List of endangered flora of Brazil

This is a partial list of the endangered flora of Brazil as listed under an act published in Portaria 37-N de 3 de abril de 1992 (Act No 37-N on April 3, 1992) by IBAMA.

Categories[]

Species are classified in four groups, set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, and degree of population and distribution fragmentation.

• Critically Endangered (CR) - Portuguese: Rara (R)
• Endangered (EN) - Portuguese: Em perigo (E)
• Vulnerable (VU) - Portuguese: Vulnerável (V)
• Data Deficient (DD) - Portuguese: Indeterminada (I)

Official state lists of endangered flora[]

• Official list of endangered flora of Bahia Official endangered flora of Bahia map
• Official list of endangered flora of Espírito Santo
• Official list of endangered flora of Minas Gerais
• Official list of endangered flora of Rio Grande do Sul

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Anacardiaceae[]

• Astronium fraxinifolium Schott - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Piauí, and Rio Grande do Norte.

• Astronium urundeuva Engl. - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Piauí, and Rio Grande do Norte.

Araucariaceae[]

• Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo

Arecaceae[]

• Toledo - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Minas Gerais and São Paulo

Asclepiadaceae[]

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Area of geographic distribution:

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Asteraceae[]

• (spelled Aspilia grasielae in the bill) - Category: Data Deficient (DD)

Area of geographic distribution: Mato Grosso do Sul

• (Huber) - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Pará

• Backer - Category: Data Deficient (DD)

Area of geographic distribution: Rio Grande do Norte

• Backer - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Rio Grande do Norte

Bromeliaceae[]

• Aechmea apocalyptica - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Paraná, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo

• Aechmea blumenavii - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Santa Catarina

• Aechmea kleinii - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Santa Catarina

• - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Santa Catarina

• Billbergia alfonsi-joannis - Category: Endangered (EN)

Area of geographic distribution: Espírito Santo and Santa Catarina

Caesalpinioideae[]

• Steud. - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia and Rio de Janeiro

• Caesalpinia echinata Lam. - Category: Endangered (EN)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte and Rio de Janeiro

Chrysobalanaceae[]

• Fritsch

Costaceae[]

• Costus cuspidatus (Nees & Mart.) Maas

Area of geographic distribution:

• Maas

Area of geographic distribution:

• Maas

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Dicksoniaceae[]

• Dicksonia sellowiana Hook.

Area of geographic distribution:

Faboideae[]

• Spruce ex Benth. (spelled Bowdickia nitida in the bill) - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Amazonas, Pará and Rondônia.

• Dalbergia nigra (Vell.) Allemão ex Benth. - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia and Espírito Santo

Lauraceae[]

• Ducke - Category: Endangered (EN)

Area of geographic distribution: Amazonas, Pará

• Nees - Category:

Area of geographic distribution:

Lecythidaceae[]

• Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl. - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Acre, Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará and Rondônia.

• Cariniana ianeirensis Kunth

Area of geographic distribution:

Moraceae[]

• Taub.

Area of geographic distribution:

• Brosimum glaziovii Taub.

Area of geographic distribution:

• Dorstenia arifolioa Lam. - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo

• Dorstenia cayapia - Category: Endangered (EN)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo

• Dorstenia elata - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro

• - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Rio de Janeiro

• - Category: Endangered (EN)

Area of geographic distribution: Rio de Janeiro

• Dorstenia ramosa - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Rio de Janeiro

• Dorstenia tenuis - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Paraná and Santa Catarina

Orchidaceae[]

• Cattleya schilleriana Rchb.f.

Area of geographic distribution: endemic to Bahia, extinct in the wild.

Sapotaceae[]

• Roem. & Schult. var. excelsa (DC) Mig.

Area of geographic distribution:

See also[]

• Conservation in Brazil
• Wildlife of Brazil
• List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Pantanal vegetation of Brazil

References[]

• (in Portuguese) IBAMA Lista oficial de espécies da flora brasileira ameaçada de extinção (Official list of endangered flora of Brazil) Portaria 37-N de 3 de abril de 1992 (Act No 37-N on April 3, 1992).