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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
237
CR + EN + VU
Population
212,559,409
Area
8,515,767 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

Scaly Earthball

Scleroderma verrucosum

Least Concern

Pythium acanthicum

Not Evaluated

Scarlet Sage

Salvia splendens

Not Evaluated

Scarlet spiderling

Boerhavia coccinea

Not Evaluated

Scurfy Deceiver

Laccaria proxima

Least Concern

scoparia-weed

Scoparia dulcis

Least Concern

Scrub Pine

Pinus virginiana

Least Concern

sea club-rush

Bolboschoenus maritimus

Least Concern

Sea-Coast Tuber-Bulrush

Bolboschoenus robustus

Least Concern

Sea Coconut

Manicaria saccifera

Least Concern

seagrass

Halodule emarginata

Data Deficient

sea-grass

Halodule wrightii

Least Concern

Tuffybells

Wahlenbergia linarioides

Not Evaluated

Air yam

Dioscorea bulbifera

Not Evaluated

Sea Purslane

Sesuvium portulacastrum

Least Concern

sea rocket

Cakile maritima

Least Concern

Seashore paspalum

Paspalum vaginatum

Least Concern

australian-kauri

Agathis robusta

Not Evaluated

Seaside Koniga

Lobularia maritima

Not Evaluated

Seifriz's chamaedorea

Chamaedorea seifrizii

Least Concern

Semarang rose-apple

Syzygium samarangense

Least Concern

European Wool Carder Bee

Anthidium manicatum

Least Concern

Senegal date palm

Phoenix reclinata

Least Concern

Senegal mahogany

Khaya senegalensis

Vulnerable

Senegal teaplant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Not Evaluated

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

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