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]
Apocynaceae
- Aspidosperma
- Aspidosperma oblongum A.DC.
- Hancornia
- Hancornia speciosa Gomes
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
- Leopoldinia
- Lepidocaryum
- Oenocarpus
- Oenocarpus bacaba Mart.
- Oenocarpus balickii
- Oenocarpus bataua
- Socratea
- 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
- Hevea brasiliensis Müll.Arg. - Pará rubber tree or Seringueira
- Hura
- Hura crepitans L. (= Hura brasiliensis Wild.)
- Manihot
- Micrandropsis
Fabaceae
Heliconiaceae
- Heliconia
- Heliconia burle-marxii Emygdio