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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
122
CR + EN + VU
Population
212.559.409
Area
8.515.767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 15
Endangered 46
Vulnerable 61
Near Threatened 51
Least Concern 703
Data Deficient 43
Not Evaluated 1841
Extinct 8

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Sweetpotato whitefly

Bemisia tabaci

Not Evaluated

Longhorned crazy ant

Paratrechina longicornis

Not Evaluated

african-juniper

Juniperus procera

Least Concern

American Trumpet Vine

Campsis radicans

Not Evaluated

kachi grass

Cymbopogon caesius

Not Evaluated

Pomace fly

Drosophila immigrans

Not Evaluated

Pomace fly

Drosophila repleta

Not Evaluated

Dutchman's Pipe Cactus

Epiphyllum oxypetalum

Least Concern

Fuller rose beetle

Naupactus cervinus

Not Evaluated

Graham's manihot

Manihot grahamii

Not Evaluated

Beach moonflower

Ipomoea violacea

Not Evaluated

Green flatsedge

Cyperus virens

Not Evaluated

Crabgrass

Pappophorum pappiferum

Not Evaluated

tickle grass

Panicum trichoides

Not Evaluated

fiddle-leaf philodendron

Philodendron bipennifolium

Not Evaluated

small-flower evening-primrose

Oenothera indecora

Not Evaluated

American dodder

Cuscuta americana

Not Evaluated

Scurfy Twiglet

Tubaria furfuracea

Least Concern

Grapeleaf begonia

Begonia reniformis

Not Evaluated

Beach Dropseed

Sporobolus virginicus

Least Concern

Drooping Tonguefern

Elaphoglossum herminieri

Least Concern

Threelobe false mallow

Malvastrum coromandelianum

Not Evaluated

jumping orchid

Catasetum macrocarpum

Not Evaluated

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

guayule

Parthenium argentatum

Not Evaluated

Yefen

Fuirena umbellata

Least Concern

Succulent spiderwort

Tradescantia crassula

Not Evaluated

Bastard Cress

Lepidium campestre

Least Concern

Rusty Pennies

Puccinia hydrocotyles

Not Evaluated

Bastard Cress

Thlaspi arvense

Least Concern

Bastard Catclaw

Microgramma lycopodioides

Not Evaluated

Floating spurge

Phyllanthus fluitans

Not Evaluated

Green Grape Algae

Caulerpa racemosa

Not Evaluated

Cat's Paw Oyster

Talonostrea talonata

Data Deficient

Tropical sensitive pea

Chamaecrista absus

Least Concern

Kariba weed

Salvinia molesta

Not Evaluated

Peruvian zinnia

Zinnia peruviana

Not Evaluated

Tropical Bog Orchid

Habenaria monorrhiza

Least Concern

Argentinian crabgrass

Digitaria aequiglumis

Not Evaluated

Artist'S Bracket

Ganoderma applanatum

Least Concern

Ascidian

Styela clava

Not Evaluated

Ascidian

Polyandrocarpa zorritensis

Not Evaluated

Ascidian

Symplegma brakenhielmi

Not Evaluated

Basketgrass

Oplismenus hirtellus

Not Evaluated

basket fern

Nephrolepis pectinata

Not Evaluated

Barley Brome

Bromus hordeaceus

Least Concern

Barbicou-bean

Canavalia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

burbark

Triumfetta lappula

Least Concern

Banded Mottlegill

Panaeolus cinctulus

Least Concern

banana water-lily

Nymphaea mexicana

Not Evaluated

bush allamanda

Allamanda schottii

Not Evaluated

common fringe-rush

Fimbristylis dichotoma

Least Concern

Bahia lovegrass

Eragrostis bahiensis

Not Evaluated

Showy chalicevine

Solandra grandiflora

Least Concern

Calingale

Cyperus odoratus

Least Concern

Callus Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum callosum

Endangered

moneytree

Pachira glabra

Not Evaluated

Badhamia nitens

Not Evaluated

Cane bluestem

Bothriochloa barbinodis

Not Evaluated

Badhamia affinis

Not Evaluated

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