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.
[Apocynaceae]
Aspidosperma- * Aspidosperma oblongum A.DC.Hancornia
- *Hancornia speciosa Gomes
[Arecaceae]
- Attalea
- * Attalea speciosa
- Aphandra
- * Aphandra natalia 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 Mart.Bactris
- * Bactris gasipaes KunthChamaedorea
- * Chamaedorea pinnatifrons
- Chelyocarpus
- * Chelyocarpus uleiDesmoncus
- * Desmoncus giganteus
- * Desmoncus mitisDictyocaryum
- * Dictyocaryum ptarianumEuterpe
- * Euterpe oleracea Mart.
- * Euterpe precatoria
- * Euterpe longevaginataHyospathe
- * Hyospathe elegansIriartea
- * Iriartea deltoideaIriartella
- * Iriartella stenocarpaLeopoldinia
- * Leopoldinia piassaba WallaceLepidocaryum
- * Lepidocaryum tenueOenocarpus
- * Oenocarpus bacaba Mart.
- * Oenocarpus balickii
- * Oenocarpus batauaSocratea
- * Socratea exorrhiza Mart.
- * Socratea salazariSyagrus
- * Syagrus smithiiWettinia
- * ''Wettinia augusta''
[Bromeliaceae]
Aechmea- * Aechmea chantinii Baker
- * ''Aechmea rodriguesiana''
[Chrysobalanaceae]
Acioa[Clusiaceae]
Platonia- * Platonia insignis Mart. - Bakury
[Euphorbiaceae]
Alchornea- * Alchornea castaneifolia A.Juss. - Iporuru
- * Alchornea triplinervia Müll.Arg.Croton
- * Croton lanjouwensis Hevea
- * Hevea brasiliensis Müll.Arg. - Pará rubber tree or SeringueiraHura
- * Hura crepitans L. Manihot
- * Manihot esculenta - Manioc Micrandropsis
- * ''Micrandropsis scleroxylon''
[Fabaceae]
[Caesalpinioideae]
Vouacapoua[Heliconiaceae]
Heliconia- * Heliconia burle-marxii Emygdio
[Lecythidaceae]
Allantoma[Malpighiaceae]
Tetrapterys[Malvaceae]
Apeiba[Meliaceae]
[Myrtaceae]
Eugenia[Olacaceae]
Minquartia[Orchidaceae]
Cattleya- * ''Cattleya violacea''