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Plants 167 - Systematic Listing

(165 speciess + 2 forms with special treatment that are not considered at the species level)

Number of records: 199

Last update: 04/10/2026 23:40:29

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Brazil

General Information

Brazil is located in the central-east of South America, being the largest and most populous country on the continent. It is bounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the east, and shares borders with all countries in South America, except Chile and Ecuador. Its geographical position is unique, as it covers a large part of the South American territory, from the Amazon rainforest in the north to the pampas in the south. Brazil is a federal country, divided into 26 states and over 5,500 municipalities, which reflects its great geographical and cultural diversity.

As for how to get to Brazil, there are several transportation options. The country has a network of well-connected international airports, with the main ones being São Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport and Rio de Janeiro-Galeão International Airport. Additionally, Brazil has an extensive network of highways and roads that connect the main cities and regions of the country. The cities of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro are the main transportation hubs, and from there you can take flights, buses, or cars to reach other parts of the country. It is essential to note that, depending on the region and time of year, some roads and highways may be closed or difficult to access due to adverse weather conditions.

Brazil is a country with a great diversity of natural environments and landscapes. The Amazon rainforest, which covers a large part of the north of the country, is one of the richest and most biodiverse ecosystems on the planet. In the south, the pampas and fields offer a more open and rolling landscape. The Brazilian coast, which stretches for over 7,000 kilometers, offers a wide variety of beaches, bays, and cliffs. In the interior of the country, there are mountains, plateaus, and valleys, which offer a more rugged and diverse landscape. The vegetation in Brazil is also very varied, from the dense tropical rainforest to the grasslands and savannas. The climate in Brazil is tropical in most of the country, with warm temperatures and high humidity levels throughout the year.

In terms of logistics for visiting and exploring Brazil, it is essential to consider that the country is very large and diverse, and each region has its own characteristics and challenges. In general, the larger and more touristy cities, such as Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, offer good infrastructure for visitors, with hotels, restaurants, and transportation services. However, in more remote and rural areas, the infrastructure may be more limited, and it is essential to plan ahead and be prepared for more basic conditions. It is recommended to research and plan ahead, especially if you plan to visit more remote areas or during the rainy season. Additionally, it is essential to respect local norms and regulations, especially in protected areas and national parks.

In summary, Brazil is a country with great geographical and cultural diversity, offering a wide variety of landscapes and natural environments. With good planning and preparation, it is possible to explore and enjoy the beauty and richness of this country, from the Amazon rainforest to the beaches and mountains of the south.



Compilation and publication: EcoRegistros – 18/07/2026











  Order Family English Common Name Spanish Common Name Portuguese Common Name Scientific Name Belonging Records Chance of observation Conservation status Notes
1AlismatalesAraceaeAllagoptera arenariaNative1III
  
2Butia catarinensisNative1III
  
3DuckweedLenteja Del AguaLemna minutaNative1III
  
4Philodendron wullschlaegeliiNative1III
  
5Rhaphidophora decursivaExotic1III
  
6SpathiphyllumSpathiphyllum wallisiiNative1III
  
7AquifolialesAquifoliaceaeIlex microdontaNative1III
  
8ArecalesAracaceaeMauritiella armataNative1III
  
9ArecaceaeAiphanes horridaExotic1III
  
10Palmeira-indaiáAttalea dubiaNative1III
  
11Urucuri PalmMotacúUrucurizeiroAttalea phalerataNative3V
  
12PupunhaBactris gasipaesNative2IV
  
13Bactris glaucescensNative1III
  
14TucumBactris setosaNative3V
  
15CoconutCocoteroCoqueiroCocos nuciferaNative1III
  
16Caranday Wax PalmPalmera CarandayCarandáCopernicia albaNative1III
  
17JuçaraPalmitoJuçaraEuterpe edulisNative4VI
  
18GuaricanaGeonoma gamiovaNative1III
  
19Phoenix reclinataExotic1III
  
20Palmera ImperialRoystonea oleraceaNative1III
  
21Queen PalmPindóJeriváSyagrus romanzoffianaNative2IV
  
22AsparagalesAlstroemeriaceaeLluviaBomarea edulisNative1III
  
23AmaryllidaceaeZephyranthes robustaNative1III
  
24AsparagaceaeFurcraea foetidaNative1III
  
25IridaceaeLirio CelesteCypella coelestisNative1III
  
26Walking IrisLirio CaminanteNeomarica candidaNative1III
  
27OrchidaceaeAcianthera saundersianaNative1III
  
28Bambu OrchidOrquidea BambúArundina graminifoliaNative1III
  
29Cleistes montanaNative1III
  
30Dichaea pendulaNative1III
  
31Elleanthus brasiliensisNative1III
  
32Epidendrum proligerumNative1III
  
33Eulophia maculataNative1III
  
34Eurystyles actinosophilaNative1III
  
35Gomesa flexuosaNative1III
  
36Liparis nervosaNative1III
  
37Mesadenella pumilaNative1III
  
38Octomeria crassifoliaNative1III
  
39Paradisanthus micranthusNative1III
  
40Phymatidium microphyllumNative1III
  
41Prosthechea glumaceaNative1III
  
42Psilochilus modestusNative1III
  
43Rodriguezia decoraNative1III
  
44Vanilla chamissonisNative1III
  
45AsteralesAsteraceaeBaccharis nummulariaNative1III
  
46Cipó-cambraiaPiptocarpha oblongaNative1III
  
47Vernonanthura patensNative1III
  
48CampanulaceaeEstrellitaHippobroma longifloraNative1III
  
49MenyanthaceaeNymphaea sp.Native1III
  
50Nymphoides indicaNative1III
  
51CaryophyllalesCactaceaeReina De La Noche SudamericanaCereus hildmannianusNative1III
  
52Cactus-da-mata-atlanticaRhipsalis pachypteraNative2IV
  
53Selenicereus anthonyanusNative1III
  
54NyctaginaceaeGreat BougainvilleaSanta RitaSempre-lustrosaBougainvillea spectabilisNative1III
  
55CommelinalesCommelinaceaeDichorisandra thyrsifloraNative1III
  
56Zebrina PendulaZebrinaTradescantia zebrinaNative1III
  
57CucurbitalesBegoniaceaeBegonia subvillosaNative1III
  
58CucurbitaceaeSicyos edulisNative1III
  
59CyathealesCyatheaceaeCachí BravoAlsophila setosaNative1III
  
60Cyathea corcovadensisNative2IV
  
61Cyathea delgadiiNative2IV
  
62Samambaiaçu-medalhadaCyathea phalerataNative1III
  
63CycadalesZamiaceaeZamia pumilaExotic1III
  
64DillenialesDilleniaceaeCipó-cabocloDavilla rugosaNative1III
  
65EricalesPrimulaceaeMyrsine guianensisNative1III
  
66SapotaceaeAguaíChrysophyllum inornatumNative1III
  
67Manilkara zapotaExotic1III
  
68Abiu-do-matoPouteria durlandiiNative1III
  
69StyracaceaeStyrax leprosusNative1III
  
70FabalesFabaceaeKalahari White BauhiniaBauhinia petersianaNative1III
  
71Peacock FlowerBigotilloCaesalpinia pulcherrimaNative1III
  
72GallitoCentrosema virginianumNative1III
  
73Macropsychanthus violaceusNative1III
  
74Mimosa SensitivaMimosa pudicaNative1III
  
75Mucuna urensNative1III
  
76GuapuruvúSchizolobium parahybaNative2IV
  
77Pau-cigarraSenna multijugaNative1III
  
78GentianalesApocynaceaeGolden TrumpetTrompeta AmarillaAllamanda catharticaNative1III
  
79FrangipaniCacalosúchilPlumeria rubraNative1III
  
80Stipecoma peltigeraNative1III
  
81Adelfa AmarillaThevetia peruvianaNative1III
  
82RubiaceaeBathysa australisNative1III
  
83Psychotria hastisepalaNative1III
  
84Cravo-negroPsychotria nudaNative1III
  
85GleichenialesGleicheniaceaeGleichenella pectinataNative1III
  
86LamialesAcanthaceaeJusticia carneaNative1III
  
87BignoniaceaeHandroanthus albusNative1III
  
88Handroanthus serratifoliusNative1III
  
89VerbenaceaeCommon LantanaLantanaCamaráLantana camaraNative1III
  
90LauralesLauraceaeCryptocarya aschersonianaNative1III
  
91GuaicaLouroOcotea puberulaNative1III
  
92AvocadoPaltaPersea americanaNative1III
  
93LycopodialesLycopodiaceaeLycopodium clavatumNative1III
  
94MagnolialesAnnonaceaeAraticumAnnona mucosaNative2IV
  
95MagnoliaceaeFicus organensisNative1III
  
96MalpighialesClusiaceaeBacupariGarcinia gardnerianaNative2IV
  
97OchnaceaeCespedesia spathulataNative1III
  
98PassifloraceaePassiflora foetidaNative1III
  
99Passiflora mansoiNative1III
  
100SalicaceaeXylosma pseudosalzmaniiNative1III
  
101TurneraceaeBrillalasonceTurnera subulataNative2IV
  
102MalvalesBixaceaeUrucúBixa orellanaNative1III
  
103MalvaceaeCeiba jasminodoraNative1III
  
104GuásimaGuazuma ulmifoliaNative1III
  
105Rosa ChinaHibiscus rosa-sinensisNative1III
  
106Castanha-da-praiaPachira glabraNative3V
  
107MyrtalesCombretaceaeOrange Flame VineCepillo De MonoEscova-de-macaco-alaranjadaCombretum fruticosumNative1III
  
108MelastomataceaeCapuchinha Do CerradoMacairea radulaNative1III
  
109Miconia cinerascensNative1III
  
110Pleroma heteromallumNative2IV
  
111Pleroma mutabileNative1III
  
112Pleroma urvilleanumNative1III
  
113Manacá-da-serraTibouchina mutabilisNative2IV
  
114MyrtaceaeFeijoaGuayaba De BrasilAcca sellowianaNative1III
  
115Palo BarrosoBlepharocalyx salicifoliusNative1III
 VU 
116Campomanesia rhombeaNative1III
  
117GuabiráCampomanesia xanthocarpaNative1III
  
118Pau-alazãoEugenia multicostataNative1III
  
119GuapixavaMyrcia spectabilisNative1III
  
120GuaporangaMyrcia strigipesNative1III
  
121Guayabo Colorado GiganteAraçaranáMyrcianthes giganteaNative1III
  
122JabuticabaPlinia caulifloraNative1III
  
123Siphoneugena reitziiNative1III
  
124Rose AppleSyzygium jambosNative1III
  
125VochysiaceaeGuaricicaVochysia bifalcataNative1III
  
126Vochysia divergensNative1III
  
127NymphaealesNymphaeaceaeWater LilyNymphaea pulchellaNative2IV
  
128Victoria RegiaVitória-régiaVictoria amazonicaNative2IV
  
129IrupéVictoria cruzianaNative1III
  
130PandanalesVelloziaceaeVellozia squamataNative1III
  
131PinalesAraucariaceaeParaná PinePino ParanáPinheiro-do-paranáAraucaria angustifoliaNative3V
 CR 
132PiperalesAristolochiaceaeAristolochia giganteaExotic1III
  
133PoalesBromeliaceaeAechmea comataNative2IV
  
134Aechmea nudicaulisNative1III
  
135PineapplePiñaAnanas comosusNative1III
  
136AnanásAnanas fritzmuelleriNative1III
  
137Clavel JaponésBillbergia nutansNative1III
  
138Dyckia encholirioidesNative1III
  
139BroméliaNidularium innocentiiNative3V
  
140Tillandsia gardneriNative1III
  
141Tillandsia mallemontiiNative1III
  
142Tillandsia tenuifoliaNative1III
  
143Vriesea carinataNative1III
  
144Vriesea giganteaNative2IV
  
145Vriesea guttataNative1III
  
146GravatáVriesea incurvataNative2IV
  
147CyperaceaeCyperus pedunculatusNative1III
  
148TyphaceaeBulrushTotoraTypha domingensisNative1III
  
149PolypodialesBlechnaceaeSalpichlaena volubilisNative1III
  
150PolypodiaceaeSuela ConsuelaMicrogramma vacciniifoliaNative1III
  
151Pleopeltis hirsutissimaNative1III
  
152Pleopeltis lepidopterisNative1III
  
153PteridaceaeAcrostichum danaeifoliumNative1III
  
154Adiantum pentadactylonNative1III
  
155ProtealesProteaceaeRoupala montanaNative1III
  
156RosalesMoraceaeYacaJaqueiraArtocarpus heterophyllusExotic1III
  
157UrticaceaeAmbayCecropia pachystachyaNative1III
  
158Pilea cadiereiNative1III
  
159SapindalesAnacardiaceaeAnacardium occidentaleNative1III
  
160ChichitaSchinus terebinthifoliusNative1III
  
161MeliaceaeCancharanaCabralea canjeranaNative1III
  
162ZingiberalesCostaceaeCana-do-brejoCostus spicatusNative1III
  
163HeliconiaceaeHeliconia farinosaNative1III
  
164HelicôniaHeliconia vellozianaNative2IV
  
165MarantaceaeCtenanthe setosaNative1III
  
166StrelitziaceaeRavenala madagascariensisExotic2IV
  
167ZingiberaceaeWhite Ginger LilyCaña De AmbarLírio-do-brejoHedychium coronariumNative2IV
  
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