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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
129
CR + EN + VU
Population
212.559.409
Area
8.515.767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 22
Endangered 45
Vulnerable 62
Near Threatened 40
Least Concern 646
Data Deficient 51
Not Evaluated 1681
Extinct 11

Species by Taxonomic Group

Plantae 2837
Chromista 638
Fungi 463
Protozoa 221
Animalia 171
Bacteria 2

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

agrião

Barbarea verna

Not Evaluated

agrião

Lepidium ruderale

Least Concern

agrião

Acmella oleracea

Not Evaluated

agrião-selvagem

Drymaria cordata

Least Concern

aguaí-oliviforme

Chrysophyllum oliviforme

Least Concern

agulha

Bidens pilosa

Not Evaluated

agulha-de-adão

Yucca filamentosa

Not Evaluated

aipim

Manihot esculenta

Not Evaluated

aipo

Apium graveolens

Not Evaluated

ajuga

Ajuga reptans

Endangered

albízia

Albizia procera

Least Concern

alcachofra

Cynara cardunculus

Not Evaluated

alcaçuz

Periandra mediterranea

Least Concern

alcarnache

Paspalum distichum

Least Concern

alecrim

Erythrina fusca

Least Concern

alegra-campo-de-folhas-miúdas

Asparagus asparagoides

Not Evaluated

Alegria-dos-jardins

Salvia splendens

Not Evaluated

alexia

Litchi chinensis

Not Evaluated

alfabaca

Ocimum campechianum

Least Concern

alface

Lactuca sativa

Not Evaluated

alface-da-terra

Valerianella locusta

Near Threatened

alface-de-água

Pistia stratiotes

Least Concern

alface-do-mato

Lactuca indica

Not Evaluated

alface-silvestre

Lactuca serriola

Least Concern

alfafa

Medicago sativa

Least Concern

alfafa-de-flor-amarela

Medicago lupulina

Not Evaluated

alfafa-de-folhas-manchadas

Medicago arabica

Least Concern

alfafa-do-pará

Indigofera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

alfavaca

Ocimum basilicum

Not Evaluated

alfavaca-brava

Ocimum gratissimum

Not Evaluated

alfazema

Lavandula angustifolia

Not Evaluated

alfazema-brava

Lavandula dentata

Not Evaluated

alfazema-de-caboclo

Hyssopus officinalis

Vulnerable

alfeneirinho

Ligustrum sinense

Not Evaluated

Alfeneiro

Lawsonia inermis

Least Concern

alfeneiro-do-japão

Ligustrum japonicum

Not Evaluated

alfenheiro-do-japão

Ligustrum lucidum

Not Evaluated

alfinete

Silene gallica

Extinct

alfinetes-de-senhora

Tanacetum parthenium

Least Concern

algaroba

Prosopis pallida

Not Evaluated

algaroba

Prosopis juliflora

Not Evaluated

algodão

Gossypium barbadense

Not Evaluated

algodão-bravo

Ipomoea carnea

Not Evaluated

algodão-de-seda

Calotropis procera

Not Evaluated

algodoeiro

Gossypium hirsutum

Vulnerable

Algodoeiro

Gossypium herbaceum

Data Deficient

alho

Allium sativum

Not Evaluated

alho-americano

Nothoscordum gracile

Not Evaluated

alho-social

Tulbaghia violacea

Not Evaluated

almeirao

Cichorium intybus

Least Concern

almeirão-serralha

Lactuca canadensis

Not Evaluated

alocásia

Alocasia cucullata

Not Evaluated

alocásia

Alocasia sanderiana

Critically Endangered

aloe

Aloe marlothii

Least Concern

aloé

Aloe vera

Not Evaluated

aloé-candelabro

Aloe arborescens

Least Concern

aloé-dos-cem-anos

Agave americana

Least Concern

aloe-sabão

Aloe maculata

Not Evaluated

alpista

Phalaris canariensis

Not Evaluated

alquequenje-amarelo

Physalis peruviana

Not Evaluated

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