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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

Dense-Flower Aster

Symphyotrichum ericoides

Not Evaluated

Dense-Tufted Hair Sedge

Bulbostylis capillaris

Not Evaluated

American Cupped Oyster

Crassostrea virginica

Not Evaluated

Devil'S Dipstick

Mutinus elegans

Not Evaluated

Devil's horsewhip

Achyranthes aspera

Not Evaluated

dinnerplate-aralia

Polyscias scutellaria

Not Evaluated

disc water hyssop

Bacopa rotundifolia

Least Concern

Divided Tunicate

Styela canopus

Not Evaluated

American Black Elderberry

Sambucus canadensis

Not Evaluated

ambiguous long-necked moss

Trematodon ambiguus

Vulnerable

Dog Stinkhorn

Mutinus caninus

Vulnerable

Amazonvine

Stigmaphyllon ciliatum

Not Evaluated

domestic goat

Capra hircus

Not Evaluated

Alutaceodontia alutacea

Least Concern

Donnell-Smith Pine

Pinus hartwegii

Least Concern

dooryard sowbug

Porcellio laevis

Least Concern

Least Puffball

Bovista pusilla

Data Deficient

Alternaria brassicae

Not Evaluated

Alternaria alternata

Not Evaluated

Downy Safflower

Carthamus lanatus

Not Evaluated

Alpine Thread-Leaved Pondweed

Stuckenia filiformis

Least Concern

Duckweed

Lemna perpusilla

Least Concern

Dudley'S Rush

Juncus tenuis

Least Concern

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Not Evaluated

Alpine Bloodspot Lichen

Ophioparma ventosa

Extinct

Alligatorweed

Alternanthera philoxeroides

Not Evaluated

Algirosphaera robusta

Not Evaluated

Dung Bird'S Nest

Cyathus stercoreus

Critically Endangered

Algirosphaera oryza

Not Evaluated

Alexandrium tamarense

Not Evaluated

ant-tree

Triplaris americana

Not Evaluated

Antilles heliotrope

Euploca lagoensis

Not Evaluated

Creeping inchplant

Callisia repens

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Bulrush

Cyperus subsquarrosus

Least Concern

Dwarf Hair-Grass

Eleocharis parvula

Vulnerable

Dwarf nettle

Urtica urens

Vulnerable

Dwarf St. John'S Wort

Hypericum mutilum

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Streak-Moss

Rhabdoweisia fugax

Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

Marsilea minuta

Least Concern

Dyeball

Pisolithus arhizus

Endangered

Earthy Powdercap

Cystoderma amianthinum

Least Concern

Easter cassia

Senna pendula

Least Concern

Chocolate Tube Slime

Stemonitis splendens

Not Evaluated

Eastern Line Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Not Evaluated

Eastern Pellitory-of-the-wall

Parietaria officinalis

Near Threatened

Akashiwo sanguinea

Not Evaluated

golden beak sedge

Rhynchospora corymbosa

Least Concern

Egg-cone Pine

Pinus oocarpa

Least Concern

Airplant

Tillandsia polystachia

Least Concern

fourpart mistletoe

Phoradendron dipterum

Not Evaluated

Agrocybe cylindrica

Not Evaluated

Agrimony Rust

Pucciniastrum agrimoniae

Not Evaluated

Egyptian riverhemp

Sesbania sesban

Not Evaluated

African tuliptree

Spathodea campanulata

Not Evaluated

African jointgrass

Hemarthria altissima

Least Concern

Emperor's candlesticks

Senna alata

Not Evaluated

Empresstree

Paulownia tomentosa

Not Evaluated

Enchanting Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum bellatulum

Endangered

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata

Least Concern

Adlafia bryophila

Not Evaluated

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