List of plants of the Amazon rainforest
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] Additions are currently being made to this list.
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Flora definition Flora is the scientific word for plant.
Annonaceae
Plant unknown
Apocynaceae
- Aspidosperma
- Aspidosperma oblongum A.DC.
- Hancornia
Arecaceae
- Attalea
- Aphandra
- Aphandra natalia (Balslev & A.J.Hend.) Barfod
- Astrocaryum
- Astrocaryum chambira Burret
- Astrocaryum faranae F.Kahn. & E.Ferreira
- Astrocaryum ferrugineum F.Kahn. & B.Millán
- Astrocaryum jauari Mart.
- Astrocaryum murumuru Mart.
- Astrocaryum vulgare Mart.
- Attalea
- Bactris
- Chamaedorea
- Chamaedorea pinnatifrons
- Chelyocarpus
- Desmoncus
- Desmoncus giganteus
- Desmoncus mitis
- Dictyocaryum
- Dictyocaryum ptarianum
- Euterpe
- Euterpe oleracea Mart.
- Euterpe precatoria
- Euterpe longevaginata
- Hyospathe
- Hyospathe elegans
- Iriartea
- Iriartella
- Iriartella stenocarpa
- Leopoldinia
- Lepidocaryum
- Oenocarpus
- Oenocarpus bacaba Mart.
- Oenocarpus balickii
- Oenocarpus bataua
- rubicon
- Socratea exorrhiza Mart.
- Socratea salazari
- Syagrus
- Wettinia
- Wettinia augusta
Bromeliaceae
- Aechmea
- Aechmea chantinii (Carrière) Baker
- Aechmea rodriguesiana (= Aechmea meeana E.Pereira & Reitz)
Chrysobalanaceae
Clusiaceae
- Platonia
- Platonia insignis Mart. (= Aristoclesia esculenta Stuntz) - Bakury
Euphorbiaceae
- Alchornea
- Croton
- Croton lanjouwensis
- Hevea
- Hura
- Hura crepitans L. (= Hura brasiliensis Wild.)
- Manihot
- Micrandropsis
Fabaceae
Caesalpinioideae
Heliconiaceae
- Heliconia
- Heliconia burle-marxii Emygdio
Lecythidaceae
Malpighiaceae
- Tetrapterys
Malvaceae
Meliaceae
Myrtaceae
Olacaceae
Orchidaceae
Rubiaceae
References
- ↑ Giacometti, D.C. (1990). "Estratégias de coleta e conservação de germoplasma hortícola da América tropical". Proc. Simpósio Latinoamericano sobre recursos genéticos de espécies hortícolas. Fundação Cargill: 91–110.
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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