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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
122
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 46
Vulnerable 61
Near Threatened 51
Least Concern 703
Data Deficient 43
Not Evaluated 1841
Extinct 8

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Ghostweed

Euphorbia marginata

Not Evaluated

Giant arrowhead

Sagittaria montevidensis

Not Evaluated

Giant Ash

Eucalyptus regnans

Least Concern

Giant bamboo

Dendrocalamus latiflorus

Not Evaluated

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Least Concern

giant mud crab

Scylla serrata

Not Evaluated

giant sequoia

Sequoiadendron giganteum

Not Evaluated

Sea Lettuce

Ulva lactuca

Least Concern

Gingham-golfball

Euphorbia obesa

Not Evaluated

Elegant Earthstar

Geastrum elegans

Critically Endangered

gilo

Solanum aethiopicum

Not Evaluated

Ginger-leaf morning-glory

Ipomoea asarifolia

Not Evaluated

Glabrous Catsear

Hypochaeris glabra

Critically Endangered

Glaucous Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

Not Evaluated

Paraguay jaborandi

Pilocarpus pennatifolius

Not Evaluated

Golden Brownie

Psilocybe cubensis

Not Evaluated

Golden Freshwater Clam

Corbicula fluminea

Not Evaluated

golden hunter's-robe

Epipremnum aureum

Not Evaluated

Golden mussel

Limnoperna fortunei

Least Concern

Eurasian poplar leaf rust pathogen

Melampsora larici-populina

Not Evaluated

golden star cactus

Mammillaria elongata

Least Concern

Golden Star Tunicate

Botryllus schlosseri

Least Concern

Goose Berry

Margaritaria nobilis

Least Concern

Gophertail lovegrass

Eragrostis ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Gout stalk

Jatropha podagrica

Not Evaluated

gowen-cypress

Cupressus goveniana

Endangered

grand ammannia

Ammannia robusta

Least Concern

Grannyvine

Ipomoea tricolor

Not Evaluated

grape ground-cherry

Physalis viscosa

Not Evaluated

Grass-Leaf Rush

Juncus marginatus

Least Concern

Grass Oysterling

Crepidotus epibryus

Least Concern

Gray gum

Eucalyptus punctata

Least Concern

Hyophila Moss

Hyophila involuta

Not Evaluated

Bladdermallow

Herissantia crispa

Not Evaluated

Bladderwort

Utricularia breviscapa

Least Concern

Gray Field Slug

Deroceras reticulatum

Least Concern

Juniper Disco

Pithya cupressina

Not Evaluated

lobed croton

Astraea lobata

Not Evaluated

Gray ironbark

Eucalyptus paniculata

Near Threatened

Warer willow

Justicia gendarussa

Not Evaluated

lockyer's-box

Eucalyptus lockyeri

Least Concern

Harvest-Lice

Agrimonia parviflora

Not Evaluated

great bougainvillea

Bougainvillea spectabilis

Not Evaluated

great blanket-flower

Gaillardia aristata

Not Evaluated

Greater yellowspike orchid

Polystachya concreta

Not Evaluated

juniper haircap moss

Polytrichum juniperinum

Not Evaluated

Serrated tussock grass

Nassella trichotoma

Not Evaluated

great scarlet poppy

Papaver bracteatum

Not Evaluated

Palay rubbervine

Cryptostegia grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Green bristlegrass

Setaria viridis

Near Threatened

Coatbuttons

Tridax procumbens

Not Evaluated

Green-Striped Anemone

Diadumene lineata

Not Evaluated

green-tufted stubble moss

Weissia controversa

Least Concern

hyssop loosestrife

Lythrum hyssopifolia

Not Evaluated

Green wattle

Acacia decurrens

Least Concern

green yoke moss

Zygodon viridissimus

Least Concern

grey-box

Eucalyptus moluccana

Vulnerable

Grey Box

Eucalyptus microcarpa

Endangered

Grey Field-speedwell

Veronica polita

Least Concern

grey-gum

Eucalyptus propinqua

Least Concern

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