difformis

Least Concern

Junco de Rana

Juncus bufonius

Least Concern

junquera

Juncus effusus

Least Concern

junquillo

Eleocharis acutangula

Not Evaluated

junquillo salado

Eleocharis parvula

Vulnerable

labaça

Rumex obtusifolius

Not Evaluated

labaça-crespa

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

labrusca

Vitis labrusca

Not Evaluated

lactario alcanforado

Lactarius camphoratus

Least Concern

lactario rojizo

Lactarius rufus

Least Concern

lágrimas-de-job

Coix lacryma-jobi

Least Concern

lanillo

Polygala paniculata

Not Evaluated

Lapacho Rosado

Handroanthus impetiginosum

Not Evaluated

lastón de los bosques

Brachypodium sylvaticum

Least Concern

lechero

Euphorbia cotinifolia

Least Concern

lechoso

Calotropis gigantea

Not Evaluated

lechuga

Lactuca sativa

Not Evaluated

lechuga de campo

Valerianella locusta

Near Threatened

lechuga espinaca

Lactuca serriola

Least Concern

Lechuguilla de Agua

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

lepiota en escudo

Lepiota clypeolaria

Least Concern

lepiota mamelonada

Macrolepiota mastoidea

Near Threatened

Lespedeza Perenne

Lespedeza cuneata

Not Evaluated

licia

Irpex lacteus

Data Deficient

licia

Ganoderma resinaceum

Endangered

licia

Clastoderma debaryanum

Not Evaluated

Licogala

Lycogala epidendrum

Not Evaluated

licuri

Syagrus coronata

Least Concern

Liebre Europea

Lepus europaeus

Near Threatened

ligustro

Ligustrum lucidum

Not Evaluated

lima Tahiti

Citrus latifolia

Not Evaluated

Lima Tomate

Solanum betaceum

Not Evaluated

limón agrio

Citrus aurantiifolia

Not Evaluated

lino de Nueva Zelanda

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

lirio

Iris germanica

Not Evaluated

lírio-dos-charcos

Iris pseudacorus

Least Concern

Llantén de Agua

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Least Concern

Llantén Major

Plantago major

Least Concern

llantén menor

Plantago lanceolata

Least Concern

lombricera

Vanilla mexicana

Not Evaluated

longán

Dimocarpus longan

Near Threatened

Loto

Nymphaea lotus

Not Evaluated

loto sagrado

Nelumbo nucifera

Not Evaluated

lúpulo

Humulus lupulus

Least Concern

macadamia

Macadamia integrifolia

Vulnerable

Macaúba

Acrocomia totai

Least Concern

macillo

Tripsacum dactyloides

Not Evaluated

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