List of plants of the Amazon rainforest of Brazil

This is a list of plants found in the wild in Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil. The estimates from useful plants suggested that there are 800 plant species of economic or social value in this forest, according to Giacometti (1990).^[1]

This list is incomplete; you can help by . (August 2008)

Annonaceae[]

Plant unknown

Apocynaceae[]

• Aspidosperma
  • A.DC.
• Hancornia
  • Hancornia speciosa

Arecaceae[]

• Attalea
  • Attalea speciosa
• Aphandra
  • Aphandra natalia ( & A.J.Hend.) Barfod
• Astrocaryum
  • Astrocaryum chambira Burret
  • Astrocaryum faranae &
  • Astrocaryum ferrugineum &
  • Astrocaryum jauari Mart.
  • Astrocaryum murumuru Mart.
  • Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.
• Attalea
  • Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart.
• Bactris
  • Bactris gasipaes Kunth
• Chamaedorea
• Chelyocarpus
  • Chelyocarpus ulei
• Desmoncus
• Dictyocaryum
• Euterpe
  • Euterpe oleracea Mart.
  • Euterpe precatoria
• Hyospathe
• Iriartea
  • Iriartea deltoidea
• Iriartella
  • Iriartella stenocarpa
• Leopoldinia
  • Leopoldinia piassaba Wallace
• Lepidocaryum
  • Lepidocaryum tenue
• Oenocarpus
  • Oenocarpus bacaba Mart.
  • Oenocarpus bataua
• Socratea
  • Socratea exorrhiza Mart.
• Syagrus
  • Syagrus smithii
• Wettinia

Bromeliaceae[]

• Aechmea
  • Aechmea chantinii (Carrière) Baker
  • (= Aechmea meeana E.Pereira & Reitz)

Chrysobalanaceae[]

• Acioa
  • Acioa edulis Prance
• Couepia
  • Couepia longipendula
• Licania
  • Licania rigida

Clusiaceae[]

• Platonia
  • Platonia insignis Mart. (= Aristoclesia esculenta Stuntz) - Bakury

Euphorbiaceae[]

• Alchornea
  • Alchornea castaneifolia (Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.Juss. - Iporuru
  • Alchornea triplinervia (Spreng.) Müll.Arg.
• Croton
• Hevea
  • Hevea brasiliensis Müll.Arg. - Pará rubber tree or Seringueira
• Hura
  • Hura crepitans L. (= Hura brasiliensis Wild.)
• Manihot
  • Manihot esculenta - Manioc
• Micrandropsis
  • Micrandropsis scleroxylon

Fabaceae[]

Caesalpinioideae[]

• Vouacapoua
  • Vouacapoua americana Aubl.

Heliconiaceae[]

• Heliconia

Lecythidaceae[]

• Allantoma
  • Allantoma lineata Miers
• Couroupita
  • Couroupita guianensis Aubl.

Malpighiaceae[]

• Tetrapterys
  • Tetrapterys methystica R.E.Schult.

Malvaceae[]

• Apeiba
  • Apeiba albiflora Ducke
• Quararibea
  • Quararibea cordata Vischer

Meliaceae[]

• Carapa
  • Carapa guianensis Aubl.

Myrtaceae[]

• Eugenia
  • Eugenia stipitata McVaugh - Araza

Olacaceae[]

• Minquartia
  • Minquartia guianensis Aublet

Orchidaceae[]

• Cattleya
  • Cattleya violacea

Rubiaceae[]

• Cinchona
  • Cinchona officinalis L.

See also[]

• 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
• Official list of endangered flora of Brazil

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