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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

Desert horsepurslane

Trianthema portulacastrum

Not Evaluated

Devil'S Dipstick

Mutinus elegans

Not Evaluated

Devil's horsewhip

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

Digitgrass

Digitaria eriantha

Not Evaluated

dinnerplate-aralia

Polyscias scutellaria

Not Evaluated

disc water hyssop

Bacopa rotundifolia

Least Concern

Divided Tunicate

Styela canopus

Not Evaluated

Dixie ticktrefoil

Desmodium tortuosum

Least Concern

dodder-laurel

Cassytha filiformis

Not Evaluated

Dog Stinkhorn

Mutinus caninus

Vulnerable

Dog Vomit Slime Mold

Fuligo septica

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

dongara-mallee

Eucalyptus obtusiflora

Vulnerable

Donnell-Smith Pine

Pinus hartwegii

Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

Porcellio laevis

Least Concern

Least Puffball

Bovista pusilla

Data Deficient

Doubtful Knight'S-Spur

Delphinium ajacis

Not Evaluated

Downy Ground-Cherry

Physalis pubescens

Not Evaluated

Downy Safflower

Carthamus lanatus

Not Evaluated

drooping bottlebrush

Callistemon viminalis

Not Evaluated

Drummond's phlox

Phlox drummondii

Not Evaluated

Duckweed

Lemna perpusilla

Least Concern

Duckweed

Lemna aequinoctialis

Not Evaluated

Dudley'S Rush

Juncus tenuis

Least Concern

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Not Evaluated

Dumbcane

Dieffenbachia seguine

Not Evaluated

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Dune-bean

Vigna marina

Least Concern

Dune Sandbur

Cenchrus tribuloides

Least Concern

Dung Bird'S Nest

Cyathus stercoreus

Critically Endangered

Dunn's White Gum

Eucalyptus dunnii

Near Threatened

Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia trilobata

Least Concern

ant-tree

Triplaris americana

Not Evaluated

Antilles heliotrope

Euploca lagoensis

Not Evaluated

Creeping inchplant

Callisia repens

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Bulrush

Cyperus subsquarrosus

Least Concern

Dwarf cupflower

Nierembergia linariifolia

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Fan Palm

Chamaerops humilis

Least Concern

Dwarf Hair-Grass

Eleocharis parvula

Vulnerable

Dwarf lilyturf

Ophiopogon japonicus

Not Evaluated

Erect Hedge-Parsley

Torilis japonica

Least Concern

Dwarf nettle

Urtica urens

Vulnerable

Dwarf Palmetto

Sabal minor

Least Concern

Dwarf St. John'S Wort

Hypericum mutilum

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Streak-Moss

Rhabdoweisia fugax

Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

Marsilea minuta

Least Concern

Dyeball

Pisolithus arhizus

Endangered

Earleaf acacia

Acacia auriculiformis

Least Concern

Earleaf nightshade

Solanum mauritianum

Not Evaluated

Easter lily

Lilium longiflorum

Not Evaluated

Early water grass

Echinochloa oryzoides

Not Evaluated

Earthy Powdercap

Cystoderma amianthinum

Least Concern

Easter cassia

Senna pendula

Least Concern

Chocolate Tube Slime

Stemonitis splendens

Not Evaluated

Erect Pricklypear

Opuntia stricta

Not Evaluated

Rio Grande Clover

Trifolium riograndense

Least Concern

Eastern Juniper

Juniperus virginiana

Not Evaluated

Eastern Line Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Not Evaluated

Eastern Pellitory-of-the-wall

Parietaria officinalis

Near Threatened

erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta

Not Evaluated

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