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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

Sourgrass

Digitaria insularis

Least Concern

False Coffee

Faramea occidentalis

Not Evaluated

Sordid Blewit

Lepista sordida

Least Concern

Sour Prickle

Opuntia dillenii

Not Evaluated

South American Copal

Hymenaea intermedia

Least Concern

South American lupin

Lupinus mutabilis

Not Evaluated

South American royal palm

Roystonea oleracea

Near Threatened

South American sapote

Matisia cordata

Least Concern

Southern Bracket

Ganoderma australe

Data Deficient

Southern Cut Grass

Leersia hexandra

Not Evaluated

Latin American crowngrass

Paspalum convexum

Not Evaluated

Southern mahogany

Eucalyptus botryoides

Near Threatened

Tropical ticktrefoil

Desmodium cajanifolium

Least Concern

Latin globemallow

Sphaeralcea bonariensis

Not Evaluated

Spanish Ash

Inga ingoides

Not Evaluated

Spanish arborvine

Distimake tuberosus

Not Evaluated

Spanish-flag

Ipomoea lobata

Not Evaluated

Spider brake

Pteris multifida

Not Evaluated

Spider plant

Chlorophytum comosum

Not Evaluated

southern Florida sandmat

Euphorbia adenoptera

Not Evaluated

spiny hands

Charybdis hellerii

Not Evaluated

Split Porecrust

Schizopora paradoxa

Not Evaluated

Splendid Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum insigne

Endangered

karanda

Carissa carandas

Not Evaluated

Spotted Gum

Corymbia maculata

Least Concern

Arcyria major

Not Evaluated

Cribraria vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Pleurosigma normanii

Not Evaluated

Argentine fingergrass

Eustachys retusa

Not Evaluated

arrowroot

Thalia geniculata

Least Concern

Artist's pallet

Caladium bicolor

Not Evaluated

Hemitrichia minor

Not Evaluated

karri

Eucalyptus diversicolor

Least Concern

Beef-Steak Fungus

Fistulina hepatica

Near Threatened

Stalked Lettuce Leaf Algae

Halimeda tuna

Not Evaluated

Spotty Featherwort

Plagiochila punctata

Not Evaluated

Watercress Algae

Halimeda opuntia

Not Evaluated

Sprawling signalgrass

Urochloa reptans

Least Concern

Bengal bamboo

Bambusa tulda

Not Evaluated

Crowngrass

Paspalum pilosum

Not Evaluated

spring-bloodwood

Corymbia ptychocarpa

Least Concern

sqaure-wood

Discocarpus essequeboensis

Not Evaluated

Loddiges's cattleya

Cattleya loddigesii

Not Evaluated

Bermuda Palm

Sabal bermudana

Endangered

Besse's Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium besseae

Endangered

Bicoloured Deceiver

Laccaria bicolor

Least Concern

big sandbur

Cenchrus myosuroides

Not Evaluated

Star jasmine

Jasminum multiflorum

Not Evaluated

Stickbush

Clerodendrum chinense

Least Concern

sticky baccharis

Baccharis salicifolia

Least Concern

Sticky Scalycap

Pholiota gummosa

Least Concern

few-spine Turk's-cap cactus

Melocactus paucispinus

Least Concern

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

Christmas-cheer

Sedum rubrotinctum

Not Evaluated

swamp manariballi

Hydrochorea corymbosa

Least Concern

Striped Acorn Barnacle

Amphibalanus amphitrite

Not Evaluated

Stripy Ponytail

Beaucarnea recurvata

Critically Endangered

Thick ditch crowngrass

Paspalum arundinaceum

Not Evaluated

sucker upsidedown jellyfish

Cassiopea andromeda

Not Evaluated

Sucumbios Bitterwood

Trichilia laxipaniculata

Least Concern

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