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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

friendship-plant

Billbergia nutans

Not Evaluated

giant salvinia

Salvinia biloba

Not Evaluated

Tropical dropseed

Sporobolus tenuissimus

Least Concern

Common Stump Brittlestem

Psathyrella piluliformis

Least Concern

tropical flat sedge

Cyperus surinamensis

Least Concern

Greyling Bracket

Postia tephroleuca

Least Concern

Confederate jasmine

Trachelospermum jasminoides

Not Evaluated

cone-like Turk's-head cactus

Melocactus conoideus

Critically Endangered

Coowarra Box

Eucalyptus cambageana

Vulnerable

cow-itch

Mucuna pruriens

Not Evaluated

coral-bean

Erythrina fusca

Least Concern

coral-bean

Erythrina herbacea

Least Concern

Coral tree

Erythrina poeppigiana

Least Concern

Coral vine

Antigonon leptopus

Not Evaluated

Lilac Oysterling

Panus conchatus

Least Concern

Pebbled Pixie Cup

Cladonia pyxidata

Least Concern

Daisy Earthstar

Geastrum floriforme

Endangered

corkwoodtree

Duboisia myoporoides

Least Concern

Foetid Russula

Russula foetens

Near Threatened

Farinose Cartilage Lichen

Ramalina farinacea

Least Concern

Spurge Rust

Melampsora euphorbiae

Not Evaluated

Crested Coral

Clavulina coralloides

Least Concern

Lipstick Powderhorn

Cladonia macilenta

Least Concern

Reindeer Lichen

Cladonia arbuscula

Least Concern

Costa Rican nightshade

Solanum wendlandii

Not Evaluated

Mothball Crust

Scytinostroma portentosum

Least Concern

Hairy Oysterling

Resupinatus trichotis

Least Concern

Broad Bean Rust

Uromyces viciae-fabae

Not Evaluated

Moss Ear

Chromocyphella muscicola

Vulnerable

Speckled Greenshield

Flavopunctelia flaventior

Not Evaluated

crane grass

Ixophorus unisetus

Not Evaluated

Japanese-holly

Ardisia crispa

Not Evaluated

Creeping indigo

Indigofera spicata

Not Evaluated

creeping saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

Not Evaluated

Crested Philippine violet

Barleria cristata

Not Evaluated

Savigny's brittle star

Ophiactis savignyi

Not Evaluated

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

crinkle-awn

Trachypogon spicatus

Not Evaluated

Crowned Earthstar

Geastrum coronatum

Critically Endangered

African payal

Salvinia auriculata

Not Evaluated

Crown Rust

Puccinia coronata

Not Evaluated

Hypochnicium lundellii

Data Deficient

Agardh'S Red Weed

Agardhiella subulata

Not Evaluated

cullen's-ironbark

Eucalyptus cullenii

Least Concern

darwin-woollybutt

Eucalyptus miniata

Least Concern

Curly Palm

Howea belmoreana

Vulnerable

Curlytop Knotweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Least Concern

currant-tomato

Solanum pimpinellifolium

Not Evaluated

Curry Milkcap

Lactarius camphoratus

Least Concern

Cyclamen-flowered Daffodil

Narcissus cyclamineus

Not Evaluated

dancing-bones

Hatiora salicornioides

Least Concern

dancing ladies

Gomesa bifolia

Not Evaluated

Texas silverleaf

Leucophyllum frutescens

Not Evaluated

darwin-stringybark

Eucalyptus tetrodonta

Least Concern

Day jessamine

Cestrum diurnum

Least Concern

Dead Man'S Fingers

Xylaria polymorpha

Least Concern

Dead Moll'S Fingers

Xylaria longipes

Least Concern

Delicate Earth-moss

Pseudephemerum nitidum

Endangered

Delta maidenhair fern

Adiantum raddianum

Not Evaluated

Desert horsepurslane

Trianthema portulacastrum

Not Evaluated

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