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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
233
CR + EN + VU
Population
212559409
Area
8515767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 33
Endangered 84
Vulnerable 116
Near Threatened 94
Least Concern 1196
Data Deficient 69
Not Evaluated 2666
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

Green Mermaid's Wine Glass

Acetabularia caliculus

Not Evaluated

Nyl grass

Acroceras macrum

Not Evaluated

Splachnobryum moss

Splachnobryum obtusum

Not Evaluated

Northern Red Oak

Quercus rubra

Not Evaluated

water-primrose

Ludwigia octovalvis

Least Concern

gomphrena-weed

Gomphrena celosioides

Not Evaluated

Norway Maple

Acer platanoides

Least Concern

West indian bristlegrass

Setaria setosa

Least Concern

water orchid

Habenaria repens

Not Evaluated

Nutgrass

Cyperus rotundus

Least Concern

Nutmeg

Myristica fragrans

Data Deficient

Oak

Quercus palustris

Not Evaluated

Oak Curtain Crust

Hymenochaete rubiginosa

Least Concern

Oak-Leaf Hydrangea

Hydrangea quercifolia

Not Evaluated

Oak Mazegill

Daedalea quercina

Least Concern

Ochre Bracket

Trametes ochracea

Least Concern

Padang cassia

Cinnamomum burmanni

Least Concern

Least snoutbean

Rhynchosia minima

Least Concern

Oil palm

Elaeis guineensis

Not Evaluated

Okinawa Torch

Musa coccinea

Endangered

Okra

Abelmoschus esculentus

Not Evaluated

old-lady pincushion

Mammillaria hahniana

Near Threatened

Old Man Cactus

Cephalocereus senilis

Endangered

Old-man-in-the-spring

Senecio vulgaris

Not Evaluated

old-man-of-the-Andes

Oreocereus celsianus

Least Concern

Old Man'S Beard

Tillandsia usneoides

Least Concern

Oleander

Nerium oleander

Not Evaluated

Hairy abutilon

Abutilon grandifolium

Not Evaluated

Olive

Olea europaea

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

breadfruit

Artocarpus altilis

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 peat moss

Sphagnum subsecundum

Not Evaluated

Orange Peel Fungus

Aleuria aurantia

Least Concern

Genipap

Genipa americana

Least Concern

French Lavender

Lavandula dentata

Not Evaluated

Oregano

Origanum vulgare

Not Evaluated

Oriental arborvitae

Platycladus orientalis

Near Threatened

Oriental-bean

Vigna umbellata

Not Evaluated

Oriental false hawksbeard

Youngia japonica

Not Evaluated

Oriental Plane-tree

Platanus orientalis

Data Deficient

Oriental poppy

Papaver orientale

Not Evaluated

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

Canary Island Dragon Tree

Dracaena draco

Endangered

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