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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

Dwarf nettle

Urtica urens

Vulnerable

Dwarf Palmetto

Sabal minor

Least Concern

Dwarf St. John'S Wort

Hypericum mutilum

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Streak-Moss

Rhabdoweisia fugax

Least Concern

Dwarf Water Clover

Marsilea minuta

Least Concern

Dyeball

Pisolithus arhizus

Endangered

Earleaf acacia

Acacia auriculiformis

Least Concern

Earleaf nightshade

Solanum mauritianum

Not Evaluated

Easter lily

Lilium longiflorum

Not Evaluated

Early water grass

Echinochloa oryzoides

Not Evaluated

Earthy Powdercap

Cystoderma amianthinum

Least Concern

Easter cassia

Senna pendula

Least Concern

Chocolate Tube Slime

Stemonitis splendens

Not Evaluated

Erect Pricklypear

Opuntia stricta

Not Evaluated

Rio Grande Clover

Trifolium riograndense

Least Concern

Eastern Juniper

Juniperus virginiana

Not Evaluated

Eastern Line Aster

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum

Not Evaluated

Eastern Pellitory-of-the-wall

Parietaria officinalis

Near Threatened

erect spiderling

Boerhavia erecta

Not Evaluated

Eastern White Pine

Pinus strobus

Not Evaluated

East Indian wine palm

Phoenix rupicola

Near Threatened

golden beak sedge

Rhynchospora corymbosa

Least Concern

Edible Rocket

Eruca vesicaria

Not Evaluated

Egg-cone Pine

Pinus oocarpa

Least Concern

Eggplant

Solanum melongena

Not Evaluated

fourpart mistletoe

Phoradendron dipterum

Not Evaluated

egusi-itoo

Melothria sphaerocarpa

Not Evaluated

Egyptian Clover

Trifolium alexandrinum

Not Evaluated

Egyptian grass

Dactyloctenium aegyptium

Not Evaluated

Egyptian riverhemp

Sesbania sesban

Not Evaluated

Egyptian starcluster

Pentas lanceolata

Not Evaluated

Elaeagnus

Elaeagnus angustifolia

Not Evaluated

elephant-bush

Portulacaria afra

Least Concern

Elephant creeper

Argyreia nervosa

Not Evaluated

Eleven-O'Clock

Portulaca grandiflora

Not Evaluated

Elmleaf blackberry

Rubus ulmifolius

Not Evaluated

Elm-Leaf Spiraea

Spiraea chamaedryfolia

Not Evaluated

Emperor's candlesticks

Senna alata

Not Evaluated

Endive

Cichorium endivia

Not Evaluated

Empresstree

Paulownia tomentosa

Not Evaluated

English holly

Ilex aquifolium

Least Concern

English Meadow Grass

Poa pratensis

Not Evaluated

Entire-Leaved Morning Glory

Ipomoea hederacea

Not Evaluated

entire-leaved nitrogen moss

Tetraplodon mnioides

Extinct

Redlead Roundhead

Leratiomyces ceres

Data Deficient

Ethiopian Rape

Brassica carinata

Not Evaluated

desert-rose

Adenium obesum

Least Concern

European bog pimpernel

Lysimachia tenella

Not Evaluated

European brown snail

Cornu aspersum

Not Evaluated

Penicillium aurantiogriseum

Not Evaluated

European Chestnut

Castanea sativa

Least Concern

Licea minima

Not Evaluated

European Giant Gardenslug

Limax maximus

Least Concern

European seaheath

Frankenia pulverulenta

Not Evaluated

European water plantain

Alisma plantago-aquatica

Least Concern

European yellow lupine

Lupinus luteus

Not Evaluated

Evergreen Rose

Rosa sempervirens

Not Evaluated

Everlasting Pea

Lathyrus sylvestris

Least Concern

Eve's needle cactus

Austrocylindropuntia subulata

Least Concern

Expanded lobsterclaw

Heliconia latispatha

Least Concern

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