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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

Delicate Earth-moss

Pseudephemerum nitidum

Endangered

delicate germanderwort

Riccardia multifida

Endangered

Dense-Flower Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

Not Evaluated

Dense-Tufted Hair Sedge

Bulbostylis capillaris

Not Evaluated

Deodar

Cedrus deodara

Least Concern

Devil'S Dipstick

Mutinus elegans

Not Evaluated

Devil's horsewhip

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

dinnerplate-aralia

Polyscias scutellaria

Not Evaluated

disc water hyssop

Bacopa rotundifolia

Least Concern

Divided Tunicate

Styela canopus

Not Evaluated

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

dodder-laurel

Cassytha filiformis

Not Evaluated

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

Fuligo septica

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

dongara-mallee

Eucalyptus obtusiflora

Vulnerable

dooryard sowbug

Porcellio laevis

Least Concern

Least Puffball

Bovista pusilla

Data Deficient

Doubtful Knight'S-Spur

Delphinium ajacis

Not Evaluated

drooping bottlebrush

Callistemon viminalis

Not Evaluated

Drummond's phlox

Phlox drummondii

Not Evaluated

Duckweed

Lemna perpusilla

Least Concern

Duckweed

Lemna aequinoctialis

Not Evaluated

Dudley'S Rush

Juncus tenuis

Least Concern

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Not Evaluated

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Dune-bean

Vigna marina

Least Concern

Dung Bird'S Nest

Cyathus stercoreus

Critically Endangered

Dunn's White Gum

Eucalyptus dunnii

Near Threatened

ant-tree

Triplaris americana

Not Evaluated

Antilles heliotrope

Euploca lagoensis

Not Evaluated

Creeping inchplant

Callisia repens

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Bulrush

Cyperus subsquarrosus

Least Concern

Dwarf lilyturf

Ophiopogon japonicus

Not Evaluated

Erect Hedge-Parsley

Torilis japonica

Least Concern

Dwarf Palmetto

Sabal minor

Least Concern

Dwarf St. John'S Wort

Hypericum mutilum

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Streak-Moss

Rhabdoweisia fugax

Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

Marsilea minuta

Least Concern

Dyeball

Pisolithus arhizus

Endangered

Earleaf acacia

Acacia auriculiformis

Least Concern

Easter lily

Lilium longiflorum

Not Evaluated

Early water grass

Echinochloa oryzoides

Not Evaluated

Chocolate Tube Slime

Stemonitis splendens

Not Evaluated

Rio Grande Clover

Trifolium riograndense

Least Concern

Eastern Juniper

Juniperus virginiana

Not Evaluated

Eastern Line Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Not Evaluated

Eastern Pellitory-of-the-wall

Parietaria officinalis

Near Threatened

erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta

Not Evaluated

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Not Evaluated

East Indian wine palm

Phoenix rupicola

Near Threatened

Edible Rocket

Eruca vesicaria

Not Evaluated

fourpart mistletoe

Phoradendron dipterum

Not Evaluated

egusi-itoo

Melothria sphaerocarpa

Not Evaluated

Egyptian grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

Egyptian riverhemp

Sesbania sesban

Not Evaluated

Egyptian starcluster

Pentas lanceolata

Not Evaluated

elephant-bush

Portulacaria afra

Least Concern

Elephant creeper

Argyreia nervosa

Not Evaluated

Eleven-O'Clock

Portulaca grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Elm-Leaf Spiraea

Spiraea chamaedryfolia

Not Evaluated

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