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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

Trechispora farinacea

Least Concern

Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata

Not Evaluated

Clasping Bellwort

Triodanis perfoliata

Not Evaluated

nandi coffee

Coffea eugenioides

Least Concern

Congo coffee

Coffea congensis

Least Concern

Clavel De Muerto

Tithonia rotundifolia

Not Evaluated

Monkey-thorn

Senegalia galpinii

Least Concern

Key West heliotrope

Euploca fruticosa

Data Deficient

Long-Leaf Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium longifolium

Least Concern

Puerto Rico Jointvetch

Ctenodon gracilis

Least Concern

Cockspur Vine

Pisonia aculeata

Least Concern

Coliseum-Ivy

Cymbalaria muralis

Not Evaluated

Thatching grass

Hyparrhenia hirta

Not Evaluated

Palm-Leaf Selenipedium

Selenipedium palmifolium

Near Threatened

lobster-claws

Vriesea carinata

Not Evaluated

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus iria

Not Evaluated

Common asparagus fern

Asparagus setaceus

Not Evaluated

Common Club Moss

Lycopodium clavatum

Not Evaluated

Common Coontail

Ceratophyllum demersum

Least Concern

common cord moss

Funaria hygrometrica

Not Evaluated

Common Eyelash

Scutellinia scutellata

Least Concern

ten-commandments

Maranta leuconeura

Not Evaluated

spiderweb chloris

Chloris pycnothrix

Not Evaluated

Common Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Common Fumitory

Fumaria officinalis

Least Concern

Trailing shrubverbena

Lantana montevidensis

Not Evaluated

Slipperwort

Calceolaria chelidonioides

Not Evaluated

Basketplant

Callisia fragrans

Not Evaluated

musk okra

Abelmoschus moschatus

Not Evaluated

Striped Barbados lily

Hippeastrum striatum

Not Evaluated

Lavender scallops

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

Not Evaluated

Common Mint

Mentha arvensis

Least Concern

Common Nodding Moss

Pohlia nutans

Least Concern

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

Not Evaluated

Common Panicgrass

Panicum capillare

Not Evaluated

common princess palm

Dictyosperma album

Not Evaluated

giant chincherinchee

Ornithogalum saundersiae

Not Evaluated

Florida hammock sandmat

Euphorbia ophthalmica

Not Evaluated

Common Rush

Juncus conglomeratus

Least Concern

Variable-Leaved Crestwort

Lophocolea heterophylla

Least Concern

Macroalgae

Caulerpa brachypus

Not Evaluated

creeping-bluegrass

Bothriochloa insculpta

Not Evaluated

Dominican signal grass

Urochloa adspersa

Not Evaluated

Pink Bush Algae

Wrangelia penicillata

Not Evaluated

cherry-of-the-Rio-Grande

Eugenia cerasiflora

Not Evaluated

friendship-plant

Billbergia nutans

Not Evaluated

giant salvinia

Salvinia biloba

Not Evaluated

Common Spruce

Picea abies

Least Concern

Tropical dropseed

Sporobolus tenuissimus

Least Concern

common squirrel monkey

Saimiri sciureus

Least Concern

Common Stump Brittlestem

Psathyrella piluliformis

Least Concern

tropical flat sedge

Cyperus surinamensis

Least Concern

Common Violet

Viola odorata

Not Evaluated

Common Water-Nymph

Najas guadalupensis

Not Evaluated

Common wheat

Triticum aestivum

Not Evaluated

Greyling Bracket

Postia tephroleuca

Least Concern

Common Yew

Taxus baccata

Vulnerable

Confederate jasmine

Trachelospermum jasminoides

Not Evaluated

cone-like Turk's-head cactus

Melocactus conoideus

Critically Endangered

Cone-Spur Bladderwort

Utricularia gibba

Least Concern

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