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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

Many-Branched Stonewort

Nitella hyalina

Not Evaluated

spread sandwort

Arenaria lanuginosa

Not Evaluated

Robusta Coffee

Coffea canephora

Least Concern

Wild Peas

Chamaecrista glandulosa

Least Concern

Forest Num-num

Carissa bispinosa

Least Concern

Cigar flower

Cuphea ignea

Not Evaluated

Chufa (Edible Variety)

Cyperus esculentus

Not Evaluated

Strangler Fig

Ficus citrifolia

Not Evaluated

Night scented orchid

Epidendrum nocturnum

Not Evaluated

Lesser Notchwort

Isopaches bicrenatus

Least Concern

spreading fantails

Sida abutifolia

Not Evaluated

cluster fig

Ficus racemosa

Least Concern

fanleaf dwarf polypody

Melpomene flabelliformis

Not Evaluated

Long Bracted Cyclopogon

Cyclopogon longibracteatus

Least Concern

Strawberry Tomato

Physalis pruinosa

Least Concern

Brazilian waterhyssop

Bacopa egensis

Not Evaluated

Cat's claw

Biancaea decapetala

Least Concern

Giant airplant

Tillandsia fasciculata

Least Concern

Gracefulleaf Inga

Inga gracilifolia

Least Concern

Trechispora farinacea

Least Concern

Clarkia

Clarkia unguiculata

Not Evaluated

Clasping Bellwort

Triodanis perfoliata

Not Evaluated

nandi coffee

Coffea eugenioides

Least Concern

Congo coffee

Coffea congensis

Least Concern

Clavel De Muerto

Tithonia rotundifolia

Not Evaluated

Monkey-thorn

Senegalia galpinii

Least Concern

Key West heliotrope

Euploca fruticosa

Data Deficient

Long-Leaf Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium longifolium

Least Concern

Clubbed begonia

Begonia cucullata

Not Evaluated

Puerto Rico Jointvetch

Ctenodon gracilis

Least Concern

Club Root

Plasmodiophora brassicae

Not Evaluated

Clustered Dock

Rumex conglomeratus

Least Concern

Cockroach berry

Solanum capsicoides

Not Evaluated

Cockspur

Casearia aculeata

Least Concern

Cockspur Vine

Pisonia aculeata

Least Concern

cocoa

Theobroma cacao

Not Evaluated

Coliseum-Ivy

Cymbalaria muralis

Not Evaluated

Colombian waxweed

Cuphea carthagenensis

Least Concern

Collared Earthstar

Geastrum triplex

Near Threatened

East Indian lemongrass

Cymbopogon flexuosus

Not Evaluated

Thatching grass

Hyparrhenia hirta

Not Evaluated

Colonial bentgrass

Agrostis capillaris

Least Concern

Palm-Leaf Selenipedium

Selenipedium palmifolium

Near Threatened

lobster-claws

Vriesea carinata

Not Evaluated

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus iria

Not Evaluated

Common asparagus fern

Asparagus setaceus

Not Evaluated

Common brassbuttons

Cotula coronopifolia

Not Evaluated

Common Club Moss

Lycopodium clavatum

Not Evaluated

Common Coontail

Ceratophyllum demersum

Least Concern

common cord moss

Funaria hygrometrica

Not Evaluated

Common Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

Not Evaluated

Common Crabgrass

Digitaria ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Common Dill

Anethum graveolens

Not Evaluated

Common Currant

Ribes rubrum

Least Concern

Common Eyelash

Scutellinia scutellata

Least Concern

Common Feverfew

Tanacetum parthenium

Least Concern

ten-commandments

Maranta leuconeura

Not Evaluated

cush-cush

Dioscorea trifida

Not Evaluated

Common Fig

Ficus carica

Not Evaluated

Common filbert

Corylus avellana

Least Concern

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