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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

Franchet's Cotoneaster

Cotoneaster franchetii

Not Evaluated

French plantain

Musa paradisiaca

Not Evaluated

French Rocket

Sisymbrium erysimoides

Not Evaluated

fuzzy-box

Eucalyptus conica

Vulnerable

Galinsoga

Galinsoga quadriradiata

Not Evaluated

garden angelica

Angelica archangelica

Least Concern

Garden Hyacinth

Hyacinthus orientalis

Not Evaluated

Orchid

Vanda tricolor

Endangered

Garden Lovage

Levisticum officinale

Least Concern

Garden lupin

Lupinus polyphyllus

Not Evaluated

pau amarello

Euxylophora paraensis

Endangered

Garden Nasturtium

Tropaeolum majus

Not Evaluated

Garden orache

Atriplex hortensis

Not Evaluated

Garden Pink-sorrel

Oxalis latifolia

Least Concern

Garden sorrel

Rumex acetosa

Least Concern

Garden Strawberry

Fragaria ananassa

Not Evaluated

Garden Thyme

Thymus vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Garden tomato

Solanum lycopersicum

Not Evaluated

Garden Tulip

Tulipa gesneriana

Not Evaluated

German primrose

Primula obconica

Not Evaluated

garden zinnia

Zinnia elegans

Not Evaluated

geranium grass

Cymbopogon schoenanthus

Not Evaluated

Gentian-Leaved St. John'S-Wort

Hypericum gentianoides

Not Evaluated

Ghostweed

Euphorbia marginata

Not Evaluated

Giant arrowhead

Sagittaria montevidensis

Not Evaluated

Giant Ash

Eucalyptus regnans

Least Concern

giant bamboo

Dendrocalamus giganteus

Least Concern

Giant bamboo

Dendrocalamus latiflorus

Not Evaluated

Giant Freshwater Prawn

Macrobrachium rosenbergii

Least Concern

Giant granadilla

Passiflora quadrangularis

Not Evaluated

giant mud crab

Scylla serrata

Not Evaluated

Giant reed

Arundo donax

Not Evaluated

giant sequoia

Sequoiadendron giganteum

Not Evaluated

Sea Lettuce

Ulva lactuca

Least Concern

Giant taro

Alocasia macrorrhizos

Not Evaluated

giant tiger prawn

Penaeus monodon

Not Evaluated

giant turpentine grass

Cymbopogon nardus

Not Evaluated

Gingham-golfball

Euphorbia obesa

Not Evaluated

Elegant Earthstar

Geastrum elegans

Critically Endangered

gilo

Solanum aethiopicum

Not Evaluated

ginger grass

Cymbopogon martini

Not Evaluated

Ginger-leaf morning-glory

Ipomoea asarifolia

Not Evaluated

ginger prawn

Metapenaeus monoceros

Not Evaluated

Glabrous Catsear

Hypochaeris glabra

Critically Endangered

Glassywood

Astronium graveolens

Not Evaluated

Glaucous Aster

Symphyotrichum laeve

Not Evaluated

Glaucous-Leaf Tobacco

Nicotiana glauca

Not Evaluated

Glory of Texas

Thelocactus bicolor

Least Concern

Globe Artichoke

Cynara cardunculus

Not Evaluated

Glossy privet

Ligustrum lucidum

Not Evaluated

Goa-bean

Psophocarpus tetragonolobus

Data Deficient

Paraguay jaborandi

Pilocarpus pennatifolius

Not Evaluated

Golden bamboo

Phyllostachys aurea

Not Evaluated

Golden Brownie

Psilocybe cubensis

Not Evaluated

Golden Freshwater Clam

Corbicula fluminea

Not Evaluated

golden hunter's-robe

Epipremnum aureum

Not Evaluated

Golden mussel

Limnoperna fortunei

Least Concern

Golden shower

Cassia fistula

Least Concern

Golden Spoon

Byrsonima crassifolia

Not Evaluated

Eurasian poplar leaf rust pathogen

Melampsora larici-populina

Not Evaluated

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