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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

Mothball Crust

Scytinostroma portentosum

Least Concern

Hairy Oysterling

Resupinatus trichotis

Least Concern

Broad Bean Rust

Uromyces viciae-fabae

Not Evaluated

Moss Ear

Chromocyphella muscicola

Vulnerable

Speckled Greenshield

Flavopunctelia flaventior

Not Evaluated

Cowslip

Primula veris

Least Concern

Crab Apple

Malus sylvestris

Vulnerable

Crab Finger Grass

Digitaria sanguinalis

Not Evaluated

Crabgrass

Eleusine indica

Least Concern

crane grass

Ixophorus unisetus

Not Evaluated

Japanese-holly

Ardisia crispa

Not Evaluated

Creeping Charlie

Glechoma hederacea

Least Concern

creeping cinquefoil

Potentilla reptans

Least Concern

Creeping indigo

Indigofera spicata

Not Evaluated

Creeping Love Grass

Eragrostis hypnoides

Not Evaluated

creeping saxifrage

Saxifraga stolonifera

Not Evaluated

Creeping White Clover

Trifolium repens

Least Concern

Creole cotton

Gossypium barbadense

Not Evaluated

Crested Philippine violet

Barleria cristata

Not Evaluated

Savigny's brittle star

Ophiactis savignyi

Not Evaluated

Crimson Flax

Linum grandiflorum

Not Evaluated

Crimson fountaingrass

Cenchrus setaceus

Not Evaluated

crinkle-awn

Trachypogon spicatus

Not Evaluated

Crome Sphagnum

Sphagnum squarrosum

Least Concern

Crowned Earthstar

Geastrum coronatum

Critically Endangered

African payal

Salvinia auriculata

Not Evaluated

Crown flower

Calotropis gigantea

Not Evaluated

Crown Rust

Puccinia coronata

Not Evaluated

Hypochnicium lundellii

Data Deficient

Agardh'S Red Weed

Agardhiella subulata

Not Evaluated

Cucumber

Cucumis sativus

Not Evaluated

cullen's-ironbark

Eucalyptus cullenii

Least Concern

Cultivated Garlic

Allium sativum

Not Evaluated

Cultivated Lettuce

Lactuca sativa

Not Evaluated

Cultivated radish

Raphanus sativus

Not Evaluated

Cultivated tobacco

Nicotiana tabacum

Not Evaluated

cup-and-saucer-vine

Cobaea scandens

Not Evaluated

Curled Dock

Rumex crispus

Not Evaluated

darwin-woollybutt

Eucalyptus miniata

Least Concern

Curly Palm

Howea belmoreana

Vulnerable

Curlytop Knotweed

Persicaria lapathifolia

Least Concern

currant-tomato

Solanum pimpinellifolium

Not Evaluated

Curry Milkcap

Lactarius camphoratus

Least Concern

Cushion Calamint

Clinopodium vulgare

Least Concern

Custard Apple

Annona reticulata

Not Evaluated

Cyclamen-flowered Daffodil

Narcissus cyclamineus

Not Evaluated

Cyprus Vetch

Lathyrus ochrus

Not Evaluated

Dahlia

Dahlia pinnata

Not Evaluated

Dallisgrass

Paspalum dilatatum

Not Evaluated

Damascus Hellebore

Nigella damascena

Not Evaluated

dancing-bones

Hatiora salicornioides

Least Concern

dancing ladies

Gomesa bifolia

Not Evaluated

Texas silverleaf

Leucophyllum frutescens

Not Evaluated

darwin-stringybark

Eucalyptus tetrodonta

Least Concern

Darnel ryegrass

Lolium temulentum

Critically Endangered

Date palm

Phoenix dactylifera

Not Evaluated

dawn redwood

Metasequoia glyptostroboides

Not Evaluated

Day jessamine

Cestrum diurnum

Least Concern

Dead Man'S Fingers

Xylaria polymorpha

Least Concern

Dead Moll'S Fingers

Xylaria longipes

Least Concern

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