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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
122
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 46
Vulnerable 61
Near Threatened 51
Least Concern 703
Data Deficient 43
Not Evaluated 1841
Extinct 8

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2837
Chromista 638
Fungi 463
Protozoa 221
Animalia 171
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

False meadowbeauty

Pterolepis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Leafless Ghost Plant

Voyria aphylla

Not Evaluated

arid-land peperomia

Peperomia blanda

Least Concern

brown-rhatany,-ceará-rhatany

Krameria argentea

Not Evaluated

prickly hornwort

Ceratophyllum muricatum

Least Concern

Fragile Dapperling

Leucocoprinus fragilissimus

Not Evaluated

goatweed

Capraria biflora

Not Evaluated

crab eating macaque

Macaca fascicularis

Endangered

Inocybe curvipes

Least Concern

Lilac Mushroom

Agaricus porphyrizon

Least Concern

Aspergillus niger

Not Evaluated

Aulacoseira distans

Not Evaluated

Xylaria corniformis

Endangered

Echinoderma calcicola

Endangered

Peronospora debaryi

Not Evaluated

Tulostoma fimbriatum

Endangered

Sphacelaria tribuloides

Not Evaluated

Tryblionella gracilis

Not Evaluated

Protoperidinium quarnerense

Not Evaluated

Disciseda candida

Critically Endangered

Mycenastrum corium

Endangered

mule-ear orchid

Trichocentrum pumilum

Not Evaluated

Amazon water-lily

Victoria amazonica

Not Evaluated

Achnanthes longipes

Not Evaluated

Acinetospora crinita

Not Evaluated

Achlya bisexualis

Not Evaluated

Antrodiella semisupina

Not Evaluated

Arcyria incarnata

Not Evaluated

Biscogniauxia repanda

Vulnerable

Ceratium hirundinella

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros diversus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros pendulum

Not Evaluated

Cerataulina dentata

Not Evaluated

Chrysochromulina ahrengotii

Not Evaluated

Ceratium trichoceros

Not Evaluated

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Not Evaluated

Comatricha elegans

Not Evaluated

Cladonia novochlorophaea

Least Concern

Coniocarpon cinnabarinum

Critically Endangered

Coprinopsis stercorea

Least Concern

Craterium leucocephalum

Not Evaluated

Cylindrotheca closterium

Not Evaluated

Discostella pseudostelligera

Not Evaluated

Cyclidiopsis acus

Not Evaluated

Dictyota dichotoma

Vulnerable

Dinobryon divergens

Not Evaluated

Dinophysis pulchella

Not Evaluated

Euglena splendens

Not Evaluated

Euglena gracilis

Not Evaluated

Eunotia paludosa

Not Evaluated

Entomoneis alata

Not Evaluated

Euglena deses

Not Evaluated

Euglena gaumei

Not Evaluated

Euglena mutabilis

Not Evaluated

Eunotia rhomboidea

Not Evaluated

Eunotia serra

Not Evaluated

Frustulia rhomboides

Not Evaluated

Hecatonema terminale

Least Concern

Hantzschia virgata

Not Evaluated

Hymenochaete cinnamomea

Vulnerable

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