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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
232
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 31
Endangered 86
Vulnerable 115
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1172
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2621
Extinct 19

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

mosaic-plant

Fittonia albivenis

Not Evaluated

Moroccan toadflax

Linaria maroccana

Not Evaluated

Morning-glory

Ipomoea carnea

Not Evaluated

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

Endangered

Philibert's fern moss

Thuidium assimile

Vulnerable

Philippine evergreen

Aglaonema commutatum

Not Evaluated

moreton-bay-pine

Araucaria bidwillii

Least Concern

Philippine mussaenda

Mussaenda philippica

Least Concern

Moreton bay fig

Ficus macrophylla

Not Evaluated

Phoenician Juniper

Juniperus phoenicea

Least Concern

bagasse

Ambelania acida

Least Concern

Piassava Palm

Attalea funifera

Least Concern

Morel

Morchella esculenta

Vulnerable

Pickerel-Weed

Pontederia cordata

Not Evaluated

Swan-necked Apple-moss

Philonotis cernua

Not Evaluated

blackseed crabgrass

Digitaria ternata

Not Evaluated

Baby sage

Salvia microphylla

Not Evaluated

American Royal Fern

Osmunda spectabilis

Least Concern

African signalgrass

Urochloa arrecta

Not Evaluated

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Giant brake

Pteris tripartita

Not Evaluated

Golden dewdrops

Duranta erecta

Least Concern

Amboina Pitch Tree

Agathis dammara

Vulnerable

pineapple cactus

Mammillaria longimamma

Vulnerable

Cotton Ball Cactus

Espostoa lanata

Least Concern

Gum myrtle

Angophora costata

Least Concern

black Sea jellyfish

Blackfordia virginica

Not Evaluated

Jute

Corchorus aestuans

Not Evaluated

Ajuga

Ajuga reptans

Endangered

Compound sea squirt

Diplosoma listerianum

Data Deficient

black-sage

Varronia polycephala

Least Concern

Baby Rose

Rosa multiflora

Not Evaluated

Compact Stonewort

Nitella tenuissima

Extinct

Southern bracken fern

Pteridium caudatum

Not Evaluated

Pink woodsorrel

Oxalis debilis

Not Evaluated

Compact Stonewort

Nitella mucronata

Vulnerable

Black sage

Varronia curassavica

Least Concern

Bog-Hemp

Boehmeria cylindrica

Least Concern

Pithraj Tree

Aphanamixis polystachya

Least Concern

Netted Crust

Byssomerulius corium

Least Concern

song-of-India

Dracaena reflexa

Least Concern

Smooth Stonewort

Nitella flexilis

Least Concern

Smooth Hornwort

Phaeoceros laevis

Endangered

Yerba de guava

Coccocypselum hirsutum

Not Evaluated

black rock moss

Andreaea rupestris

Not Evaluated

Pleated Inkcap

Parasola plicatilis

Least Concern

baby primrose

Primula malacoides

Not Evaluated

Plum Woodlouse

Porcellionides pruinosus

Not Evaluated

angelique

Dicorynia paraensis

Least Concern

mistletoe fig

Ficus deltoidea

Least Concern

Mistletoe Cactus

Rhipsalis baccifera

Least Concern

Poisonbulb

Crinum asiaticum

Not Evaluated

Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

Least Concern

Dwarf Setaria

Setaria italica

Not Evaluated

Minute duckweed

Lemna minuta

Not Evaluated

Mint

Agastache rugosa

Not Evaluated

Red Wood

Inga laurina

Least Concern

molloy-box

Eucalyptus leptophleba

Least Concern

African bermudagrass

Cynodon nlemfuensis

Extinct

baby jump-up

Mecardonia procumbens

Least Concern

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