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

Arecaceae

Bromeliaceae

Chrysobalanaceae

Clusiaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Fabaceae

Caesalpinioideae

Heliconiaceae

Lecythidaceae

Malpighiaceae

Malvaceae

Meliaceae

Myrtaceae

Olacaceae

Orchidaceae

Rubiaceae

References

  1. 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

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