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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

shining-gum

Eucalyptus nitens

Least Concern

Shiny Cinnamon Polypore

Coltricia cinnamomea

Vulnerable

Shoehorn Oyster

Hohenbuehelia petaloides

Endangered

Shore Aster

Symphyotrichum tradescantii

Not Evaluated

Tropical whitetop

Rhynchospora radicans

Not Evaluated

short-horned liverwort

Notothylas orbicularis

Not Evaluated

short-leaf-pine

Pinus echinata

Least Concern

Baromalli

Catostemma commune

Least Concern

Short-spored Earthtongue

Trichoglossum walteri

Vulnerable

Alfilaria

Erodium cicutarium

Least Concern

Humble Pixie-Cup Lichen

Cladonia humilis

Vulnerable

Pomace fly

Drosophila hydei

Not Evaluated

Pomace Fly

Drosophila busckii

Not Evaluated

Althea

Hibiscus syriacus

Not Evaluated

American basil

Ocimum americanum

Not Evaluated

Burmann's basketgrass

Oplismenus burmanni

Least Concern

Showy rattlebox

Crotalaria spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Jamaican forget-me-not

Browallia americana

Least Concern

Sierra Leone-tamarind

Dialium guineense

Least Concern

Dominican Lovegrass

Eragrostis prolifera

Least Concern

Panicled Spot Flower

Acmella paniculata

Least Concern

Silkoak

Grevillea robusta

Not Evaluated

Tortoise shell bamboo

Phyllostachys edulis

Not Evaluated

red Easter-lily cactus

Echinopsis oxygona

Least Concern

Silverleaf mountain gum

Eucalyptus pulverulenta

Least Concern

Silver-Moss

Bryum argenteum

Not Evaluated

mourning love grass

Eragrostis lugens

Not Evaluated

Silver ragwort

Jacobaea maritima

Not Evaluated

armgrass millet

Urochloa subquadripara

Not Evaluated

False Turkey-Tail

Stereum ostrea

Not Evaluated

Deceiving Bovist

Bovista aestivalis

Least Concern

Dry Duster

Coniophora arida

Least Concern

slaty-box

Eucalyptus dawsonii

Vulnerable

Potato Wart Disease

Synchytrium endobioticum

Not Evaluated

Couchgrass

Elymus repens

Least Concern

Lakeshore nutrush

Scleria lacustris

Least Concern

toy-cypress

Crassula muscosa

Not Evaluated

Slender goldshower

Galphimia gracilis

Not Evaluated

Eyelash Orchid

Epidendrum ciliare

Not Evaluated

slender peat moss

Sphagnum tenerum

Not Evaluated

Slender pride of rochester

Deutzia gracilis

Not Evaluated

slender silver moss

Anomobryum julaceum

Not Evaluated

Fatal Dapperling

Lepiota subincarnata

Least Concern

slender-toothed earth moss

Ephemerum spinulosum

Not Evaluated

Slimleaf bur ragweed

Ambrosia tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Slippery Jack

Suillus luteus

Least Concern

Small Hairy Screw-moss

Syntrichia laevipila

Vulnerable

Small Moss Oysterling

Arrhenia retiruga

Least Concern

small red peat moss

Sphagnum capillifolium

Vulnerable

small twisted moss

Tortella humilis

Not Evaluated

Smoked Oysterling

Resupinatus applicatus

Least Concern

Smoky Dapperling

Leucoagaricus barssii

Critically Endangered

Smoky Spindles

Clavaria fumosa

Near Threatened

Smooth hawksbeard

Crepis capillaris

Least Concern

Smooth rattlebox

Crotalaria pallida

Least Concern

Creephorn

Chondracanthus acicularis

Not Evaluated

Smut grass

Sporobolus indicus

Not Evaluated

Snakegourd

Trichosanthes cucumerina

Not Evaluated

Snowbush

Breynia disticha

Not Evaluated

Snow Gum

Eucalyptus pauciflora

Near Threatened

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