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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

tiny cedar moss

Pelekium minutulum

Not Evaluated

Tiny Earthstar

Geastrum minimum

Near Threatened

Burnt-Orange Bolete

Tylopilus balloui

Not Evaluated

Tiny Flowered Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum micranthum

Critically Endangered

titan acorn barnacle

Megabalanus coccopoma

Not Evaluated

pink sundew

Drosera capillaris

Vulnerable

butterfly-flower

Iris japonica

Not Evaluated

Butter And Eggs

Linaria vulgaris

Least Concern

Townsville stylo

Stylosanthes humilis

Not Evaluated

Physarum auriscalpium

Not Evaluated

Brown Roll Rim

Paxillus involutus

Least Concern

brown grimmia

Grimmia elongata

Least Concern

Brown Funnel Polypore

Coltricia perennis

Least Concern

Browne's blechum

Ruellia blechum

Least Concern

Triangle barnacle

Balanus trigonus

Not Evaluated

Brown Cup

Rutstroemia firma

Least Concern

Singapore holly

Malpighia coccigera

Not Evaluated

Tropical fanpetals

Sida urens

Not Evaluated

Poor Pine

Pinus glabra

Least Concern

Blistered Saucer Leaf Algae

Turbinaria turbinata

Not Evaluated

Broomwort

Scoparia montevidensis

Not Evaluated

burgu grass

Echinochloa stagnina

Not Evaluated

Common Bird'S Nest

Crucibulum laeve

Least Concern

blue mud-plantain

Heteranthera limosa

Not Evaluated

Broad-Leaved Pondweed

Potamogeton nodosus

Near Threatened

Showy Spleenwort

Asplenium formosum

Least Concern

tonka

Taralea oppositifolia

Least Concern

Grass

Urochloa mollis

Not Evaluated

Cramp Balls

Daldinia concentrica

Vulnerable

Tripe Fungus

Auricularia mesenterica

Near Threatened

plains bristle grass

Setaria macrostachya

Not Evaluated

Broadleaf Pondweed

Stuckenia pectinata

Least Concern

dwarf butterfly orchid

Prosthechea pygmaea

Least Concern

broadleaf noddingcaps

Triphora amazonica

Data Deficient

Broad-Leaf Everlasting Pea

Lathyrus latifolius

Least Concern

Three Finger Leaf Algae

Halimeda incrassata

Not Evaluated

brittle maidenhair fern

Adiantum concinnum

Not Evaluated

Blue panicum

Panicum antidotale

Not Evaluated

Brittle Cinder

Kretzschmaria deusta

Least Concern

Bristly Stonewort

Chara hispida

Near Threatened

Regal lily

Lilium regale

Not Evaluated

tropical smokebush

Euphorbia cotinifolia

Least Concern

Bristle Pigeon Grass

Setaria verticillata

Not Evaluated

tallowwood

Ximenia americana

Least Concern

Brittle Swan-neck Moss

Campylopus fragilis

Not Evaluated

true senna

Senna alexandrina

Not Evaluated

brandling

Eisenia fetida

Not Evaluated

Sandbur

Cenchrus latifolius

Not Evaluated

Pond lovegrass

Eragrostis japonica

Not Evaluated

Branching Bryozoan

Schizoporella unicornis

Not Evaluated

Fringed rue

Ruta chalepensis

Not Evaluated

western cudweed

Gnaphalium polycaulon

Not Evaluated

trumpet-tree

Cecropia peltata

Least Concern

Branched Pixie-Cup Lichen

Cladonia ramulosa

Least Concern

purple dropseed

Sporobolus purpurascens

Not Evaluated

Branched Centaury

Centaurium pulchellum

Least Concern

Tube-building worm

Hydroides elegans

Not Evaluated

tuberculate pear crab

Pyromaia tuberculata

Not Evaluated

Tuberous vervain

Verbena rigida

Not Evaluated

Fodder Pea

Lathyrus annuus

Not Evaluated

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