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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

Long-Leaf Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium longifolium

Least Concern

Clubbed begonia

Begonia cucullata

Not Evaluated

Puerto Rico Jointvetch

Ctenodon gracilis

Least Concern

Club Root

Plasmodiophora brassicae

Not Evaluated

Clustered Dock

Rumex conglomeratus

Least Concern

Cockroach berry

Solanum capsicoides

Not Evaluated

Cockspur

Casearia aculeata

Least Concern

Cockspur Vine

Pisonia aculeata

Least Concern

cocoa

Theobroma cacao

Not Evaluated

Coliseum-Ivy

Cymbalaria muralis

Not Evaluated

Colombian waxweed

Cuphea carthagenensis

Least Concern

Collared Earthstar

Geastrum triplex

Near Threatened

East Indian lemongrass

Cymbopogon flexuosus

Not Evaluated

Thatching grass

Hyparrhenia hirta

Not Evaluated

Colonial bentgrass

Agrostis capillaris

Least Concern

Palm-Leaf Selenipedium

Selenipedium palmifolium

Near Threatened

lobster-claws

Vriesea carinata

Not Evaluated

Ricefield flatsedge

Cyperus iria

Not Evaluated

Common asparagus fern

Asparagus setaceus

Not Evaluated

Common brassbuttons

Cotula coronopifolia

Not Evaluated

Common Club Moss

Lycopodium clavatum

Not Evaluated

Common Coontail

Ceratophyllum demersum

Least Concern

common cord moss

Funaria hygrometrica

Not Evaluated

Common Cottonwood

Populus deltoides

Not Evaluated

Common Crabgrass

Digitaria ciliaris

Not Evaluated

Common Dill

Anethum graveolens

Not Evaluated

Common Eyelash

Scutellinia scutellata

Least Concern

Common Feverfew

Tanacetum parthenium

Least Concern

ten-commandments

Maranta leuconeura

Not Evaluated

cush-cush

Dioscorea trifida

Not Evaluated

Common Fig

Ficus carica

Not Evaluated

Common filbert

Corylus avellana

Least Concern

spiderweb chloris

Chloris pycnothrix

Not Evaluated

Common Foxglove

Digitalis purpurea

Not Evaluated

Common Fumitory

Fumaria officinalis

Least Concern

Trailing shrubverbena

Lantana montevidensis

Not Evaluated

Slipperwort

Calceolaria chelidonioides

Not Evaluated

Jointed Charlock

Raphanus raphanistrum

Least Concern

Basketplant

Callisia fragrans

Not Evaluated

musk okra

Abelmoschus moschatus

Not Evaluated

cat's-claw

Uncaria tomentosa

Not Evaluated

Striped Barbados lily

Hippeastrum striatum

Not Evaluated

Lavender scallops

Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi

Not Evaluated

joint-vetch

Aeschynomene americana

Least Concern

Common Mint

Mentha arvensis

Least Concern

Common Nodding Moss

Pohlia nutans

Least Concern

Common Orange Daylily

Hemerocallis fulva

Not Evaluated

Common Panicgrass

Panicum capillare

Not Evaluated

common princess palm

Dictyosperma album

Not Evaluated

Common Privet

Ligustrum vulgare

Least Concern

giant chincherinchee

Ornithogalum saundersiae

Not Evaluated

Florida hammock sandmat

Euphorbia ophthalmica

Not Evaluated

Common Rue

Ruta graveolens

Not Evaluated

Common Rush

Juncus conglomeratus

Least Concern

Variable-Leaved Crestwort

Lophocolea heterophylla

Least Concern

Macroalgae

Caulerpa brachypus

Not Evaluated

creeping-bluegrass

Bothriochloa insculpta

Not Evaluated

Dominican signal grass

Urochloa adspersa

Not Evaluated

Pink Bush Algae

Wrangelia penicillata

Not Evaluated

cherry-of-the-Rio-Grande

Eugenia cerasiflora

Not Evaluated

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