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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

Creole tea

Sauvagesia erecta

Least Concern

yellow thatching grass

Hyperthelia dissoluta

Not Evaluated

Aulacoseira ambigua

Not Evaluated

Aulacoseira alpigena

Not Evaluated

Arsenic bush

Senna septemtrionalis

Not Evaluated

Arrowleaf clover

Trifolium vesiculosum

Not Evaluated

Giant Elm Bracket

Rigidoporus ulmarius

Not Evaluated

Physarum decipiens

Not Evaluated

narrow Canary grass

Phalaris angusta

Not Evaluated

Arrowleaf butterfly pea

Centrosema sagittatum

Not Evaluated

Howler Monkey Inga

Inga vismiifolia

Least Concern

Arrow bamboo

Pseudosasa japonica

Not Evaluated

Mountain Guava

Psidium amplexicaule

Least Concern

Yellow unicorn-plant

Ibicella lutea

Not Evaluated

shaving-brush-tree

Pseudobombax ellipticum

Least Concern

Silicicolous Maya

Miconia silicicola

Least Concern

flame-violet

Episcia cupreata

Not Evaluated

spatheflower

Spathiphyllum cannifolium

Least Concern

Hedge Cactus

Cereus hildmannianus

Least Concern

Grassleaf spurge

Euphorbia graminea

Not Evaluated

Seashore vervain

Verbena litoralis

Least Concern

Argentine senna

Senna corymbosa

Least Concern

Argentine pepperweed

Lepidium bonariense

Not Evaluated

Red Algae

Spyridia filamentosa

Not Evaluated

Bell Bird's Heart

Gnetum urens

Least Concern

Mauve Waxpore

Ceriporia tarda

Not Evaluated

Black mimosa

Mimosa pigra

Least Concern

Japanese false spleenwort

Deparia petersenii

Not Evaluated

Black Mangrove

Avicennia germinans

Least Concern

Feathertop

Cenchrus longisetus

Not Evaluated

tropical pickerel-weed

Pontederia rotundifolia

Not Evaluated

blackheart

Guianodendron praeclarum

Least Concern

Gnome-like Lankesterella

Lankesterella gnomus

Near Threatened

Blackening Wax-Cap

Hygrocybe conica

Least Concern

Brown-flower Butterfly Orchid

Epidendrum anceps

Not Evaluated

Fly

Drosophila simulans

Not Evaluated

Briar Discus

Aleurodiscus aurantius

Data Deficient

Spinyfruit buttercup

Ranunculus muricatus

Not Evaluated

Slender leaf rattlebox

Crotalaria ochroleuca

Not Evaluated

Horse-eye Bean

Mucuna sloanei

Not Evaluated

Wand riverhemp

Sesbania virgata

Not Evaluated

Diaphanous Bladder-Fern

Cystopteris diaphana

Not Evaluated

Dutch eggplant

Solanum aculeatissimum

Not Evaluated

Grape

Cissus palmata

Not Evaluated

Martinique trimezia

Trimezia martinicensis

Not Evaluated

Golden Apple Slime Mold

Arcyria pomiformis

Not Evaluated

Caribbean fingergrass

Eustachys paspaloides

Not Evaluated

Large-Spored Pea Truffle

Glomus macrocarpum

Not Evaluated

Rose Rust

Phragmidium mucronatum

Not Evaluated

Cup Lichen

Cladonia peziziformis

Endangered

Plum Rust

Tranzschelia discolor

Not Evaluated

Smooth-Footed Powderhorn

Cladonia ochrochlora

Least Concern

Kangaroo grass

Themeda quadrivalvis

Not Evaluated

Mexican gama grass

Tripsacum lanceolatum

Least Concern

Meyen's flatsedge

Cyperus meyenianus

Not Evaluated

Crowded Parchment

Stereum complicatum

Not Evaluated

Verticillium wilt

Verticillium alboatrum

Not Evaluated

Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

Least Concern

Angle-vein Fern

Serpocaulon triseriale

Not Evaluated

Inundated Speck Lichen

Verrucaria margacea

Data Deficient

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