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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
233
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 33
Endangered 84
Vulnerable 116
Near Threatened 94
Least Concern 1196
Data Deficient 69
Not Evaluated 2666
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

False meadowbeauty

Pterolepis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Stalkleaf murainagrass

Ischaemum timorense

Extinct

West Indian showertree

Senna bacillaris

Least Concern

narrow-leaved-stringybark

Eucalyptus eugenioides

Least Concern

Elastic grass

Eragrostis tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Narrow swordfern

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Not Evaluated

Oldfield grass

Anthephora hermaphrodita

Least Concern

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Galium tricornutum

Critically Endangered

Bleeding Oak Crust

Stereum gausapatum

Least Concern

Neat feather-moss

Pseudoscleropodium purum

Least Concern

Badhamia nitens

Not Evaluated

Neke Fern

Cyclosorus interruptus

Least Concern

Steyermark's Selenipedium

Selenipedium steyermarkii

Endangered

Godefroy's Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum godefroyae

Endangered

tropical sprangletop

Leptochloa virgata

Not Evaluated

Spotted Spider Orchid

Brassia maculata

Least Concern

Japanese lovegrass

Eragrostis tenella

Least Concern

Forest Growing Oncidium

Gomesa silvana

Endangered

Yellow Pouncewort

Lejeunea flava

Not Evaluated

New England Blackbutt

Eucalyptus andrewsii

Least Concern

New Guinea Creeper

Mucuna bennettii

Least Concern

New World midsorus fern

Blechnum occidentale

Not Evaluated

Marsh Pine

Pinus serotina

Least Concern

Globe Kyllinga

Cyperus brevifolius

Not Evaluated

Bush beardgrass

Schizachyrium condensatum

Not Evaluated

Common Wall Cress

Arabidopsis thaliana

Least Concern

scribbly-gum

Eucalyptus haemastoma

Vulnerable

Cutleaf Spleenwort

Asplenium abscissum

Least Concern

scarlet-bugler

Cleistocactus baumannii

Least Concern

Wild Birdnest Fern

Asplenium serratum

Not Evaluated

Nightshade

Solanum laxum

Not Evaluated

Harper's Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis dipsacea

Least Concern

Nimblewill

Muhlenbergia schreberi

Not Evaluated

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Fishpoison

Tephrosia purpurea

Not Evaluated

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

Nipple fruit

Solanum mammosum

Not Evaluated

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Least Concern

Green Feather Algae

Caulerpa sertularioides

Not Evaluated

giant timber bamboo

Bambusa oldhamii

Not Evaluated

Badhamia affinis

Not Evaluated

Oval-blade Algae

Caulerpa prolifera

Not Evaluated

Norfolk island pine

Araucaria heterophylla

Vulnerable

Killarney Featherwort

Plagiochila bifaria

Critically Endangered

gaping panic grass

Steinchisma hians

Not Evaluated

American Seguieria

Seguieria americana

Least Concern

Achnanthidium affine

Not Evaluated

Paspalum

Paspalum mandiocanum

Not Evaluated

Ribbed paspalum

Paspalum malacophyllum

Not Evaluated

Bigleaf bristlegrass

Setaria megaphylla

Not Evaluated

Darnel lovegrass

Eragrostis airoides

Not Evaluated

Water Net

Hydrodictyon reticulatum

Not Evaluated

hairy-sheath love grass

Eragrostis polytricha

Not Evaluated

Mule Grass

Bouteloua americana

Not Evaluated

Mexican flamevine

Pseudogynoxys chenopodioides

Not Evaluated

Simple-stem everlasting

Gamochaeta simplicicaulis

Not Evaluated

Parsley Spleenwort

Asplenium cristatum

Not Evaluated

Little ironweed

Cyanthillium cinereum

Not Evaluated

Praxelis

Praxelis clematidea

Not Evaluated

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

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