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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
232
CR + EN + VU
Population
212 559 409
Area
8 515 767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 31
Endangered 86
Vulnerable 115
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1172
Data Deficient 73
Not Evaluated 2621
Extinct 19

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

Not Evaluated

Madagascar widow's-thrill

Kalanchoe blossfeldiana

Not Evaluated

Madamfate

Hippobroma longiflora

Not Evaluated

Madam gorgon

Acicarpha tribuloides

Not Evaluated

Madeira ivy

Hedera canariensis

Not Evaluated

cerejeira

Amburana cearensis

Endangered

Slender Cyperus

Cyperus distans

Not Evaluated

Maidenhair vine

Muehlenbeckia complexa

Not Evaluated

Sacramento burbark

Triumfetta semitriloba

Least Concern

Magellan's peat moss

Sphagnum magellanicum

Not Evaluated

Maidenhair Fern

Adiantum capillus-veneris

Least Concern

maidenhair pocket moss

Fissidens adianthoides

Least Concern

Malabar plum

Syzygium jambos

Not Evaluated

Java-bean

Senna obtusifolia

Least Concern

Queensland fire-wheel-tree

Stenocarpus sinuatus

Least Concern

Queen's-wreath

Petrea volubilis

Least Concern

Malaysian apple

Syzygium malaccense

Not Evaluated

male bamboo

Dendrocalamus strictus

Not Evaluated

Paraguayan purslane

Portulaca amilis

Not Evaluated

White-tipped Bristle-moss

Orthotrichum diaphanum

Least Concern

Muster john henry

Tagetes minuta

Not Evaluated

Maltese star-thistle

Centaurea melitensis

Not Evaluated

mamey

Mammea americana

Not Evaluated

mamey

Pouteria sapota

Least Concern

mamuri bali

Spiranthera parviflora

Least Concern

Mango

Mangifera indica

Data Deficient

mangosteen

Garcinia mangostana

Not Evaluated

Mangrove fan palm

Licuala spinosa

Not Evaluated

Manila Palm

Adonidia merrillii

Vulnerable

Manna gum

Eucalyptus viminalis

Near Threatened

Man to man

Peperomia pellucida

Not Evaluated

wild date palm

Phoenix sylvestris

Not Evaluated

Whorled Marsh Pennywort

Hydrocotyle verticillata

Least Concern

Many-Rooted Earthball

Scleroderma polyrhizum

Not Evaluated

Maple

Acer rubrum

Not Evaluated

Pearl flower

Heterocentron subtriplinervium

Not Evaluated

Marblewood

Zygia racemosa

Least Concern

Marine isopod

Paracerceis sculpta

Not Evaluated

Maritime pine

Pinus pinaster

Least Concern

Marsh Mermaid-Weed

Proserpinaca palustris

Least Concern

Marsh Pea

Lathyrus palustris

Endangered

Mascarene island leaf-flower

Phyllanthus tenellus

Not Evaluated

matchstick flapwort

Odontoschisma denudatum

Not Evaluated

Matted sandmat

Euphorbia serpens

Not Evaluated

Smokebush

Buddleja madagascariensis

Least Concern

Mauritanian convolvulus

Ipomoea mauritiana

Not Evaluated

Leaf and stem scab

Elsinoe batatas

Not Evaluated

bracken fern

Pteridium esculentum

Not Evaluated

Leafy Flat-blade Algae

Stypopodium zonale

Not Evaluated

Mazapan

Malvaviscus penduliflorus

Not Evaluated

Richard'S Yelloweyed Grass

Xyris jupicai

Not Evaluated

Meadow brome

Bromus commutatus

Near Threatened

Meadow pea

Lathyrus pratensis

Least Concern

Meadow Spike Rush

Eleocharis flavescens

Least Concern

Leafy Rolled-blade Algae

Padina boergesenii

Not Evaluated

Rigid Beard Moss

Didymodon rigidulus

Not Evaluated

Yellowpored Bracket

Flaviporus brownii

Not Evaluated

Rio grande pearlhead

Isocarpha oppositifolia

Data Deficient

mealy sage

Salvia farinacea

Not Evaluated

Hazel sterculia

Sterculia foetida

Not Evaluated

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