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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
233
CR + EN + VU
Population
212559409
Area
8515767 km²

Conservation Status Overview

Critically Endangered 33
Endangered 84
Vulnerable 116
Near Threatened 94
Least Concern 1196
Data Deficient 69
Not Evaluated 2666
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

West Indian showertree

Senna bacillaris

Least Concern

Roman cassie

Vachellia caven

Least Concern

False meadowbeauty

Pterolepis glomerata

Not Evaluated

Leafless Ghost Plant

Voyria aphylla

Not Evaluated

arid-land peperomia

Peperomia blanda

Least Concern

golden coral shrimp

Stenopus spinosus

Not Evaluated

Black Maho

Xylopia cayennensis

Least Concern

carnauba palm

Copernicia prunifera

Not Evaluated

brown-rhatany,-ceará-rhatany

Krameria argentea

Not Evaluated

prickly hornwort

Ceratophyllum muricatum

Least Concern

Annual Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Not Evaluated

Fragile Dapperling

Leucocoprinus fragilissimus

Not Evaluated

Japanese Cherry

Prunus serrulata

Not Evaluated

Rice

Oryza sativa

Not Evaluated

goatweed

Capraria biflora

Not Evaluated

Sea Vase

Ciona intestinalis

Least Concern

Inocybe curvipes

Least Concern

Lilac Mushroom

Agaricus porphyrizon

Least Concern

Aspergillus niger

Not Evaluated

Aulacoseira distans

Not Evaluated

Xylaria corniformis

Endangered

Echinoderma calcicola

Endangered

Peronospora debaryi

Not Evaluated

Tulostoma fimbriatum

Endangered

Sphacelaria tribuloides

Not Evaluated

Tryblionella gracilis

Not Evaluated

Protoperidinium quarnerense

Not Evaluated

Disciseda candida

Critically Endangered

Mycenastrum corium

Endangered

mule-ear orchid

Trichocentrum pumilum

Not Evaluated

Amazon water-lily

Victoria amazonica

Not Evaluated

Achnanthes longipes

Not Evaluated

Acinetospora crinita

Not Evaluated

Achlya bisexualis

Not Evaluated

Antrodiella semisupina

Not Evaluated

Apothecary Rose

Rosa gallica

Not Evaluated

Arcyria incarnata

Not Evaluated

Biscogniauxia repanda

Vulnerable

Ceratium hirundinella

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros diversus

Not Evaluated

Chaetoceros pendulum

Not Evaluated

Cerataulina dentata

Not Evaluated

Chrysochromulina ahrengotii

Not Evaluated

Ceratium trichoceros

Not Evaluated

Common bamboo

Bambusa vulgaris

Not Evaluated

Colletotrichum lindemuthianum

Not Evaluated

Comatricha elegans

Not Evaluated

Cladonia novochlorophaea

Least Concern

coast redwood

Sequoia sempervirens

Endangered

Common Oak

Quercus robur

Least Concern

Coniocarpon cinnabarinum

Critically Endangered

Coprinopsis stercorea

Least Concern

Craterium leucocephalum

Not Evaluated

Cylindrotheca closterium

Not Evaluated

Discostella pseudostelligera

Not Evaluated

Cyclidiopsis acus

Not Evaluated

Dictyota dichotoma

Vulnerable

Dinobryon divergens

Not Evaluated

Dinophysis pulchella

Not Evaluated

Drone-Bee

Apis mellifera

Not Evaluated

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