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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

babosilla

Modiola caroliniana

Not Evaluated

babosilla

Sida acuta

Not Evaluated

Bacau

Theobroma bicolor

Least Concern

bacouré

Platonia insignis

Not Evaluated

baileya

Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Least Concern

bajagua

Senna alata

Not Evaluated

balda

Flaveria bidentis

Not Evaluated

ballico perenne

Lolium perenne

Not Evaluated

ballueca

Avena barbata

Not Evaluated

bàlsam

Carpobrotus edulis

Not Evaluated

balsamina

Impatiens balsamina

Not Evaluated

balsamina

Impatiens walleriana

Not Evaluated

bálsamo

Momordica charantia

Extinct

bambú

Bambusa bambos

Not Evaluated

bambú amarillo

Phyllostachys aurea

Not Evaluated

bambú común

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

bambú gigante

Dendrocalamus giganteus

Least Concern

bambú negro

Phyllostachys nigra

Not Evaluated

banana grueso

Ensete ventricosum

Least Concern

banano

Musa paradisiaca

Not Evaluated

bandera española

Lantana camara

Least Concern

Bania

Vanilla pompona

Not Evaluated

Barba De Fraile

Fimbristylis littoralis

Least Concern

barba de indio

Eragrostis pilosa

Not Evaluated

Barba de Viejo

Cephalocereus senilis

Endangered

barbasco

Deguelia utilis

Not Evaluated

barbasco guineano

Tephrosia vogelii

Not Evaluated

barbas de indio

Andropogon bicornis

Least Concern

barbas-de-velho

Nigella damascena

Not Evaluated

bardana

Arctium minus

Least Concern

bardana

Arctium lappa

Least Concern

bardiza

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

barrila borde

Salsola kali

Least Concern

basora prieta

Waltheria indica

Not Evaluated

Batata

Ipomoea batatas

Not Evaluated

batatilla

Ipomoea indica

Not Evaluated

bejín plomizo, cuesco pequeño de lobo

Bovista plumbea

Least Concern

Bejuco de agua

Cissus verticillata

Least Concern

bejuco de playa

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Least Concern

Bejuco de Santiago

Aristolochia trilobata

Least Concern

Bejunco

Acanthocereus tetragonus

Least Concern

beladona-bastarda

Amaryllis belladonna

Not Evaluated

belas-noites

Brugmansia suaveolens

Not Evaluated

bella sombra

Phytolacca dioica

Not Evaluated

bellísima

Antigonon leptopus

Not Evaluated

bellota

Calliandra haematocephala

Not Evaluated

bequera

Tropaeolum majus

Not Evaluated

Berba

Brosimum alicastrum

Not Evaluated

berenjena

Solanum melongena

Not Evaluated

berenjena cimarrona

Solanum torvum

Not Evaluated

berenjena del diablo

Datura stramonium

Not Evaluated

Berrillo

Barbarea verna

Not Evaluated

bersim

Trifolium alexandrinum

Not Evaluated

bérula

Veronica anagallis-aquatica

Vulnerable

Beznaga de Estropajo

Astrophytum capricorne

Least Concern

Bi

Genipa americana

Least Concern

Bijao

Thalia geniculata

Least Concern

Biznaga-algononcillo de Estrella

Astrophytum asterias

Vulnerable

Biznaga-barril de Nuevo México

Ferocactus wislizeni

Vulnerable

Biznaga China

Mammillaria heyderi

Least Concern

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