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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
236
CR + EN + VU
Population
212.559.409
Area
8.515.767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 34
Endangered 87
Vulnerable 115
Near Threatened 96
Least Concern 1205
Data Deficient 72
Not Evaluated 2676
Extinct 20

Species by Taxonomic Group

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

Featured Species

Ecoregions

All Species in Brazil

Banksian Pine

Pinus banksiana

Not Evaluated

Barbados aloe

Aloe vera

Not Evaluated

Barbados cherry

Malpighia emarginata

Not Evaluated

Barbados Cherry

Malpighia glabra

Least Concern

Barbados nut

Jatropha curcas

Not Evaluated

Barbicou-bean

Canavalia brasiliensis

Not Evaluated

Barley Brome

Bromus hordeaceus

Least Concern

Barnyard Grass

Echinochloa crus-galli

Not Evaluated

Barrel Cactus

Melocactus intortus

Least Concern

basket fern

Nephrolepis pectinata

Not Evaluated

Basketgrass

Oplismenus hirtellus

Not Evaluated

basket wiss

Trichostigma octandrum

Not Evaluated

bastard-box

Eucalyptus microtheca

Least Concern

bastard-box

Eucalyptus longifolia

Vulnerable

Bastard Catclaw

Microgramma lycopodioides

Not Evaluated

Bastard Cedar

Calocedrus decurrens

Least Concern

bastard-cedar

Guazuma ulmifolia

Least Concern

Bastard Cress

Thlaspi arvense

Least Concern

Bastard Cress

Lepidium campestre

Least Concern

bay barnacle

Amphibalanus improvisus

Not Evaluated

Bay Biscayne creeping-oxeye

Sphagneticola trilobata

Not Evaluated

bay-cedar

Suriana maritima

Least Concern

Beach Bean

Canavalia rosea

Least Concern

Beach Dropseed

Sporobolus virginicus

Least Concern

Beach moonflower

Ipomoea violacea

Not Evaluated

Beach Morning Glory

Ipomoea pes-caprae

Least Concern

beach palm

Bactris major

Least Concern

Beach sheoak

Casuarina equisetifolia

Not Evaluated

Beach spiderlily

Hymenocallis littoralis

Not Evaluated

Beaked Earthstar

Geastrum pectinatum

Least Concern

beaked tasselweed

Ruppia maritima

Extinct

Beanweed

Scytosiphon lomentaria

Least Concern

Bearded Catasetum

Catasetum barbatum

Not Evaluated

Bearded Dapperling

Cystolepiota seminuda

Least Concern

Bearded Iris

Iris germanica

Not Evaluated

Bearss lime

Citrus latifolia

Not Evaluated

Beauty Of The Night

Mirabilis jalapa

Least Concern

Beechleaf Bonnet

Mycena capillaris

Least Concern

Beechmast Candlesnuff

Xylaria carpophila

Least Concern

Beefsteak

Perilla frutescens

Least Concern

Green Anaconda

Eunectes murinus

Least Concern

Beehive Ginger

Zingiber spectabile

Data Deficient

Beet

Beta vulgaris

Vulnerable

Beet Downy Mildew

Peronospora farinosa

Not Evaluated

Green Iguana

Iguana iguana

Least Concern

Beggar'S Button

Arctium minus

Least Concern

Blackberry, Bramble

Rubus fruticosus

Not Evaluated

black-box

Eucalyptus largiflorens

Vulnerable

Blackbutt eucalyptus

Eucalyptus pilularis

Near Threatened

Black Currant

Ribes nigrum

Least Concern

Black Elder

Sambucus nigra

Least Concern

Blackening Wax-Cap

Hygrocybe conica

Least Concern

Black Eyed Susan

Thunbergia alata

Not Evaluated

Black gram

Vigna mungo

Not Evaluated

blackheart

Guianodendron praeclarum

Least Concern

Black Hemlock

Tsuga canadensis

Not Evaluated

Black Locust

Robinia pseudoacacia

Not Evaluated

Black Mangrove

Avicennia germinans

Least Concern

Black Medic

Medicago lupulina

Not Evaluated

Black mimosa

Mimosa pigra

Least Concern

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