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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
237
CR + EN + VU
Population
212559409
Area
8515767 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

Senegal teaplant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Not Evaluated

Septicweed

Senna occidentalis

Least Concern

seven stars

Ariocarpus retusus

Least Concern

serrulate-leaved long-beaked moss

Rhynchostegium serrulatum

Not Evaluated

sesame

Sesamum indicum

Not Evaluated

Sessile Earthstar

Geastrum fimbriatum

Least Concern

Seychelles stilt palm

Verschaffeltia splendida

Near Threatened

Shakeshake

Crotalaria incana

Least Concern

Coralbush

Jatropha multifida

Least Concern

Shellflower

Moluccella laevis

Not Evaluated

Shellplant

Alpinia zerumbet

Data Deficient

Shepherd's purse

Capsella bursa-pastoris

Not Evaluated

Shingle Flatsedge

Cyperus imbricatus

Least Concern

shining-gum

Eucalyptus nitens

Least Concern

Shiny Cinnamon Polypore

Coltricia cinnamomea

Vulnerable

Shoeblackplant

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Not Evaluated

Shoehorn Oyster

Hohenbuehelia petaloides

Endangered

Shore Aster

Symphyotrichum tradescantii

Not Evaluated

Tropical whitetop

Rhynchospora radicans

Not Evaluated

Aleppo pine

Pinus halepensis

Least Concern

short-horned liverwort

Notothylas orbicularis

Not Evaluated

short-leaf-pine

Pinus echinata

Least Concern

Baromalli

Catostemma commune

Least Concern

Short-spored Earthtongue

Trichoglossum walteri

Vulnerable

Alfilaria

Erodium cicutarium

Least Concern

Humble Pixie-Cup Lichen

Cladonia humilis

Vulnerable

Pomace fly

Drosophila hydei

Not Evaluated

Pomace Fly

Drosophila busckii

Not Evaluated

Althea

Hibiscus syriacus

Not Evaluated

American basil

Ocimum americanum

Not Evaluated

California bulrush

Schoenoplectus californicus

Not Evaluated

Burmann's basketgrass

Oplismenus burmanni

Least Concern

Showy rattlebox

Crotalaria spectabilis

Not Evaluated

Shrimpplant

Justicia brandegeeana

Not Evaluated

Jamaican forget-me-not

Browallia americana

Least Concern

Sierra Leone-tamarind

Dialium guineense

Least Concern

Dominican Lovegrass

Eragrostis prolifera

Least Concern

Panicled Spot Flower

Acmella paniculata

Least Concern

Sieva bean

Phaseolus lunatus

Least Concern

silk-floss tree

Ceiba speciosa

Least Concern

Silkoak

Grevillea robusta

Not Evaluated

Tortoise shell bamboo

Phyllostachys edulis

Not Evaluated

red Easter-lily cactus

Echinopsis oxygona

Least Concern

silverleaf desmodium

Desmodium uncinatum

Not Evaluated

Silverleaf mountain gum

Eucalyptus pulverulenta

Least Concern

Silverleaf nightshade

Solanum elaeagnifolium

Not Evaluated

Silver-Moss

Bryum argenteum

Not Evaluated

mourning love grass

Eragrostis lugens

Not Evaluated

Silver ragwort

Jacobaea maritima

Not Evaluated

Silver wattle

Acacia dealbata

Least Concern

American Pokeweed

Phytolacca americana

Not Evaluated

armgrass millet

Urochloa subquadripara

Not Evaluated

Sixweeks threeawn

Aristida adscensionis

Not Evaluated

False Turkey-Tail

Stereum ostrea

Not Evaluated

Sky plant

Tillandsia ionantha

Least Concern

Slender amaranth

Amaranthus viridis

Not Evaluated

Deceiving Bovist

Bovista aestivalis

Least Concern

Dry Duster

Coniophora arida

Least Concern

slaty-box

Eucalyptus dawsonii

Vulnerable

Potato Wart Disease

Synchytrium endobioticum

Not Evaluated

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