Over 25 Thousand Species In Brazil’s Flora Are Endemic

By Vitor Abdala 

More than 25 thousand Brazilian native species of plants, algae, and fungi are endemic—i.e. they only exist naturally in the country. This represents 55 percent of the total of Brazilian native species, which add up to 46.9 thousand. The data come from the study Flora of Brazil 2020, coordinated by Rio de...