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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

Smooth Hornwort

Phaeoceros laevis

Endangered

Smooth Stonewort

Nitella flexilis

Least Concern

Hairy Curtain Crust

Stereum hirsutum

Least Concern

Bog-Hemp

Boehmeria cylindrica

Least Concern

Oat Grass

Acroceras zizanioides

Least Concern

Southern bracken fern

Pteridium caudatum

Not Evaluated

Hairy Bramble

Rubus phoenicolasius

Not Evaluated

hair-pointed grimmia

Grimmia trichophylla

Least Concern

Pennsylvania everlasting

Gamochaeta pensylvanica

Not Evaluated

Gumtree Deceiver

Laccaria fraterna

Data Deficient

Jute

Corchorus aestuans

Not Evaluated

Giant brake

Pteris tripartita

Not Evaluated

Linear Leaf Water Primrose

Ludwigia hyssopifolia

Least Concern

Swan-necked Apple-moss

Philonotis cernua

Not Evaluated

Morel

Morchella esculenta

Vulnerable

Moreton bay fig

Ficus macrophylla

Not Evaluated

Gull Feed

Scaevola plumieri

Least Concern

Moroccan toadflax

Linaria maroccana

Not Evaluated

mosaic-plant

Fittonia albivenis

Not Evaluated

Rust of pelargonium

Puccinia pelargonii-zonalis

Not Evaluated

Moss Bell

Galerina hypnorum

Least Concern

Legume

Calopogonium galactioides

Least Concern

Moss Rust

Eocronartium muscicola

Near Threatened

Mossy Maze Polypore

Cerrena unicolor

Near Threatened

Snowy Oysterling

Cheimonophyllum candidissimum

Endangered

Partridge-Pea

Chamaecrista nictitans

Least Concern

Guatemalan Grass

Tripsacum andersonii

Least Concern

mouflon

Ovis aries

Not Evaluated

pinwheel-flower

Tabernaemontana catharinensis

Least Concern

Grisebach Pradosia

Pradosia grisebachii

Least Concern

giant horsetail

Equisetum giganteum

Not Evaluated

Grimmia Dry Rock Moss

Grimmia laevigata

Vulnerable

Sander's Paphiopedilum

Paphiopedilum sanderianum

Critically Endangered

Grey sea squirt

Ascidia sydneiensis

Not Evaluated

Grey Puffball

Bovista plumbea

Least Concern

Guadeloupe trumpet-tree

Tabebuia obtusifolia

Not Evaluated

greyish crystalwort

Riccia sorocarpa

Least Concern

Dotted Hornwort

Anthoceros punctatus

Vulnerable

Diatom

Coscinodiscus wailesii

Not Evaluated

Parsley Spleenwort

Asplenium cristatum

Not Evaluated

Mule Grass

Bouteloua americana

Not Evaluated

Wild Birdnest Fern

Asplenium serratum

Not Evaluated

scarlet-bugler

Cleistocactus baumannii

Least Concern

Cutleaf Spleenwort

Asplenium abscissum

Least Concern

Grey Field-speedwell

Veronica polita

Least Concern

Bush beardgrass

Schizachyrium condensatum

Not Evaluated

Yellow Pouncewort

Lejeunea flava

Not Evaluated

Japanese lovegrass

Eragrostis tenella

Least Concern

tropical sprangletop

Leptochloa virgata

Not Evaluated

Oldfield grass

Anthephora hermaphrodita

Least Concern

Elastic grass

Eragrostis tenuifolia

Not Evaluated

Stargrass

Cynodon plectostachyus

Not Evaluated

Stalkleaf murainagrass

Ischaemum timorense

Extinct

Dumortier's Liverwort

Dumortiera hirsuta

Not Evaluated

Madagascar ragwort

Senecio madagascariensis

Not Evaluated

Silkleaf

Lagascea mollis

Not Evaluated

Guavaberry

Myrciaria floribunda

Not Evaluated

Juba's-bush

Iresine diffusa

Not Evaluated

lax hornpod

Mitreola petiolata

Least Concern

Shrubby false buttonweed

Spermacoce verticillata

Not Evaluated

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