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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

Oak-Leaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Not Evaluated

Oak Mazegill

Daedalea quercina

Least Concern

Ochre Bracket

Trametes ochracea

Least Concern

Least snoutbean

Rhynchosia minima

Least Concern

Okinawa Torch

Musa coccinea

Endangered

old-lady pincushion

Mammillaria hahniana

Near Threatened

Old Man Cactus

Cephalocereus senilis

Endangered

old-man-of-the-Andes

Oreocereus celsianus

Least Concern

Hairy abutilon

Abutilon grandifolium

Not Evaluated

Onion Downy Mildew

Peronospora destructor

Not Evaluated

olive hymenachne

Hymenachne amplexicaulis

Not Evaluated

Onion-Stalk Parasol

Leucocoprinus cepistipes

Not Evaluated

Palmate Roseweed

Rhodymenia pseudopalmata

Not Evaluated

Panama crowngrass

Paspalum fimbriatum

Not Evaluated

Southern sandbur

Cenchrus echinatus

Not Evaluated

Southern Soldiers

Cladonia didyma

Not Evaluated

Pink Segmented Algae

Jania adhaerens

Not Evaluated

Maryland dwarf morning-glory

Evolvulus filipes

Not Evaluated

Blue Dots

Evolvulus sericeus

Not Evaluated

Fuzzy Tip Algae

Neomeris annulata

Not Evaluated

Christmas Cactus

Schlumbergera opuntioides

Vulnerable

woolly senna

Senna hirsuta

Least Concern

James' waterlily

Nymphaea jamesoniana

Not Evaluated

Orange Jelly Spot

Dacrymyces chrysospermus

Not Evaluated

Orange Peel Fungus

Aleuria aurantia

Least Concern

Mosquito flatsedge

Cyperus prolixus

Not Evaluated

Paddle Blade Algae

Avrainvillea longicaulis

Not Evaluated

Chrysanthemum White Rust

Puccinia horiana

Not Evaluated

cypress peperomia

Peperomia glabella

Least Concern

Green Bubble Weed

Dictyosphaeria cavernosa

Not Evaluated

leafless swallow-wort

Orthosia scoparia

Not Evaluated

Tender lovegrass

Eragrostis scaligera

Not Evaluated

Orosne

Polygala paniculata

Not Evaluated

Orobus-seed Liverwort

Targionia hypophylla

Not Evaluated

doubletoothed hydroid

Obelia bidentata

Not Evaluated

Sea Pearl

Valonia ventricosa

Not Evaluated

Cup Lichen

Cladonia coccifera

Least Concern

Red algae

Kappaphycus alvarezii

Not Evaluated

Tree aster

Vernonanthura polyanthes

Not Evaluated

Jade plant

Crassula ovata

Not Evaluated

Gray'S Cup Lichen

Cladonia grayi

Data Deficient

Mint Rust

Puccinia menthae

Not Evaluated

Rust fungus

Puccinia brachypodii

Not Evaluated

Dung Cannon

Pilobolus crystallinus

Not Evaluated

Mexican Daisy Bush

Montanoa bipinnatifida

Least Concern

Minute Pouncewort

Myriocoleopsis minutissima

Not Evaluated

Yellow Cobweb

Xenasmatella vaga

Least Concern

Japanese mazus

Mazus pumilus

Not Evaluated

Freckled Dapperling

Echinoderma asperum

Least Concern

Kleberg's bluestem

Dichanthium annulatum

Not Evaluated

Rosy Wood Mushroom

Agaricus dulcidulus

Least Concern

Salted shell lichen

Coccocarpia palmicola

Not Evaluated

owl's-eye

Mammillaria parkinsonii

Endangered

Oyster Rollrim

Tapinella panuoides

Least Concern

Common Pinmould

Mucor mucedo

Not Evaluated

Moss Pea Truffle

Glomus fuegianum

Not Evaluated

Bonpland's croton

Croton bonplandianus

Not Evaluated

paddle grass

Halophila decipiens

Least Concern

pagoda-flower

Clerodendrum paniculatum

Not Evaluated

Deceiver

Laccaria laccata

Not Evaluated

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