List of plants of the Amazon rainforest of Brazil
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List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation 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]
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Annonaceae
Plant unknown
Apocynaceae
- Aspidosperma
- A.DC.
- Hancornia
- Hancornia speciosa Gomes
Arecaceae
- Attalea
- Aphandra
- A.J.Hend.) Barfod
- Astrocaryum
- Astrocaryum chambira Burret
- Astrocaryum faranae F.Kahn. & E.Ferreira
- Astrocaryum ferrugineum F.Kahn. & B.Millán
- Mart.
- Mart.
- Mart.
- Attalea
- Mart.
- Bactris
- Kunth
- Chamaedorea
- Chelyocarpus
- Desmoncus
- Dictyocaryum
- Euterpe
- Hyospathe
- Iriartea
- Iriartea deltoidea
- Iriartella
- Leopoldinia
- Lepidocaryum
- Lepidocaryum tenue
- Oenocarpus
- Socratea
- Mart.
- Socratea salazari
- Syagrus
- Wettinia
Bromeliaceae
- Aechmea
- Carrière) Baker
- Aechmea rodriguesiana (= Aechmea meeana E.Pereira & Reitz)
Chrysobalanaceae
Clusiaceae
- Platonia
- Mart.(= Aristoclesia esculenta Stuntz) - Bakury
Euphorbiaceae
- Alchornea
- Iporuru
- Müll.Arg.
- Croton
- Hevea
- Pará rubber treeor Seringueira
- Hura
- Hura crepitans L. (= Hura brasiliensis Wild.)
- Manihot
- Manioc
- Micrandropsis
- Micrandropsis scleroxylon
Fabaceae
Caesalpinioideae
- Vouacapoua
- Aubl.
Heliconiaceae
Lecythidaceae
Malpighiaceae
- Tetrapterys
- R.E.Schult.
Malvaceae
Meliaceae
- Carapa
- Aubl.
Myrtaceae
- Eugenia
- Araza
Olacaceae
- Minquartia
- Minquartia guianensis Aublet
Orchidaceae
Rubiaceae
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
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.