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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
236
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 33
Endangered 87
Vulnerable 116
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1198
Data Deficient 71
Not Evaluated 2638
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

madreselva

Lonicera japonica

Not Evaluated

Maicillo

Axonopus scoparius

Least Concern

Maiten

Maytenus boaria

Least Concern

maíz

Zea mays

Not Evaluated

Maíz de Dios

Zea luxurians

Vulnerable

malanga

Colocasia esculenta

Not Evaluated

malanga

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Not Evaluated

malaqueta

Pimenta dioica

Least Concern

malmequer-bravo

Leucanthemum vulgare

Not Evaluated

malva blanca

Urena lobata

Least Concern

malva de caballo

Malachra alceifolia

Not Evaluated

malva de Castilla

Anoda cristata

Not Evaluated

malva de Castilla

Malva parviflora

Not Evaluated

malva montés

Sida urens

Not Evaluated

malva rosa

Hibiscus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

malva-rosa

Alcea rosea

Not Evaluated

mamey

Pouteria sapota

Least Concern

mamoncillo

Melicoccus bijugatus

Least Concern

mandarina

Citrus reticulata

Not Evaluated

mandinga

Cyperus sphacelatus

Least Concern

Mangle Blanco

Laguncularia racemosa

Least Concern

Mangle Colorado

Rhizophora mangle

Least Concern

Mangle Negro

Avicennia germinans

Least Concern

Mangle zaragoso

Conocarpus erectus

Least Concern

mango

Mangifera indica

Data Deficient

mangostán

Garcinia mangostana

Not Evaluated

maní cimarrón

Alysicarpus vaginalis

Not Evaluated

maní forrajero perenne

Arachis pintoi

Not Evaluated

manzana cafre

Dovyalis caffra

Least Concern

manzana de agua

Syzygium malaccense

Not Evaluated

manzanilla

Matricaria chamomilla

Least Concern

manzanilla hedionda

Anthemis cotula

Near Threatened

manzanillo

Malvaviscus arboreus

Not Evaluated

mapuey

Dioscorea trifida

Not Evaluated

maravilhas

Calendula officinalis

Not Evaluated

Margarita

Montanoa bipinnatifida

Least Concern

María

Calophyllum brasiliense

Data Deficient

mariposa

Iris domestica

Not Evaluated

marmeleiro

Cydonia oblonga

Not Evaluated

marrubio común

Marrubium vulgare

Not Evaluated

maruba

Simarouba amara

Least Concern

marubio oscuro

Hyptis atrorubens

Not Evaluated

mastranzo

Mentha suaveolens

Least Concern

mata cucaracha

Solanum capsicoides

Not Evaluated

matria alta

Comatricha ellae

Not Evaluated

matria anomala

Arcyria incarnata

Not Evaluated

matria anomala

Arcyria cinerea

Not Evaluated

matria nigra

Ceratiomyxa fruticulosa

Not Evaluated

matria nigra

Licea kleistobolus

Not Evaluated

matria nigra

Echinostelium minutum

Not Evaluated

matria nigra

Licea minima

Not Evaluated

meliloto-branco

Melilotus albus

Not Evaluated

menta piperita

Mentha piperita

Not Evaluated

Mermasangre

Salvia officinalis

Not Evaluated

mielga azafranada

Medicago lupulina

Not Evaluated

mijo de Guinea

Megathyrsus maximus

Least Concern

mijo koda

Paspalum scrobiculatum

Least Concern

mildeu

Plasmopara viticola

Not Evaluated

mildiu

Phytophthora infestans

Not Evaluated

mildiu de la cebolla

Peronospora destructor

Not Evaluated

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