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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

Spotted Gum

Corymbia maculata

Least Concern

Spotted henbit

Lamium maculatum

Least Concern

Apple Of Sodom

Solanum carolinense

Not Evaluated

Arabian jasmine

Jasminum sambac

Not Evaluated

Spotted ladysthumb

Persicaria maculosa

Least Concern

Arcyria major

Not Evaluated

Cribraria vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Pleurosigma normanii

Not Evaluated

Argentine fingergrass

Eustachys retusa

Not Evaluated

Arrow-Leaved Lettuce

Lactuca canadensis

Not Evaluated

arrowroot

Thalia geniculata

Least Concern

Artist's pallet

Caladium bicolor

Not Evaluated

Hemitrichia minor

Not Evaluated

karri

Eucalyptus diversicolor

Least Concern

butterfly-orchid

Psychopsis versteegiana

Not Evaluated

bacury

Platonia insignis

Not Evaluated

Beef-Steak Fungus

Fistulina hepatica

Near Threatened

Stalked Lettuce Leaf Algae

Halimeda tuna

Not Evaluated

Spotty Featherwort

Plagiochila punctata

Not Evaluated

Watercress Algae

Halimeda opuntia

Not Evaluated

Sprawling signalgrass

Urochloa reptans

Least Concern

Spreading hedgeparsley

Torilis arvensis

Near Threatened

Bengal bamboo

Bambusa tulda

Not Evaluated

spreading threadwort

Cephaloziella divaricata

Endangered

Crowngrass

Paspalum pilosum

Not Evaluated

spring-bloodwood

Corymbia ptychocarpa

Least Concern

sqaure-wood

Discocarpus essequeboensis

Not Evaluated

Square-stemmed Bamboo

Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

Not Evaluated

Loddiges's cattleya

Cattleya loddigesii

Not Evaluated

Bermuda Palm

Sabal bermudana

Endangered

stevia

Stevia rebaudiana

Not Evaluated

Staggerweed

Stachys arvensis

Vulnerable

Besse's Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium besseae

Endangered

Bicoloured Deceiver

Laccaria bicolor

Least Concern

big sandbur

Cenchrus myosuroides

Not Evaluated

Big Hop Clover

Trifolium campestre

Near Threatened

star-apple

Chrysophyllum cainito

Not Evaluated

Star jasmine

Jasminum multiflorum

Not Evaluated

star-thistle

Centaurea calcitrapa

Extinct

St. Augustine grass

Stenotaphrum secundatum

Not Evaluated

Stickbush

Clerodendrum chinense

Least Concern

sticky baccharis

Baccharis salicifolia

Least Concern

Sticky chickweed

Cerastium glomeratum

Least Concern

Sticky Scalycap

Pholiota gummosa

Least Concern

Stinkgrass

Eragrostis cilianensis

Not Evaluated

Stinking chamomile

Anthemis cotula

Near Threatened

few-spine Turk's-cap cactus

Melocactus paucispinus

Least Concern

Madagascar Cycad

Cycas thouarsii

Least Concern

Strawberry guava

Psidium cattleianum

Not Evaluated

Strawberrytree

Muntingia calabura

Least Concern

Christmas-cheer

Sedum rubrotinctum

Not Evaluated

swamp manariballi

Hydrochorea corymbosa

Least Concern

Stripy Ponytail

Beaucarnea recurvata

Critically Endangered

Sugar Apple

Annona mucosa

Not Evaluated

Subterranean clover

Trifolium subterraneum

Near Threatened

Thick ditch crowngrass

Paspalum arundinaceum

Not Evaluated

Subulate Bladderwort

Utricularia subulata

Not Evaluated

sucker upsidedown jellyfish

Cassiopea andromeda

Not Evaluated

Sucumbios Bitterwood

Trichilia laxipaniculata

Least Concern

Sugarcane

Saccharum officinarum

Not Evaluated

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