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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

Aspergillus niger

Not Evaluated

Flowering banana

Musa ornata

Least Concern

Spurgecreeper

Dalechampia scandens

Least Concern

Hairy Plum

Hirtella triandra

Least Concern

garlicvine

Bignonia aequinoctialis

Least Concern

Rattleweed

Crotalaria retusa

Least Concern

Lilac Mushroom

Agaricus porphyrizon

Least Concern

Inocybe curvipes

Least Concern

black titi

Cyrilla racemiflora

Least Concern

Scarlet passionflower

Passiflora coccinea

Least Concern

West Indian fimbry

Fimbristylis ferruginea

Least Concern

Viscid pencil-flower

Stylosanthes viscosa

Least Concern

Silk tree

Albizia niopoides

Not Evaluated

crab eating macaque

Macaca fascicularis

Endangered

round-leaf cassia

Chamaecrista rotundifolia

Least Concern

red dahlia

Dahlia coccinea

Not Evaluated

Fivefingers

Syngonium angustatum

Not Evaluated

Geraldton wax

Chamelaucium uncinatum

Not Evaluated

Red leucaena

Leucaena diversifolia

Least Concern

Pencilflower

Stylosanthes scabra

Least Concern

goatweed

Capraria biflora

Not Evaluated

Red-flowered Mallee

Eucalyptus erythronema

Endangered

Redflower gum

Corymbia ficifolia

Near Threatened

Red ginger

Alpinia purpurata

Not Evaluated

red ginger-lily

Hedychium coccineum

Not Evaluated

Redgum

Corymbia calophylla

Near Threatened

black-striped mussel

Mytilopsis sallei

Not Evaluated

Sicks Scaphyglottis

Scaphyglottis sickii

Least Concern

bull-nettle

Cnidoscolus urens

Least Concern

red honey myrtle

Melaleuca hypericifolia

Least Concern

Reticulate viperina

Zornia reticulata

Least Concern

Red ironbark

Eucalyptus sideroxylon

Least Concern

Milo's fissidens moss

Fissidens curvatus

Not Evaluated

Ridge-fruited Mallee

Eucalyptus angulosa

Vulnerable

Leafless Beaked Ladiestresses

Sacoila lanceolata

Not Evaluated

laurel-leaf soldierbush

Myriopus maculatus

Least Concern

Redblotch Tufted Orchid

Jacquiniella globosa

Not Evaluated

Pinklady

Heterotis rotundifolia

Least Concern

Fragile Dapperling

Leucocoprinus fragilissimus

Not Evaluated

Blood root

Justicia secunda

Not Evaluated

Bahia lovegrass

Eragrostis bahiensis

Not Evaluated

Incised halberd fern

Tectaria incisa

Not Evaluated

Herzog's Pocket-moss

Fissidens crispus

Not Evaluated

mountain Prescott orchid

Prescottia stachyodes

Least Concern

golden shrimp-plant

Pachystachys lutea

Not Evaluated

Wild Cane

Piper reticulatum

Least Concern

prickly hornwort

Ceratophyllum muricatum

Least Concern

Toco Toucan

Toucanus toco

Least Concern

Streamside Swordfern

Nephrolepis rivularis

Not Evaluated

Isopterygium Moss

Isopterygium tenerum

Not Evaluated

Golden-headed Lion Tamarin

Leontopithecus chrysomelas

Endangered

red ucuuba

Virola sebifera

Not Evaluated

Sargent's Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium sargentianum

Endangered

Mealy Pixie Cup

Cladonia chlorophaea

Least Concern

cow-tongue fern

Campyloneurum phyllitidis

Not Evaluated

reed rhapis

Rhapis humilis

Not Evaluated

Red algae

Acanthophora spicifera

Not Evaluated

Scarlet Caterpillar Club

Cordyceps militaris

Not Evaluated

brown-rhatany,-ceará-rhatany

Krameria argentea

Not Evaluated

bagflower

Clerodendrum thomsoniae

Not Evaluated

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