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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

Compact Stonewort

Nitella tenuissima

Extinct

Southern bracken fern

Pteridium caudatum

Not Evaluated

Compact Stonewort

Nitella mucronata

Vulnerable

Black sage

Varronia curassavica

Least Concern

Bog-Hemp

Boehmeria cylindrica

Least Concern

Portia tree

Thespesia populnea

Least Concern

song-of-India

Dracaena reflexa

Least Concern

Smooth Stonewort

Nitella flexilis

Least Concern

Potato Earthball

Scleroderma bovista

Least Concern

Smooth Hornwort

Phaeoceros laevis

Endangered

black rock moss

Andreaea rupestris

Not Evaluated

prickly paperbark

Melaleuca styphelioides

Least Concern

baby primrose

Primula malacoides

Not Evaluated

Ricefield waternymph

Najas graminea

Least Concern

angelique

Dicorynia paraensis

Least Concern

mistletoe fig

Ficus deltoidea

Least Concern

Mistletoe Cactus

Rhipsalis baccifera

Least Concern

Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

Least Concern

Minute duckweed

Lemna minuta

Not Evaluated

Mint

Agastache rugosa

Not Evaluated

molloy-box

Eucalyptus leptophleba

Least Concern

prostrate dallis grass

Paspalum pauciciliatum

Not Evaluated

African bermudagrass

Cynodon nlemfuensis

Extinct

hairy clustervine

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Not Evaluated

baby jump-up

Mecardonia procumbens

Least Concern

Prostrate knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Mimusops

Mimusops coriacea

Least Concern

Mimosa

Albizia julibrissin

Not Evaluated

millimetre moss

Micromitrium tenerum

Endangered

Miller's Oysterling

Clitopilus hobsonii

Least Concern

Common Tamarisk-Moss

Thuidium tamariscinum

Least Concern

pupunha palm

Syagrus inajai

Least Concern

Mile a minute vine

Ipomoea cairica

Not Evaluated

Mile-a-minute

Mikania micrantha

Not Evaluated

Common St. Paul's wort

Sigesbeckia orientalis

Not Evaluated

Black Peppermint

Eucalyptus nova-anglica

Vulnerable

Lizard's Claw

Lysurus cruciatus

Not Evaluated

purple-margined liverwort

Reboulia hemisphaerica

Vulnerable

Azpeitia nodulifera

Not Evaluated

African scurfpea

Psoralea pinnata

Not Evaluated

Achnanthes rupestoides

Not Evaluated

Achlya achlyoides

Not Evaluated

Larkdaisy

Centratherum punctatum

Not Evaluated

midland hawthorn

Crataegus laevigata

Least Concern

Mexilhao mussel

Perna perna

Not Evaluated

Common St. John'S Wort

Hypericum perforatum

Least Concern

Mexican stonecrop

Sedum mexicanum

Not Evaluated

Pygmy Brittlestem

Psathyrella pygmaea

Least Concern

Pygmyweed

Crassula tetragona

Not Evaluated

Hairy sensitive pea

Chamaecrista pilosa

Least Concern

Forrest's maple

Acer forrestii

Least Concern

Ganoderma Butt Rot

Ganoderma zonatum

Not Evaluated

Queen palm

Syagrus romanzoffiana

Not Evaluated

Common Scouring-Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Near Threatened

Mexican love grass

Eragrostis mexicana

Not Evaluated

radiating bur-marigold

Bidens radiata

Least Concern

Ramgoat dashalong

Turnera ulmifolia

Least Concern

rainbow pincushion

Mammillaria rhodantha

Least Concern

Mexican fan palm

Washingtonia robusta

Not Evaluated

Mexican creeping zinnia

Sanvitalia procumbens

Not Evaluated

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