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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

Green Sea Turtle

Chelonia mydas

Endangered

Grassland Puffball

Lycoperdon lividum

Least Concern

Peeling Puffball

Lycoperdon marginatum

Not Evaluated

Shoestring Fern

Vittaria lineata

Not Evaluated

Angelin

Andira inermis

Least Concern

Amboina Pitch Tree

Agathis dammara

Vulnerable

Compound sea squirt

Diplosoma listerianum

Data Deficient

False Weymouth Pine

Pinus pseudostrobus

Least Concern

Conifer

Afrocarpus falcatus

Least Concern

Compact Stonewort

Nitella tenuissima

Extinct

Chlorine Dust Lichen

Chrysothrix chlorina

Extinct

Rusty Woodwart

Hypoxylon rubiginosum

Least Concern

Compact Stonewort

Nitella mucronata

Vulnerable

Saffron Milk-Cap

Lactarius deliciosus

Data Deficient

Gambia-pea

Crotalaria goreensis

Not Evaluated

Common Toad Rush

Juncus bufonius

Least Concern

Common Tamarisk-Moss

Thuidium tamariscinum

Least Concern

Common sowthistle

Sonchus oleraceus

Least Concern

Common Sensitive-Plant

Mimosa pudica

Least Concern

False Parasol

Chlorophyllum molybdites

Not Evaluated

toothpick cactus

Stetsonia coryne

Least Concern

Common Rough Woodlouse

Porcellio scaber

Least Concern

Sanchezia

Sanchezia parvibracteata

Not Evaluated

Common Puffball

Lycoperdon perlatum

Least Concern

Common Porecrust

Schizophyllum commune

Least Concern

Dark Stonewort

Nitella opaca

Least Concern

Scotch attorney

Clusia rosea

Not Evaluated

Sandy Stiltball

Battarrea phalloides

Not Evaluated

Peronospora alsinearum

Not Evaluated

Common Nipplewort

Lapsana communis

Least Concern

Sappan

Biancaea sappan

Least Concern

Common Maërl

Phymatolithon calcareum

Data Deficient

Synura petersenii

Not Evaluated

Sasanqua camellia

Camellia sasanqua

Least Concern

common large wetland moss

Calliergonella cuspidata

Least Concern

Podosira stelligera

Not Evaluated

Common Haircap

Polytrichum commune

Least Concern

Encyonopsis microcephala

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros pelagicus

Not Evaluated

Scaly Earthball

Scleroderma verrucosum

Least Concern

Pythium acanthicum

Not Evaluated

Common Grapefern

Botrypus virginianus

Not Evaluated

Scurfy Deceiver

Laccaria proxima

Least Concern

Scrub Pine

Pinus virginiana

Least Concern

sea club-rush

Bolboschoenus maritimus

Least Concern

Sea-Coast Tuber-Bulrush

Bolboschoenus robustus

Least Concern

Tuffybells

Wahlenbergia linarioides

Not Evaluated

Common Gold-Dust

Chrysothrix xanthina

Not Evaluated

sea rocket

Cakile maritima

Least Concern

Common Earthball

Scleroderma citrinum

Least Concern

Seaside Koniga

Lobularia maritima

Not Evaluated

Common Duckweed

Lemna minor

Least Concern

Semarang rose-apple

Syzygium samarangense

Least Concern

European Wool Carder Bee

Anthidium manicatum

Least Concern

Senegal date palm

Phoenix reclinata

Least Concern

Common Field Horsetail

Equisetum arvense

Least Concern

Senegal teaplant

Gymnocoronis spilanthoides

Not Evaluated

serrulate-leaved long-beaked moss

Rhynchostegium serrulatum

Not Evaluated

Sessile Earthstar

Geastrum fimbriatum

Least Concern

common bee-brush

Aloysia gratissima

Not Evaluated

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