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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
237
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 34
Endangered 86
Vulnerable 117
Near Threatened 97
Least Concern 1214
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2647
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

Rougeplant

Rivina humilis

Least Concern

Graceful Green Hair

Cladophora sericea

Least Concern

Delicate Stonewort

Chara virgata

Least Concern

Chinese ixora

Ixora chinensis

Not Evaluated

Chinese juniper

Juniperus chinensis

Not Evaluated

Many-Branched Stonewort

Nitella hyalina

Not Evaluated

spread sandwort

Arenaria lanuginosa

Not Evaluated

Wild Peas

Chamaecrista glandulosa

Least Concern

Forest Num-num

Carissa bispinosa

Least Concern

Cigar flower

Cuphea ignea

Not Evaluated

Strangler Fig

Ficus citrifolia

Not Evaluated

Night scented orchid

Epidendrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Lesser Notchwort

Isopaches bicrenatus

Least Concern

spreading fantails

Sida abutifolia

Not Evaluated

cluster fig

Ficus racemosa

Least Concern

fanleaf dwarf polypody

Melpomene flabelliformis

Not Evaluated

Long Bracted Cyclopogon

Cyclopogon longibracteatus

Least Concern

Strawberry Tomato

Physalis pruinosa

Least Concern

Brazilian waterhyssop

Bacopa egensis

Not Evaluated

Cat's claw

Biancaea decapetala

Least Concern

Giant airplant

Tillandsia fasciculata

Least Concern

Trechispora farinacea

Least Concern

Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata

Not Evaluated

nandi coffee

Coffea eugenioides

Least Concern

Congo coffee

Coffea congensis

Least Concern

Clavel De Muerto

Tithonia rotundifolia

Not Evaluated

Monkey-thorn

Senegalia galpinii

Least Concern

Key West heliotrope

Euploca fruticosa

Data Deficient

Long-Leaf Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium longifolium

Least Concern

Clubbed begonia

Begonia cucullata

Not Evaluated

Puerto Rico Jointvetch

Ctenodon gracilis

Least Concern

Club Root

Plasmodiophora brassicae

Not Evaluated

Cockroach berry

Solanum capsicoides

Not Evaluated

Cockspur Vine

Pisonia aculeata

Least Concern

Colombian waxweed

Cuphea carthagenensis

Least Concern

Collared Earthstar

Geastrum triplex

Near Threatened

Thatching grass

Hyparrhenia hirta

Not Evaluated

Palm-Leaf Selenipedium

Selenipedium palmifolium

Near Threatened

lobster-claws

Vriesea carinata

Not Evaluated

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus iria

Not Evaluated

Common asparagus fern

Asparagus setaceus

Not Evaluated

Common Eyelash

Scutellinia scutellata

Least Concern

ten-commandments

Maranta leuconeura

Not Evaluated

spiderweb chloris

Chloris pycnothrix

Not Evaluated

Trailing shrubverbena

Lantana montevidensis

Not Evaluated

Slipperwort

Calceolaria chelidonioides

Not Evaluated

Basketplant

Callisia fragrans

Not Evaluated

cat's-claw

Uncaria tomentosa

Not Evaluated

Striped Barbados lily

Hippeastrum striatum

Not Evaluated

Lavender scallops

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

Not Evaluated

joint-vetch

Aeschynomene americana

Least Concern

common princess palm

Dictyosperma album

Not Evaluated

giant chincherinchee

Ornithogalum saundersiae

Not Evaluated

Florida hammock sandmat

Euphorbia ophthalmica

Not Evaluated

Variable-Leaved Crestwort

Lophocolea heterophylla

Least Concern

Macroalgae

Caulerpa brachypus

Not Evaluated

creeping-bluegrass

Bothriochloa insculpta

Not Evaluated

Dominican signal grass

Urochloa adspersa

Not Evaluated

Pink Bush Algae

Wrangelia penicillata

Not Evaluated

cherry-of-the-Rio-Grande

Eugenia cerasiflora

Not Evaluated

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