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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 94
Least Concern 1196
Data Deficient 69
Not Evaluated 2666
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

Blusher

Amanita rubescens

Least Concern

Amphora laevis

Not Evaluated

Eunotia paludosa

Not Evaluated

Darnel lovegrass

Eragrostis airoides

Not Evaluated

Euglena gracilis

Not Evaluated

Ribbed paspalum

Paspalum malacophyllum

Not Evaluated

Emperor crowngrass

Paspalum coryphaeum

Not Evaluated

Euglena splendens

Not Evaluated

Bluewings

Torenia fournieri

Not Evaluated

Dinophysis pulchella

Not Evaluated

Dinobryon divergens

Not Evaluated

Blue rattlesnake

Crotalaria verrucosa

Not Evaluated

Dictyota dichotoma

Vulnerable

Green Feather Algae

Caulerpa sertularioides

Not Evaluated

Cyclidiopsis acus

Not Evaluated

Blue marble tree

Elaeocarpus angustifolius

Least Concern

Amphora commutata

Not Evaluated

Airplant

Tillandsia polystachia

Least Concern

Actinoptychus splendens

Not Evaluated

Discostella pseudostelligera

Not Evaluated

Cylindrotheca closterium

Not Evaluated

Blue Gum

Eucalyptus leucoxylon

Vulnerable

Craterium leucocephalum

Not Evaluated

Harper's Fimbristylis

Fimbristylis dipsacea

Least Concern

Nightshade

Solanum laxum

Not Evaluated

Coprinopsis stercorea

Least Concern

blue-ginger

Dichorisandra thyrsiflora

Not Evaluated

Banded Mottlegill

Panaeolus cinctulus

Least Concern

spider cactus

Gymnocalycium denudatum

Endangered

New Zealand tea tree

Leptospermum scoparium

Least Concern

Coniocarpon cinnabarinum

Critically Endangered

Florida Keys nut-rush

Scleria lithosperma

Least Concern

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

Night jessamine

Cestrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Fishpoison

Tephrosia purpurea

Not Evaluated

Logwood

Haematoxylum campechianum

Least Concern

Nipple fruit

Solanum mammosum

Not Evaluated

Globe Kyllinga

Cyperus brevifolius

Not Evaluated

Marsh Pine

Pinus serotina

Least Concern

giant timber bamboo

Bambusa oldhamii

Not Evaluated

Nodeweed

Synedrella nodiflora

Least Concern

Oval-blade Algae

Caulerpa prolifera

Not Evaluated

Norfolk island pine

Araucaria heterophylla

Vulnerable

Killarney Featherwort

Plagiochila bifaria

Critically Endangered

gaping panic grass

Steinchisma hians

Not Evaluated

Cladonia novochlorophaea

Least Concern

Amphiprora gigantea

Not Evaluated

Paspalum

Paspalum mandiocanum

Not Evaluated

New World midsorus fern

Blechnum occidentale

Not Evaluated

Bigleaf bristlegrass

Setaria megaphylla

Not Evaluated

New Guinea Creeper

Mucuna bennettii

Least Concern

Water Net

Hydrodictyon reticulatum

Not Evaluated

hairy-sheath love grass

Eragrostis polytricha

Not Evaluated

Comatricha elegans

Not Evaluated

New England Blackbutt

Eucalyptus andrewsii

Least Concern

Simple-stem everlasting

Gamochaeta simplicicaulis

Not Evaluated

Klotsch's Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium klotzschianum

Endangered

Little ironweed

Cyanthillium cinereum

Not Evaluated

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Not Evaluated

Forest Growing Oncidium

Gomesa silvana

Endangered

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