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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
129
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 22
Endangered 45
Vulnerable 62
Near Threatened 40
Least Concern 646
Data Deficient 51
Not Evaluated 1681
Extinct 11

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Hymenochaete cinnamomea

Vulnerable

Hemitrichia pardina

Not Evaluated

Hyphodermella corrugata

Vulnerable

Junghuhnia nitida

Least Concern

Lecanographa lyncea

Critically Endangered

Lepocinclis marssonii

Not Evaluated

Leucocoprinus cretaceus

Not Evaluated

Melampsora epitea

Not Evaluated

Mallomonas calceolus

Not Evaluated

Melosira octogona

Not Evaluated

Mastogloia braunii

Not Evaluated

Monomorphina pyrum

Not Evaluated

Nitzschia angularis

Not Evaluated

Neidium bisulcata

Not Evaluated

Nupela wellneri

Not Evaluated

Paraphysomonas butcheri

Not Evaluated

Paraphysomonas imperforata

Not Evaluated

Paradiacheopsis longipes

Not Evaluated

Phaeographis dendritica

Vulnerable

Phytophthora gonapodyides

Not Evaluated

Physarum pusillum

Not Evaluated

Pinnularia mesolepta

Not Evaluated

Physarum leucopus

Not Evaluated

Phacus hamelii

Not Evaluated

Physarum viride

Not Evaluated

Protoperidinium claudicans

Not Evaluated

Protoperidinium subinerme

Not Evaluated

Pseudo-nitzschia pungens

Not Evaluated

Puccinia polygoni-amphibii

Not Evaluated

Pythium torulosum

Not Evaluated

Pythiogeton utriforme

Not Evaluated

Resupinatus poriaeformis

Least Concern

Surirella biseriata

Not Evaluated

Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides

Not Evaluated

Trechispora microspora

Least Concern

Torodinium robustum

Not Evaluated

Thalassiosira mala

Not Evaluated

Trachelomonas similis

Not Evaluated

Trichia contorta

Not Evaluated

Vibrio cholerae

Not Evaluated

Xenasma pulverulentum

Vulnerable

Yersinia pestis

Not Evaluated

forest-oak

Allocasuarina torulosa

Least Concern

Fodder Vetch

Vicia villosa

Vulnerable

Forest redgum

Eucalyptus tereticornis

Least Concern

Forest Snakevine

Hyperbaena domingensis

Least Concern

Fountainbush

Russelia equisetiformis

Not Evaluated

Fountain palm

Livistona chinensis

Not Evaluated

Fourleaf manyseed

Polycarpon tetraphyllum

Not Evaluated

Fox tail agave

Agave attenuata

Least Concern

Franchet's Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster franchetii

Not Evaluated

French Rocket

Sisymbrium erysimoides

Not Evaluated

fuzzy-box

Eucalyptus conica

Vulnerable

Galinsoga

Galinsoga quadriradiata

Not Evaluated

Orchid

Vanda tricolor

Endangered

pau amarello

Euxylophora paraensis

Endangered

Garden Pink-sorrel

Oxalis latifolia

Least Concern

German primrose

Primula obconica

Not Evaluated

garden zinnia

Zinnia elegans

Not Evaluated

Gentian-Leaved St. John'S-Wort

Hypericum gentianoides

Not Evaluated

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