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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
233
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 33
Endangered 84
Vulnerable 116
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1218
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2676
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

Chrysochromulina ephippium

Not Evaluated

Chrysochromulina megacylindra

Not Evaluated

Clustered yellowtops

Flaveria trinervia

Not Evaluated

Coast Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa walteri

Least Concern

Jarendeua de Sapo

Zygia ampla

Least Concern

Cocconeis disculus

Not Evaluated

Cocconeis pinnata

Not Evaluated

Cocconeis placentula

Not Evaluated

Cochlodinium faurei

Not Evaluated

Cockscomb

Celosia argentea

Not Evaluated

Colacium sideropus

Not Evaluated

Colacium vesiculosum

Not Evaluated

Collared Parachute

Marasmius rotula

Least Concern

Collaria arcyrionema

Not Evaluated

Collaria lurida

Not Evaluated

Colletotrichum dematium

Not Evaluated

Columbia Water-Meal

Wolffia columbiana

Least Concern

Comatricha laxa

Not Evaluated

Comatricha longipila

Not Evaluated

Comatricha pulchella

Not Evaluated

Comatricha suksdorfii

Not Evaluated

Comatricha tenerrima

Not Evaluated

comb hyptis

Mesosphaerum pectinatum

Not Evaluated

Common catchfly

Silene gallica

Extinct

common fanflower

Scaevola aemula

Not Evaluated

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Least Concern

Common Garden Poppy

Papaver somniferum

Not Evaluated

Common Gold-Dust

Chrysothrix xanthina

Not Evaluated

Common Grapefern

Botrypus virginianus

Not Evaluated

Common Haircap

Polytrichum commune

Least Concern

common large wetland moss

Calliergonella cuspidata

Least Concern

Common Lavender

Lavandula angustifolia

Not Evaluated

Common Maërl

Phymatolithon calcareum

Data Deficient

common marmoset

Callithrix jacchus

Least Concern

Common Nipplewort

Lapsana communis

Least Concern

Common Porecrust

Schizophyllum commune

Least Concern

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Least Concern

Common Scouring-Rush

Equisetum hyemale

Near Threatened

Common St. John'S Wort

Hypericum perforatum

Least Concern

Common St. Paul's wort

Sigesbeckia orientalis

Not Evaluated

Common Tamarisk-Moss

Thuidium tamariscinum

Least Concern

Common Vetch

Vicia sativa

Least Concern

Compact Stonewort

Nitella mucronata

Vulnerable

Compact Stonewort

Nitella tenuissima

Extinct

Compound sea squirt

Diplosoma listerianum

Data Deficient

Ajuga

Ajuga reptans

Endangered

Amboina Pitch Tree

Agathis dammara

Vulnerable

bagasse

Ambelania acida

Least Concern

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

Endangered

Common corncockle

Agrostemma githago

Critically Endangered

common greasewort

Aneura pinguis

Least Concern

Brown Rat

Rattus norvegicus

Least Concern

Hare's-tail

Lagurus ovatus

Not Evaluated

Cat

Felis catus

Not Evaluated

Fly Agaric

Amanita muscaria

Least Concern

Common Wall Cress

Arabidopsis thaliana

Least Concern

rough corn bedstraw, corn cleavers

Galium tricornutum

Critically Endangered

West Indian showertree

Senna bacillaris

Least Concern

False meadowbeauty

Pterolepis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Leafless Ghost Plant

Voyria aphylla

Not Evaluated

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