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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
238
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 34
Endangered 87
Vulnerable 117
Near Threatened 97
Least Concern 1214
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2673
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

broad-leaved-carbeen

Corymbia confertiflora

Least Concern

broadleaf noddingcaps

Triphora amazonica

Data Deficient

Beach moonflower

Ipomoea violacea

Not Evaluated

Beach Dropseed

Sporobolus virginicus

Least Concern

Alexandra palm

Archontophoenix alexandrae

Not Evaluated

Alexander palm

Ptychosperma elegans

Least Concern

Achlya debaryana

Not Evaluated

broad-leafed-ironbark

Eucalyptus siderophloia

Near Threatened

Beach Bean

Canavalia rosea

Least Concern

brittle maidenhair fern

Adiantum concinnum

Not Evaluated

Brittle Cinder

Kretzschmaria deusta

Least Concern

bay-cedar

Suriana maritima

Least Concern

Bristly Stonewort

Chara hispida

Near Threatened

pau amarello

Euxylophora paraensis

Endangered

Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye

Sphagneticola trilobata

Not Evaluated

Orchid

Vanda tricolor

Endangered

brandling

Eisenia fetida

Not Evaluated

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

Anil de pasto

Indigofera suffruticosa

Least Concern

fuzzy-box

Eucalyptus conica

Vulnerable

Branching Bryozoan

Schizoporella unicornis

Not Evaluated

Branched Pixie-Cup Lichen

Cladonia ramulosa

Least Concern

Fox tail agave

Agave attenuata

Least Concern

Fourspike heliotrope

Euploca procumbens

Least Concern

Bracted strawflower

Xerochrysum bracteatum

Not Evaluated

Forest Snakevine

Hyperbaena domingensis

Least Concern

Brachysira procera

Not Evaluated

Forest redgum

Eucalyptus tereticornis

Least Concern

forest-oak

Allocasuarina torulosa

Least Concern

Yersinia pestis

Not Evaluated

Bastard Cedar

Calocedrus decurrens

Least Concern

angel-wing begonia

Begonia coccinea

Not Evaluated

Acutetip Cup Lichen

Cladonia acuminata

Least Concern

Xenasma pulverulentum

Vulnerable

Brazilian-walnut

Ocotea porosa

Vulnerable

Vibrio cholerae

Not Evaluated

Trichia contorta

Not Evaluated

Brazilian tulipwood

Dalbergia decipularis

Least Concern

Bastard Catclaw

Microgramma lycopodioides

Not Evaluated

Trachelomonas similis

Not Evaluated

Thalassiosira mala

Not Evaluated

Brazilian shaving-brush-tree

Pseudobombax grandiflorum

Not Evaluated

Torodinium robustum

Not Evaluated

Trechispora microspora

Least Concern

Brazilian satintail

Imperata brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

bastard-box

Eucalyptus longifolia

Vulnerable

Symphytocarpus amaurochaetoides

Not Evaluated

Surirella biseriata

Not Evaluated

Brazilian red-cloak

Megaskepasma erythrochlamys

Not Evaluated

Resupinatus poriaeformis

Least Concern

Pythiogeton utriforme

Not Evaluated

Brazilian pricklypear

Brasiliopuntia brasiliensis

Least Concern

Pythium torulosum

Not Evaluated

Puccinia polygoni-amphibii

Not Evaluated

Brazilian-plume

Justicia carnea

Not Evaluated

Pseudo-nitzschia pungens

Not Evaluated

Protoperidinium subinerme

Not Evaluated

Brazilian Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium brasiliense

Data Deficient

bastard-box

Eucalyptus microtheca

Least Concern

basket wiss

Trichostigma octandrum

Not Evaluated

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