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Brazil

South America · South America

Total Species
4332
Threatened
122
CR + EN + VU
Population
212559409
Area
8515767 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

Downy Safflower

Carthamus lanatus

Not Evaluated

drooping bottlebrush

Callistemon viminalis

Not Evaluated

Drummond's phlox

Phlox drummondii

Not Evaluated

Duckweed

Lemna perpusilla

Least Concern

Duckweed

Lemna aequinoctialis

Not Evaluated

Dudley'S Rush

Juncus tenuis

Least Concern

Cottony cushion scale

Icerya purchasi

Not Evaluated

Dumbcane

Dieffenbachia seguine

Not Evaluated

Dumb-Nettle

Galinsoga parviflora

Not Evaluated

Dune Sandbur

Cenchrus tribuloides

Least Concern

Dung Bird'S Nest

Cyathus stercoreus

Critically Endangered

Dunn's White Gum

Eucalyptus dunnii

Near Threatened

Dutchman's Pipe

Aristolochia trilobata

Least Concern

ant-tree

Triplaris americana

Not Evaluated

Antilles heliotrope

Euploca lagoensis

Not Evaluated

Creeping inchplant

Callisia repens

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Bulrush

Cyperus subsquarrosus

Least Concern

Dwarf cupflower

Nierembergia linariifolia

Not Evaluated

Dwarf Fan Palm

Chamaerops humilis

Least Concern

Dwarf Hair-Grass

Eleocharis parvula

Vulnerable

Dwarf lilyturf

Ophiopogon japonicus

Not Evaluated

Erect Hedge-Parsley

Torilis japonica

Least Concern

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

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