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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
232
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 31
Endangered 86
Vulnerable 115
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1172
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2621
Extinct 19

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

leafless swallow-wort

Orthosia scoparia

Not Evaluated

Tender lovegrass

Eragrostis scaligera

Not Evaluated

Orosne

Polygala paniculata

Not Evaluated

Orobus-seed Liverwort

Targionia hypophylla

Not Evaluated

doubletoothed hydroid

Obelia bidentata

Not Evaluated

Sea Pearl

Valonia ventricosa

Not Evaluated

Neat feather-moss

Pseudoscleropodium purum

Least Concern

Cup Lichen

Cladonia coccifera

Least Concern

Red algae

Kappaphycus alvarezii

Not Evaluated

Tree aster

Vernonanthura polyanthes

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros pendulum

Not Evaluated

Gray'S Cup Lichen

Cladonia grayi

Data Deficient

Mint Rust

Puccinia menthae

Not Evaluated

Rust fungus

Puccinia brachypodii

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros diversus

Not Evaluated

Mexican Daisy Bush

Montanoa bipinnatifida

Least Concern

Minute Pouncewort

Myriocoleopsis minutissima

Not Evaluated

Yellow Cobweb

Xenasmatella vaga

Least Concern

Japanese mazus

Mazus pumilus

Not Evaluated

Freckled Dapperling

Echinoderma asperum

Least Concern

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Rosy Wood Mushroom

Agaricus dulcidulus

Least Concern

Boatlily

Tradescantia spathacea

Not Evaluated

bamboo grass

Paspalum fasciculatum

Not Evaluated

owl's-eye

Mammillaria parkinsonii

Endangered

Amphipleura pellucida

Not Evaluated

Oyster Rollrim

Tapinella panuoides

Least Concern

Common Pinmould

Mucor mucedo

Not Evaluated

Moss Pea Truffle

Glomus fuegianum

Not Evaluated

Bonpland's croton

Croton bonplandianus

Not Evaluated

Agrocybe cylindrica

Not Evaluated

pagoda-flower

Clerodendrum paniculatum

Not Evaluated

Narrow swordfern

Nephrolepis cordifolia

Not Evaluated

katinga

Merrillia caloxylon

Vulnerable

Deceiver

Laccaria laccata

Not Evaluated

Brassica Downy Mildew

Hyaloperonospora brassicae

Not Evaluated

Bridal Veil Stinkhorn

Phallus indusiatus

Not Evaluated

Hairy Bracket

Trametes hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Bloodwood

Pterocarpus officinalis

Not Evaluated

Mermaid's Tea Cup

Udotea cyathiformis

Not Evaluated

Poplar Rust

Melampsora medusae

Not Evaluated

Asian soybean rust

Phakopsora pachyrhizi

Not Evaluated

narrow-leaved-stringybark

Eucalyptus eugenioides

Least Concern

Saffron Soldiers

Trichia scabra

Not Evaluated

Starfish Fungus

Aseroe rubra

Not Evaluated

Manyflower Sandmallow

Sidastrum multiflorum

Least Concern

Narrowleaf red ironbark

Eucalyptus crebra

Least Concern

Ceratium hirundinella

Not Evaluated

Bog orchid

Habenaria rodeiensis

Not Evaluated

Frosted Rim-Lichen

Lecanora caesiorubella

Not Evaluated

scarlet ball cactus

Parodia haselbergii

Vulnerable

Leaf rust of coffee

Hemileia vastatrix

Not Evaluated

Biscogniauxia repanda

Vulnerable

Broadleaved bristlegrass

Setaria palmifolia

Not Evaluated

Arcyria incarnata

Not Evaluated

Silver july croton

Croton argenteus

Not Evaluated

kodo wood

Ehretia acuminata

Least Concern

narrow-leaf bottlebrush

Callistemon linearis

Not Evaluated

Green antelope orchid

Dendrobium antennatum

Least Concern

Thin Leafed Sobralia

Sobralia stenophylla

Least Concern

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