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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
237
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 34
Endangered 86
Vulnerable 117
Near Threatened 97
Least Concern 1214
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2647
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Cup Lichen

Cladonia peziziformis

Endangered

Plum Rust

Tranzschelia discolor

Not Evaluated

Smooth-Footed Powderhorn

Cladonia ochrochlora

Least Concern

Kangaroo grass

Themeda quadrivalvis

Not Evaluated

Mexican gama grass

Tripsacum lanceolatum

Least Concern

Meyen's flatsedge

Cyperus meyenianus

Not Evaluated

Crowded Parchment

Stereum complicatum

Not Evaluated

Verticillium wilt

Verticillium alboatrum

Not Evaluated

Big blue lilyturf

Liriope muscari

Not Evaluated

Angle-vein Fern

Serpocaulon triseriale

Not Evaluated

Inundated Speck Lichen

Verrucaria margacea

Data Deficient

Rollrim Mould

Penicillium brevicompactum

Not Evaluated

Blushing Beard Truffle

Rhizopogon roseolus

Data Deficient

purpleheart

Tradescantia pallida

Not Evaluated

Peg Lichen

Cladonia subcariosa

Not Evaluated

Winter Jasmine

Jasminum nudiflorum

Not Evaluated

Giraffe Spots

Peniophora albobadia

Not Evaluated

Myrtle rust

Austropuccinia psidii

Not Evaluated

Purple Pinwheel

Marasmius haematocephalus

Not Evaluated

Black-Stalked Marasmius

Tetrapyrgos nigripes

Not Evaluated

Tumbling Puffball

Bovista pila

Not Evaluated

Magnolia-Cone Xylaria

Xylaria magnoliae

Not Evaluated

Orange Mycena

Mycena leaiana

Not Evaluated

Clay-Gilled Milkcap

Lactarius argillaceifolius

Not Evaluated

Silky Parchment

Stereum striatum

Not Evaluated

Sweet orange scab

Elsinoe australis

Not Evaluated

privet stopper

Eugenia ligustrina

Not Evaluated

Golden Algae

Prymnesium parvum

Not Evaluated

Almond Mushroom

Agaricus subrufescens

Data Deficient

Freshwater diatom

Cyclotella atomus

Not Evaluated

Swiss Cheese Algae

Hydroclathrus clathratus

Not Evaluated

White Scroll Algae

Padina sanctae-crucis

Not Evaluated

Encrusting Fan-leaf Algae

Lobophora variegata

Not Evaluated

arara nut-tree

Joannesia princeps

Vulnerable

Chickenspike

Sphenoclea zeylanica

Least Concern

Arrowhead Rattlebox

Crotalaria sagittalis

Least Concern

Blowball

Taraxacum officinale

Not Evaluated

Wingpod Purslane

Portulaca umbraticola

Not Evaluated

Venus Flytrap

Dionaea muscipula

Vulnerable

Morning Star

Hillia parasitica

Not Evaluated

Pillbug

Haplophthalmus danicus

Not Evaluated

golden polypod

Phlebodium decumanum

Not Evaluated

Balloon cotton bush

Gomphocarpus physocarpus

Not Evaluated

giant flat sedge

Cyperus giganteus

Least Concern

Camden White Gum

Eucalyptus benthamii

Endangered

Hopbush

Dodonaea viscosa

Not Evaluated

Hooked Veilwort

Metzgeria leptoneura

Not Evaluated

Black Cottonwood

Populus nigra

Not Evaluated

Naked crabgrass

Digitaria nuda

Least Concern

narrow-leaf strap fern

Campyloneurum angustifolium

Not Evaluated

Blue Mountains Ash

Eucalyptus oreades

Least Concern

Cladonia subsquamosa

Not Evaluated

swamp flat sedge

Cyperus ligularis

Not Evaluated

red louro

Sextonia rubra

Least Concern

Wax flower

Hoya australis

Not Evaluated

copper grimmia

Grimmia atrata

Vulnerable

Summer fimbry

Fimbristylis aestivalis

Not Evaluated

sweet tanglehead

Heteropogon melanocarpus

Not Evaluated

Stripe Rust

Puccinia striiformis

Not Evaluated

Centipede tongavine

Epipremnum pinnatum

Not Evaluated

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