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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

Green Mermaid's Wine Glass

Acetabularia caliculus

Not Evaluated

Nyl grass

Acroceras macrum

Not Evaluated

Bush beardgrass

Schizachyrium condensatum

Not Evaluated

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Not Evaluated

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

gomphrena-weed

Gomphrena celosioides

Not Evaluated

Common Wall Cress

Arabidopsis thaliana

Least Concern

West indian bristlegrass

Setaria setosa

Least Concern

water orchid

Habenaria repens

Not Evaluated

scribbly-gum

Eucalyptus haemastoma

Vulnerable

Cutleaf Spleenwort

Asplenium abscissum

Least Concern

scarlet-bugler

Cleistocactus baumannii

Least Concern

Oak Curtain Crust

Hymenochaete rubiginosa

Least Concern

Oak-Leaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Not Evaluated

Wild Birdnest Fern

Asplenium serratum

Not Evaluated

Ochre Bracket

Trametes ochracea

Least Concern

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Least Concern

Least snoutbean

Rhynchosia minima

Least Concern

Badhamia affinis

Not Evaluated

American Seguieria

Seguieria americana

Least Concern

Achnanthidium affine

Not Evaluated

Mule Grass

Bouteloua americana

Not Evaluated

Parsley Spleenwort

Asplenium cristatum

Not Evaluated

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

old-man-of-the-Andes

Oreocereus celsianus

Least Concern

Old Man'S Beard

Tillandsia usneoides

Least Concern

Diatom

Coscinodiscus wailesii

Not Evaluated

Dotted Hornwort

Anthoceros punctatus

Vulnerable

Olive

Olea europaea

Not Evaluated

Hare's-tail

Lagurus ovatus

Not Evaluated

Guadeloupe trumpet-tree

Tabebuia obtusifolia

Not Evaluated

Onion-Stalk Parasol

Leucocoprinus cepistipes

Not Evaluated

Palmate Roseweed

Rhodymenia pseudopalmata

Not Evaluated

Panama crowngrass

Paspalum fimbriatum

Not Evaluated

mountain-gum

Eucalyptus dalrympleana

Least Concern

Mountain Grey Gum

Eucalyptus cypellocarpa

Least Concern

Southern Soldiers

Cladonia didyma

Not Evaluated

Pink Segmented Algae

Jania adhaerens

Not Evaluated

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

Blue Dots

Evolvulus sericeus

Not Evaluated

Biting Stonecrop

Sedum acre

Least Concern

Christmas Cactus

Schlumbergera opuntioides

Vulnerable

Bacteriastrum hyalinum

Not Evaluated

James' waterlily

Nymphaea jamesoniana

Not Evaluated

Orange Jelly Spot

Dacrymyces chrysospermus

Not Evaluated

orange peat moss

Sphagnum subsecundum

Not Evaluated

Orange Peel Fungus

Aleuria aurantia

Least Concern

Sander's Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum sanderianum

Critically Endangered

Mountain Coolibah

Eucalyptus orgadophila

Near Threatened

common greasewort

Aneura pinguis

Least Concern

giant horsetail

Equisetum giganteum

Not Evaluated

Common corncockle

Agrostemma githago

Critically Endangered

Oriental false hawksbeard

Youngia japonica

Not Evaluated

Oriental Plane-tree

Platanus orientalis

Data Deficient

Oriental poppy

Papaver orientale

Not Evaluated

Mosquito flatsedge

Cyperus prolixus

Not Evaluated

Paddle Blade Algae

Avrainvillea longicaulis

Not Evaluated

Chrysanthemum White Rust

Puccinia horiana

Not Evaluated

Coral tree

Erythrina speciosa

Least Concern

pinwheel-flower

Tabernaemontana catharinensis

Least Concern

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