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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

Black oats

Avena strigosa

Extinct

Teosinte

Zea luxurians

Vulnerable

bat's souari

Caryocar glabrum

Not Evaluated

Texas Balloonwort

Sphaerocarpos texanus

Least Concern

Texas Nipple Cactus

Mammillaria prolifera

Least Concern

Thanksgiving cactus

Schlumbergera truncata

Vulnerable

The Granulated Bolete

Suillus granulatus

Least Concern

ironwood

Dialium guianense

Least Concern

thick-leaf stonecrop

Sedum dasyphyllum

Not Evaluated

Thinleaf false brome

Brachypodium phoenicoides

Not Evaluated

thirtythorn

Vachellia seyal

Least Concern

Soybean rust

Phakopsora meibomiae

Not Evaluated

Bearbind

Calystegia sepium

Least Concern

Bearded Pink

Dianthus barbatus

Not Evaluated

Thorny olive

Elaeagnus pungens

Least Concern

Thread-Leaved Coreopsis

Coreopsis verticillata

Not Evaluated

Threespike goosegrass

Eleusine tristachya

Not Evaluated

Mexican White Pine

Pinus ayacahuite

Least Concern

Beautiful Sunflower

Helianthus laetiflorus

Not Evaluated

Beech

Fagus sylvatica

Least Concern

Tickclover

Desmodium incanum

Least Concern

tiputree

Tipuana tipu

Least Concern

Beech Tarcrust

Biscogniauxia nummularia

Data Deficient

tiny-leaved haplocladium

Haplocladium microphyllum

Not Evaluated

tiger's-jaw

Faucaria tigrina

Not Evaluated

Timor Mountain Gum

Eucalyptus urophylla

Endangered

jadevine

Strongylodon macrobotrys

Not Evaluated

Black Peppermint

Mentha piperita

Not Evaluated

Belamcanda

Iris domestica

Not Evaluated

Bell apple

Passiflora laurifolia

Least Concern

bell-apple

Passiflora nitida

Not Evaluated

Bell Pepper

Capsicum annuum

Not Evaluated

Bentspike fountaingrass

Cenchrus nervosus

Not Evaluated

Berg's panicgrass

Panicum bergii

Not Evaluated

mule-ear orchid

Trichocentrum albococcineum

Not Evaluated

Thicketweed

Bryopsis hypnoides

Least Concern

Oldman's cap

Polycarpaea corymbosa

Extinct

Bigleaf Mint

Mentha rotundifolia

Not Evaluated

bilberry

Vaccinium myrtillus

Least Concern

bilberry cactus

Myrtillocactus geometrizans

Least Concern

Tindales Stringybark

Eucalyptus tindaliae

Least Concern

Black Peppermint

Eucalyptus amygdalina

Near Threatened

tiny cedar moss

Pelekium minutulum

Not Evaluated

Tiny Earthstar

Geastrum minimum

Near Threatened

bishop's-cap

Astrophytum capricorne

Least Concern

Tiny Flowered Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum micranthum

Critically Endangered

mule-ear orchid

Trichocentrum nanum

Not Evaluated

bishop's-cap

Astrophytum myriostigma

Least Concern

titan acorn barnacle

Megabalanus coccopoma

Not Evaluated

bitter aloe

Aloe ferox

Not Evaluated

Bitter Dock

Rumex obtusifolius

Not Evaluated

Kebrako

Aspidosperma quebracho-blanco

Least Concern

pink sundew

Drosera capillaris

Vulnerable

top paspalum

Paspalum plicatulum

Least Concern

Torpedo grass

Panicum repens

Least Concern

casabanana

Sicana odorifera

Not Evaluated

Townsville stylo

Stylosanthes humilis

Not Evaluated

Physarum auriscalpium

Not Evaluated

Transvaal aloe

Aloe marlothii

Least Concern

blackbutt-peppermint

Eucalyptus smithii

Least Concern

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