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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

Devil'S Dipstick

Mutinus elegans

Not Evaluated

Devil's horsewhip

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

dinnerplate-aralia

Polyscias scutellaria

Not Evaluated

Divided Tunicate

Styela canopus

Not Evaluated

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

Dog Stinkhorn

Mutinus caninus

Vulnerable

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

Fuligo septica

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

dongara-mallee

Eucalyptus obtusiflora

Vulnerable

Donnell-Smith Pine

Pinus hartwegii

Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

Porcellio laevis

Least Concern

Least Puffball

Bovista pusilla

Data Deficient

Downy Safflower

Carthamus lanatus

Not Evaluated

drooping bottlebrush

Callistemon viminalis

Not Evaluated

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Not Evaluated

Dune-bean

Vigna marina

Least Concern

Dune Sandbur

Cenchrus tribuloides

Least Concern

Dung Bird'S Nest

Cyathus stercoreus

Critically Endangered

Dunn's White Gum

Eucalyptus dunnii

Near Threatened

Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia trilobata

Least Concern

ant-tree

Triplaris americana

Not Evaluated

Antilles heliotrope

Euploca lagoensis

Not Evaluated

Creeping inchplant

Callisia repens

Not Evaluated

Dwarf cupflower

Nierembergia linariifolia

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Streak-Moss

Rhabdoweisia fugax

Least Concern

Dyeball

Pisolithus arhizus

Endangered

Earleaf acacia

Acacia auriculiformis

Least Concern

Easter lily

Lilium longiflorum

Not Evaluated

Early water grass

Echinochloa oryzoides

Not Evaluated

Earthy Powdercap

Cystoderma amianthinum

Least Concern

Easter cassia

Senna pendula

Least Concern

Chocolate Tube Slime

Stemonitis splendens

Not Evaluated

Rio Grande Clover

Trifolium riograndense

Least Concern

erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta

Not Evaluated

East Indian wine palm

Phoenix rupicola

Near Threatened

golden beak sedge

Rhynchospora corymbosa

Least Concern

Egg-cone Pine

Pinus oocarpa

Least Concern

fourpart mistletoe

Phoradendron dipterum

Not Evaluated

Egyptian grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

Egyptian starcluster

Pentas lanceolata

Not Evaluated

Elephant creeper

Argyreia nervosa

Not Evaluated

Elmleaf blackberry

Rubus ulmifolius

Not Evaluated

Enchanting Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum bellatulum

Endangered

Redlead Roundhead

Leratiomyces ceres

Data Deficient

European brown snail

Cornu aspersum

Not Evaluated

Penicillium aurantiogriseum

Not Evaluated

Licea minima

Not Evaluated

European Giant Gardenslug

Limax maximus

Least Concern

Evergreen Rose

Rosa sempervirens

Not Evaluated

Eve's needle cactus

Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Least Concern

Expanded lobsterclaw

Heliconia latispatha

Least Concern

Fairies' Bonnets

Coprinellus disseminatus

Least Concern

Fairy Fingers

Clavaria fragilis

Least Concern

False heather

Cuphea hyssopifolia

Not Evaluated

False sicklepod

Senna multijuga

Least Concern

Triceratium favus

Not Evaluated

soulvine

Banisteriopsis caapi

Not Evaluated

Faux persil

Cardiospermum corindum

Not Evaluated

feather cactus

Mammillaria plumosa

Near Threatened

fiddle-leaf morning-glory

Ipomoea imperati

Not Evaluated

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