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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
238
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 34
Endangered 87
Vulnerable 117
Near Threatened 97
Least Concern 1214
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2673
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

carnauba palm

Copernicia prunifera

Not Evaluated

Incised halberd fern

Tectaria incisa

Not Evaluated

bagflower

Clerodendrum thomsoniae

Not Evaluated

Redblotch Tufted Orchid

Jacquiniella globosa

Not Evaluated

Wild Potato Vine

Ipomoea tiliacea

Least Concern

Leafless Beaked Ladiestresses

Sacoila lanceolata

Not Evaluated

Largeleaf maidenhair

Adiantum macrophyllum

Not Evaluated

Reticulate viperina

Zornia reticulata

Least Concern

Black Maho

Xylopia cayennensis

Least Concern

Sicks Scaphyglottis

Scaphyglottis sickii

Least Concern

Indian paintbrush

Castilleja arvensis

Least Concern

Golden Leather Fern

Acrostichum aureum

Not Evaluated

Blewit

Lepista nuda

Least Concern

round-leaf cassia

Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Least Concern

Slender dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus alsinoides

Not Evaluated

Viscid pencil-flower

Stylosanthes viscosa

Least Concern

West Indian fimbry

Fimbristylis ferruginea

Least Concern

Scarlet passionflower

Passiflora coccinea

Least Concern

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

Hairy Plum

Hirtella triandra

Least Concern

arid-land peperomia

Peperomia blanda

Least Concern

Flowering banana

Musa ornata

Least Concern

lax hornpod

Mitreola petiolata

Least Concern

Jamaican Cherry Fig

Ficus americana

Not Evaluated

Juba's-bush

Iresine diffusa

Not Evaluated

Netted Nutrush

Scleria reticularis

Least Concern

Leafless Ghost Plant

Voyria aphylla

Not Evaluated

elegant spike-rush

Eleocharis elegans

Least Concern

foothill flat sedge

Cyperus amabilis

Least Concern

Tropical nutrush

Scleria microcarpa

Least Concern

Badhamia panicea

Not Evaluated

Woodrush flatsedge

Cyperus entrerianus

Data Deficient

Slimflower lovegrass

Eragrostis gangetica

Least Concern

Perfumed passionflower

Passiflora vitifolia

Least Concern

American Storax

Liquidambar styraciflua

Least Concern

Spiny holdback

Tara spinosa

Not Evaluated

West Indian Treefern

Cyathea arborea

Not Evaluated

rose-of-Venezuela

Brownea grandiceps

Least Concern

Guavaberry

Myrciaria floribunda

Not Evaluated

Silkleaf

Lagascea mollis

Not Evaluated

Small lobster claw

Heliconia stricta

Least Concern

Longleaf peppertree

Schinus longifolia

Least Concern

Madagascar ragwort

Senecio madagascariensis

Not Evaluated

Mung-bean

Vigna radiata

Not Evaluated

Dumortier's Liverwort

Dumortiera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Rattlesnake plant

Calathea crotalifera

Not Evaluated

False meadowbeauty

Pterolepis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Stalkleaf murainagrass

Ischaemum timorense

Extinct

Threeleaf Halberd Fern

Tectaria trifoliata

Near Threatened

Daltonia moss

Daltonia splachnoides

Not Evaluated

West Indian showertree

Senna bacillaris

Least Concern

Elastic grass

Eragrostis tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Oldfield grass

Anthephora hermaphrodita

Least Concern

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Galium tricornutum

Critically Endangered

Bleeding Oak Crust

Stereum gausapatum

Least Concern

Green antelope orchid

Dendrobium antennatum

Least Concern

narrow-leaf bottlebrush

Callistemon linearis

Not Evaluated

kodo wood

Ehretia acuminata

Least Concern

Badhamia nitens

Not Evaluated

tropical sprangletop

Leptochloa virgata

Not Evaluated

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