List of plants of the Amazon rainforest of Brazil

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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 adding missing items. (August 2008)

Annonaceae

Plant unknown

Apocynaceae

Aspidosperma
- Aspidosperma oblongum A.DC.
Hancornia
- Hancornia speciosa Gomes

Arecaceae

Attalea
- Attalea speciosa
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
- Attalea maripa (Aubl.) Mart.
Bactris
- Bactris gasipaes Kunth
Chamaedorea
- Chamaedorea pinnatifrons
Chelyocarpus
- Chelyocarpus ulei
Desmoncus
- Desmoncus giganteus
- Desmoncus mitis
Dictyocaryum
- Dictyocaryum ptarianum
Euterpe
- Euterpe oleracea Mart.
- Euterpe precatoria
- Euterpe longevaginata
Hyospathe
- Hyospathe elegans
Iriartea
- Iriartea deltoidea
Iriartella
- Iriartella stenocarpa
Leopoldinia
- Leopoldinia piassaba Wallace
Lepidocaryum
- Lepidocaryum tenue
Oenocarpus
- Oenocarpus bacaba Mart.
- Oenocarpus balickii
- Oenocarpus bataua
Socratea
- Socratea exorrhiza Mart.
- Socratea salazari
Syagrus
- Syagrus smithii
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
- Alchornea castaneifolia (Bonpl. ex Willd.) A.Juss. - Iporuru
- Alchornea triplinervia (Spreng.) Müll.Arg.
Croton
- Croton lanjouwensis
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
- Heliconia burle-marxii Emygdio

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

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.