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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
166
CR + EN + VU
Population
212.559.409
Area
8.515.767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 23
Endangered 61
Vulnerable 82
Near Threatened 65
Least Concern 801
Data Deficient 62
Not Evaluated 1913
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

bambu

Bambusa tuldoides

Not Evaluated

bambu-balde

Dendrocalamus giganteus

Least Concern

bambu-cheio-chinês

Dendrocalamus strictus

Not Evaluated

bambu-da-china

Phyllostachys viridiglaucescens

Not Evaluated

bambu-de-jardim

Phyllostachys aurea

Not Evaluated

bambu-de-jardim

Drepanostachyum falcatum

Not Evaluated

bambu-metake

Pleioblastus simonii

Not Evaluated

bambu-preto

Phyllostachys nigra

Not Evaluated

bambu-quadrado

Chimonobambusa quadrangularis

Not Evaluated

bamburral

Mesosphaerum suaveolens

Not Evaluated

banana

Musa paradisiaca

Not Evaluated

bananeira-de-Abissínia

Ensete ventricosum

Least Concern

Bananeira-florida

Musa coccinea

Endangered

bananilha

Hedychium gardnerianum

Not Evaluated

bandeira-branca

Iris pseudacorus

Least Concern

bandeira-espanhola

Ipomoea lobata

Not Evaluated

baobá

Adansonia digitata

Not Evaluated

barba-de-barata

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Least Concern

barba-de-serpente

Ophiopogon jaburan

Not Evaluated

barba-de-serpente

Liriope muscari

Not Evaluated

barba-de-velho

Tillandsia usneoides

Least Concern

barbasco

Verbascum thapsus

Least Concern

barbas-de-velho

Nigella damascena

Not Evaluated

bardana

Arctium lappa

Least Concern

barléria

Barleria cristata

Not Evaluated

baroa

Arracacia xanthorrhiza

Not Evaluated

barrilha-espinhosa

Salsola kali

Least Concern

bastão-do-imperador

Etlingera elatior

Data Deficient

Bastião-de-arruda

Dalbergia decipularis

Least Concern

batata

Ipomoea batatas

Not Evaluated

batata-brava

Ipomoea asarifolia

Not Evaluated

batata-brava

Ipomoea alba

Least Concern

batata-cenoura

Chaerophyllum bulbosum

Not Evaluated

batata-chinesa

Dioscorea polystachya

Not Evaluated

Batatarana

Vigna marina

Least Concern

batata-silvestre

Solanum chacoense

Least Concern

batateira

Solanum tuberosum

Not Evaluated

batatinha

Ipomoea aristolochiifolia

Not Evaluated

baunilha

Vanilla tahitensis

Not Evaluated

baunilha

Vanilla planifolia

Not Evaluated

bebereira

Ficus carica

Not Evaluated

begônia-do-brejo

Begonia cucullata

Not Evaluated

beijo-de-moça

Cosmos bipinnatus

Not Evaluated

beijo-de-moça

Bidens bipinnata

Not Evaluated

bela-diana

Coreopsis tinctoria

Not Evaluated

bela-emília

Plumbago auriculata

Not Evaluated

Bela-margarida

Bellis perennis

Least Concern

belas-noites

Calendula officinalis

Not Evaluated

beldroega

Portulaca oleracea

Not Evaluated

beldroega-da-praia

Sesuvium portulacastrum

Least Concern

bergamota

Citrus reticulata

Not Evaluated

beringela

Solanum mammosum

Not Evaluated

beringela

Solanum melongena

Not Evaluated

beringela-africana

Solanum macrocarpon

Not Evaluated

berradura

Solanum pseudocapsicum

Not Evaluated

bersim

Trifolium alexandrinum

Not Evaluated

bertalha

Basella alba

Not Evaluated

beterraba

Beta vulgaris

Vulnerable

betônica

Mesosphaerum pectinatum

Not Evaluated

bico-de-lacre

Estrilda astrild

Least Concern

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