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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

Monterey cypress

Cupressus macrocarpa

Vulnerable

Poorland flatsedge

Cyperus compressus

Least Concern

Haworth's aeonium

Aeonium haworthii

Not Evaluated

Poplar Bracket

Oxyporus populinus

Not Evaluated

poplar-gum

Eucalyptus platyphylla

Least Concern

Portia tree

Thespesia populnea

Least Concern

Chinese Chives

Allium tuberosum

Not Evaluated

Potato Blight

Phytophthora infestans

Not Evaluated

Potato Earthball

Scleroderma bovista

Least Concern

Pot marigold

Calendula officinalis

Not Evaluated

powder-puff cactus

Mammillaria bocasana

Least Concern

prickly paperbark

Melaleuca styphelioides

Least Concern

prickly beard moss

Barbula unguiculata

Least Concern

Ricefield waternymph

Najas graminea

Least Concern

Prickly fanpetals

Sida spinosa

Not Evaluated

creeping sensitive-plant

Mimosa invisa

Not Evaluated

Prickly Yellow

Zanthoxylum caribaeum

Not Evaluated

Pride-of-barbados

Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Least Concern

primrose

Primula vulgaris

Near Threatened

Princess vine

Cissus verticillata

Least Concern

prince's-vine

Ipomoea horsfalliae

Not Evaluated

prostrate dallis grass

Paspalum pauciciliatum

Not Evaluated

prism cactus

Leuchtenbergia principis

Least Concern

hairy clustervine

Jacquemontia tamnifolia

Not Evaluated

Prostrate false buttonweed

Spermacoce prostrata

Not Evaluated

Prostrate knotweed

Polygonum aviculare

Not Evaluated

Prostrate sandmat

Euphorbia prostrata

Not Evaluated

provision-tree

Pachira aquatica

Not Evaluated

pulque agave

Agave salmiana

Least Concern

Puncturevine

Tribulus terrestris

Not Evaluated

Punktree

Melaleuca quinquenervia

Least Concern

pupunha palm

Syagrus inajai

Least Concern

purple allamanda

Allamanda blanchetii

Not Evaluated

Purple bushbean

Macroptilium atropurpureum

Not Evaluated

purple-fringed liverwort

Ricciocarpos natans

Vulnerable

Purple granadilla

Passiflora edulis

Not Evaluated

Lizard's Claw

Lysurus cruciatus

Not Evaluated

purple-margined liverwort

Reboulia hemisphaerica

Vulnerable

Purple mombin

Spondias purpurea

Least Concern

Fiddle-leaf Fig

Ficus lyrata

Not Evaluated

Cinnamon

Cinnamomum verum

Not Evaluated

Purple plague

Miconia calvescens

Least Concern

Purple Prickly-pear

Opuntia macrocentra

Least Concern

purple spikerush

Eleocharis atropurpurea

Least Concern

Purple-Spored Puffball

Calvatia cyathiformis

Not Evaluated

Purple Vetch

Vicia benghalensis

Not Evaluated

Purple Viper's-bugloss

Echium plantagineum

Not Evaluated

Pygmy Brittlestem

Psathyrella pygmaea

Least Concern

Pygmyweed

Crassula tetragona

Not Evaluated

Hairy sensitive pea

Chamaecrista pilosa

Least Concern

quassia

Quassia amara

Least Concern

queen-of-the-night

Cereus jamacaru

Least Concern

Queen palm

Syagrus romanzoffiana

Not Evaluated

queen's crape-myrtle

Lagerstroemia speciosa

Not Evaluated

Queensland duboisia

Duboisia leichhardtii

Least Concern

radiating bur-marigold

Bidens radiata

Least Concern

Ramgoat dashalong

Turnera ulmifolia

Least Concern

rainbow pincushion

Mammillaria rhodantha

Least Concern

Raintree

Samanea saman

Least Concern

Canary Island Dragon Tree

Dracaena draco

Endangered

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