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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
212.559.409
Area
8.515.767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Brown-flower Butterfly Orchid

Epidendrum anceps

Not Evaluated

Fly

Drosophila simulans

Not Evaluated

Briar Discus

Aleurodiscus aurantius

Data Deficient

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Slender leaf rattlebox

Crotalaria ochroleuca

Not Evaluated

Horse-eye Bean

Mucuna sloanei

Not Evaluated

Wand riverhemp

Sesbania virgata

Not Evaluated

Chervil

Anthriscus cerefolium

Not Evaluated

Diaphanous Bladder-Fern

Cystopteris diaphana

Not Evaluated

Dutch eggplant

Solanum aculeatissimum

Not Evaluated

Grape

Cissus palmata

Not Evaluated

Martinique trimezia

Trimezia martinicensis

Not Evaluated

Golden Apple Slime Mold

Arcyria pomiformis

Not Evaluated

ipecac

Carapichea ipecacuanha

Not Evaluated

Godetia

Clarkia amoena

Not Evaluated

Caribbean fingergrass

Eustachys paspaloides

Not Evaluated

Large-Spored Pea Truffle

Glomus macrocarpum

Not Evaluated

Rose Rust

Phragmidium mucronatum

Not Evaluated

Cup Lichen

Cladonia peziziformis

Endangered

Plum Rust

Tranzschelia discolor

Not Evaluated

Smooth-Footed Powderhorn

Cladonia ochrochlora

Least Concern

Kangaroo grass

Themeda quadrivalvis

Not Evaluated

Mexican gama grass

Tripsacum lanceolatum

Least Concern

Meyen's flatsedge

Cyperus meyenianus

Not Evaluated

Crowded Parchment

Stereum complicatum

Not Evaluated

Verticillium wilt

Verticillium alboatrum

Not Evaluated

Big Bend Yucca

Yucca rostrata

Least Concern

Big blue lilyturf

Liriope muscari

Not Evaluated

Angle-vein Fern

Serpocaulon triseriale

Not Evaluated

Inundated Speck Lichen

Verrucaria margacea

Data Deficient

Rollrim Mould

Penicillium brevicompactum

Not Evaluated

Blushing Beard Truffle

Rhizopogon roseolus

Data Deficient

purpleheart

Tradescantia pallida

Not Evaluated

Peg Lichen

Cladonia subcariosa

Not Evaluated

Winter Jasmine

Jasminum nudiflorum

Not Evaluated

Giraffe Spots

Peniophora albobadia

Not Evaluated

Myrtle rust

Austropuccinia psidii

Not Evaluated

Purple Pinwheel

Marasmius haematocephalus

Not Evaluated

Black-Stalked Marasmius

Tetrapyrgos nigripes

Not Evaluated

Tumbling Puffball

Bovista pila

Not Evaluated

Magnolia-Cone Xylaria

Xylaria magnoliae

Not Evaluated

Orange Mycena

Mycena leaiana

Not Evaluated

Clay-Gilled Milkcap

Lactarius argillaceifolius

Not Evaluated

Silky Parchment

Stereum striatum

Not Evaluated

Sweet orange scab

Elsinoe australis

Not Evaluated

privet stopper

Eugenia ligustrina

Not Evaluated

Golden Algae

Prymnesium parvum

Not Evaluated

Almond Mushroom

Agaricus subrufescens

Data Deficient

Freshwater diatom

Cyclotella atomus

Not Evaluated

Swiss Cheese Algae

Hydroclathrus clathratus

Not Evaluated

White Scroll Algae

Padina sanctae-crucis

Not Evaluated

Encrusting Fan-leaf Algae

Lobophora variegata

Not Evaluated

arara nut-tree

Joannesia princeps

Vulnerable

Chickenspike

Sphenoclea zeylanica

Least Concern

Arrowhead Rattlebox

Crotalaria sagittalis

Least Concern

Blowball

Taraxacum officinale

Not Evaluated

Wingpod Purslane

Portulaca umbraticola

Not Evaluated

Venus Flytrap

Dionaea muscipula

Vulnerable

Morning Star

Hillia parasitica

Not Evaluated

Pillbug

Haplophthalmus danicus

Not Evaluated

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