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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
3
CR + EN + VU
Population
212.559.409
Area
8.515.767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 1
Endangered 1
Vulnerable 1
Near Threatened 1
Least Concern 1
Data Deficient 1
Not Evaluated 1
Extinct 1

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Serillo Dulce

Schizachyrium brevifolium

Not Evaluated

Pearce's Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium pearcei

Least Concern

Yellow fever mosquito

Aedes aegypti

Not Evaluated

Hiptage

Hiptage benghalensis

Least Concern

Pale Scalewort

Radula voluta

Not Evaluated

Spearleaf swampmallow

Pavonia hastata

Not Evaluated

Skyblue clustervine

Jacquemontia pentanthos

Not Evaluated

Least Hop Clover

Trifolium dubium

Least Concern

Silky Rosegill

Volvariella bombycina

Near Threatened

Slender Stonewort

Nitella gracilis

Vulnerable

little-robin

Geranium purpureum

Not Evaluated

rigid screw moss

Aloina rigida

Vulnerable

Flat crown

Albizia adianthifolia

Least Concern

Uruguayan needlegrass

Nassella neesiana

Not Evaluated

Oxalis Rust

Puccinia oxalidis

Not Evaluated

Kodomillet

Paspalum scrobiculatum

Least Concern

Brown twig beetle

Xylosandrus morigerus

Not Evaluated

Tropical girdlepod

Mitracarpus hirtus

Not Evaluated

iron-grass

Spermacoce confusa

Not Evaluated

kuruma prawn

Penaeus japonicus

Not Evaluated

White Moss

Leucobryum albidum

Not Evaluated

Lacquered Bracket

Ganoderma lucidum

Least Concern

Lady of the Night Cactus

Cereus hexagonus

Least Concern

Cypress aphid

Cinara cupressi

Not Evaluated

Madagascar dropseed

Sporobolus pyramidatus

Not Evaluated

Japan Globeflower

Kerria japonica

Not Evaluated

lanmant

Hyptis atrorubens

Not Evaluated

redbird flower

Euphorbia tithymaloides

Not Evaluated

Rhododendron

Rhododendron ponticum

Not Evaluated

Michoacan Pine

Pinus devoniana

Least Concern

large marsh rush

Juncus acutus

Least Concern

large-seed dodder

Cuscuta indecora

Not Evaluated

Japanese Arrowroot

Pueraria montana

Not Evaluated

Large Sweet Vernalgrass

Anthoxanthum odoratum

Not Evaluated

Large white petunia

Petunia axillaris

Not Evaluated

Brazilian pennywort

Hydrocotyle leucocephala

Not Evaluated

jagged germanderwort

Riccardia chamedryfolia

Vulnerable

Jacob's coat

Acalypha wilkesiana

Not Evaluated

Lawyer's Wig

Coprinus comatus

Least Concern

Dog's Mercury Rust

Melampsora populnea

Not Evaluated

Salzmann's mille graines

Oldenlandia salzmannii

Not Evaluated

Dog Sick Slime Mould

Mucilago crustacea

Not Evaluated

Pomace fly

Drosophila melanogaster

Not Evaluated

Florida swamp-lily

Crinum americanum

Not Evaluated

Leafy-fruited Nightshade

Solanum sarrachoides

Not Evaluated

dotted orchid

Scaphyglottis punctulata

Not Evaluated

Pencil flower

Stylosanthes guianensis

Least Concern

Ivory Coral

Ramariopsis kunzei

Least Concern

Siamweed

Chromolaena odorata

Least Concern

Weeping Toothcrust

Dacryobolus sudans

Vulnerable

Least Water Lily

Nuphar pumila

Least Concern

leather-coat

Waltheria indica

Not Evaluated

Isopod

Synidotea laevidorsalis

Not Evaluated

limy tubeworm

Hydroides dianthus

Not Evaluated

Isopod

Porcellio dilatatus

Not Evaluated

Fawn Starweb

Asterostroma cervicolor

Least Concern

Loblolly pine

Pinus taeda

Least Concern

Leopard Earthball

Scleroderma areolatum

Least Concern

Lindley's Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium lindleyanum

Vulnerable

Lesser Love-Grass

Eragrostis minor

Not Evaluated

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