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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

Green Mermaid's Wine Glass

Acetabularia caliculus

Not Evaluated

Nyl grass

Acroceras macrum

Not Evaluated

Splachnobryum moss

Splachnobryum obtusum

Not Evaluated

Coniocarpon cinnabarinum

Critically Endangered

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

gomphrena-weed

Gomphrena celosioides

Not Evaluated

Florida Keys nut-rush

Scleria lithosperma

Least Concern

New Zealand flax

Phormium tenax

Not Evaluated

Globe Kyllinga

Cyperus brevifolius

Not Evaluated

Marsh Pine

Pinus serotina

Least Concern

Cladonia novochlorophaea

Least Concern

Amphiprora gigantea

Not Evaluated

Oak Curtain Crust

Hymenochaete rubiginosa

Least Concern

Oak-Leaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Not Evaluated

Oak Mazegill

Daedalea quercina

Least Concern

Ochre Bracket

Trametes ochracea

Least Concern

New World midsorus fern

Blechnum occidentale

Not Evaluated

New Guinea Creeper

Mucuna bennettii

Least Concern

Comatricha elegans

Not Evaluated

New England Blackbutt

Eucalyptus andrewsii

Least Concern

Klotsch's Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium klotzschianum

Endangered

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Not Evaluated

Forest Growing Oncidium

Gomesa silvana

Endangered

Isabel's Selenipedium

Selenipedium isabelianum

Endangered

old-man-of-the-Andes

Oreocereus celsianus

Least Concern

Spotted Spider Orchid

Brassia maculata

Least Concern

Khasi-papeda

Citrus latipes

Near Threatened

Ceratium trichoceros

Not Evaluated

Bamboo orchid

Arundina graminifolia

Not Evaluated

Onion Downy Mildew

Peronospora destructor

Not Evaluated

Godefroy's Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum godefroyae

Endangered

Onion-Stalk Parasol

Leucocoprinus cepistipes

Not Evaluated

Palmate Roseweed

Rhodymenia pseudopalmata

Not Evaluated

Panama crowngrass

Paspalum fimbriatum

Not Evaluated

Steyermark's Selenipedium

Selenipedium steyermarkii

Endangered

Chrysochromulina ahrengotii

Not Evaluated

Southern Soldiers

Cladonia didyma

Not Evaluated

Pink Segmented Algae

Jania adhaerens

Not Evaluated

Neke Fern

Cyclosorus interruptus

Least Concern

Blue Dots

Evolvulus sericeus

Not Evaluated

Cerataulina dentata

Not Evaluated

Christmas Cactus

Schlumbergera opuntioides

Vulnerable

Neat feather-moss

Pseudoscleropodium purum

Least Concern

James' waterlily

Nymphaea jamesoniana

Not Evaluated

Orange Jelly Spot

Dacrymyces chrysospermus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros pendulum

Not Evaluated

Orange Peel Fungus

Aleuria aurantia

Least Concern

Chaetoceros diversus

Not Evaluated

Boatlily

Tradescantia spathacea

Not Evaluated

bamboo grass

Paspalum fasciculatum

Not Evaluated

Amphipleura pellucida

Not Evaluated

Agrocybe cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Narrow swordfern

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Not Evaluated

katinga

Merrillia caloxylon

Vulnerable

narrow-leaved-stringybark

Eucalyptus eugenioides

Least Concern

Narrowleaf red ironbark

Eucalyptus crebra

Least Concern

Paddle Blade Algae

Avrainvillea longicaulis

Not Evaluated

Chrysanthemum White Rust

Puccinia horiana

Not Evaluated

cypress peperomia

Peperomia glabella

Least Concern

Ceratium hirundinella

Not Evaluated

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