• List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Atlantic Forest 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
  Official list of endangered flora of Brazil
  This is the official list of endangered flora of Brazil. It is published in Portaria 37-N de 3 de abril de 1992 by IBAMA.- Categories :...
  
  

Acanthaceae

Acanthaceae

The family Acanthaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants containing almost 250 genera and about 2500 species....

• Anisacanthus
  Anisacanthus
  Anisacanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the bear's breeches family, Acanthaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ανισος , meaning "unequal," and ακανθος , meaning "thorn." Members of the genus are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas...
  
   brasiliensis
  Anisacanthus brasiliensis
  Anisacanthus brasiliensis is a plant native of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil.-External links:...
  
   Lindau
  Gustav Lindau
  Gustav Lindau , was a German mycologist and botanist.- Biography :Gustav Lindau studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener . He completed his doctoral thesis on the apothecia of lichens in1888...
  
  
• Anisacanthus trilobus
  Anisacanthus trilobus
  Anisacanthus trilobus is a plant native of Caatinga vegetation and Cerrado vegetation of Brazil.-See also:* List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil* List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil...
  
   Lindau
  Gustav Lindau
  Gustav Lindau , was a German mycologist and botanist.- Biography :Gustav Lindau studied natural history in Heidelberg and Berlin, where he studied under Simon Schwendener . He completed his doctoral thesis on the apothecia of lichens in1888...
  
  
• Lophostachys
  Lophostachys
  Lophostachys is a genus of plants in the family Acanthaceae.-Selected species:*Lophostachys cyanea*Lophostachys falcata*Lophostachys floribunda*Lophostachys laxiflora*Lophostachys montana*Lophostachys sessiliflora...
  
   floribunda
  Lophostachys floribunda
  Lophostachys floribunda is a plant native of Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation of Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.-See also:...
  
   Ness
  Ness
  - Places :* The Germanic word for promontory, found in Northern European placenames* Loch Ness, a large, deep, freshwater loch in the Scottish Highlands** Loch Ness Monster, a cryptid that is reputed to inhabit Loch Ness...
  
  
• Ruellia
  Ruellia
  Ruellia is a genus of flowering plants. Commonly known as ruellias or wild petunias, they are not closely related to petunias . Both genera belong to the same euasterid clade, however...
  
   asperula
  Ruellia asperula
  Ruellia asperula is a medicinal plant native to Brazil and classified as Caatinga vegetation and Cerrado vegetation....
  
   Benth. & Hook.f.
• Ruellia geminiflora
  Ruellia geminiflora
  Ruellia geminiflora, known locally as ipecacuanha-da-flor-roxa, is a species native to Argentina; Brazil, typically Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation; Guianas, and Venezuela. The roots of this plant contains possibly toxic substances....
  
   Kunth
  Carl Sigismund Kunth
  Carl Sigismund Kunth , also Karl Sigismund Kunth or anglicized as Charles Sigismund Kunth, was a German botanist...
  
  

Amaranthaceae

Amaranthaceae

The flowering plant family Amaranthaceae, the Amaranth family, contains about 176 genera and 2,400 species.- Description :Most of these species are herbs or subshrubs; very few are trees or climbers. Some species are succulent....

• Alternanthera
  Alternanthera
  Alternanthera is a genus of approximately 80 herbaceous plant species in Amaranthaceae, the amaranth family. It is a widespread genus with a cosmopolitan distribution....
  
   brasiliana (L.
  Carolus Linnaeus
  Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
  
  ) Kuntze
  Otto Kuntze
  Otto Carl Ernst Kuntze was a German botanist.-Biography:Otto Kuntze was born in Leipzig.An apothecary in his early career, he published an essay entitled Pocket Fauna of Leipzig. Between 1863 and...
  
  
• Alternanthera moquini (Webb
  Webb
  -Places:Antarctica*Webb Neve, the neve at the head of Seafarer Glacier*Webb Nunataks, a group of nunataks in the Neptune Range*Webb Peak, a peak at the west end of Crescent ScarpAustralia*Mount Webb National Park, QueenslandCanada*Webb, Saskatchewan*Webb No...
  
   ex Moq.
  Alfred Moquin-Tandon
  Christian Horace Benedict Alfred Moquin-Tandon was a French naturalist and doctor.Moquin-Tandon was professor of zoology at Marseille from 1829 until 1833, when he was appointed professor of botany and director of the botanical gardens at Toulouse. In 1850, he was sent by the French government to...
  
  ) Dusen
• Gomphrena
  Gomphrena
  Gomphrena the Globe amaranths, is a genus of plants in the family Amaranthaceae.Species include:*Gomphrena globosa - Globe amaranth*Gomphrena haageana - Strawberry globe amaranth*Gomphrena perennis - Glyphosate resistant...
  
   reticulata Seub.
• Gomphrena prostrata
  Gomphrena prostrata
  Gomphrena prostrata is a plant native to Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil, specially in Bahia and São Paulo. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.-See also:...
  
   Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
  
• Iresine
  Iresine
  Iresine is a genus of flowering plants in the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae. It contains 20 to 25 species, all of which are native to the American tropics. The generic name is derived from the Greek word εριος , meaning "wooly", referring to the trichome-covered flowers...
  
   polymorpha  Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
  

Anacardiaceae

Anacardiaceae

Anacardiaceae are a family of flowering plants bearing fruits that are drupes and in some cases producing urushiol, an irritant. Anacardiaceae include numerous genera with several of economic importance. Notable plants in this family include cashew , mango, poison ivy, sumac, smoke tree, and marula...

• Myracrodruon urundeuva
  Myracrodruon urundeuva
  Myracrodruon urundeuva is a timber tree, which is often used for beekeeping...
  
    M.Allemão
• Schinopsis
  Schinopsis
  Schinopsis is a genus of South American trees in the family Anacardiaceae. The species within this genus inhabit different regions of the Gran Chaco ecoregion including parts of northern Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay....
  
   brasiliensis Engl.
  Adolf Engler
  Heinrich Gustav Adolf Engler was a German botanist. He is notable for his work on plant taxonomy and phytogeography, like Die Natürlichen Pflanzenfamilien , edited with Karl A. E...
  
  
• Schinus
  Schinus
  Schinus is a genus of flowering trees and tall shrubs in the sumac family, Anacardiaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as pepper trees. The Peruvian Pepper Tree is the source of the spice known as pink peppercorns but can become serious invasive species outside their natural habitats...
  
   terebinthifolius Raddi
  Giuseppe Raddi
  Giuseppe Raddi was an Italian botanist.-Biography:He was apprenticed to a druggist, but obtained employment in the Museum of Natural History of Florence. Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, afterward became his protector, and in 1817 sent him to Brazil to study the cryptogams of the country...
  
  
• Spondias
  Spondias
  Spondias is a genus of flowering plants in the cashew family, Anacardiaceae. The genus consists of 17 described species, 7 of which are native to the Neotropics and about 10 are native to tropical Asia...
  
   tuberosa Arruda

Annonaceae

Annonaceae

Annonaceae, also called the custard apple familyis a family of flowering plants consisting of trees, shrubs or rarely lianas.With about 2300 to 2500 species and more than 130 genera,...

• Annona
  Annona
  Annona is a genus of flowering plants in the pawpaw/sugar apple family, Annonaceae. It is the second largest genus in the family after Guatteria, containing approximately 110 species of mostly neotropical and afrotropical trees and shrubs....
  
   coriacea
  Annona coriacea
  Annona coriacea is a fruit tree native to Brazil. Commonly known as soursop, its original habitat includes the ecoregions of Cerrado, Caatinga, and Pantanal. Its wood is used in constructions and toys. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.-References:*...
  
   Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
  
• Annona glabra Forssk.
  Peter Forsskål
  Peter Forsskål, sometimes spelled Pehr Forsskål, Peter Forskaol, Petrus Forskål or Pehr Forsskåhl, was a Swedish explorer, orientalist, naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.-Early life:...
  
  
• Annona spinescens Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
  
• Xylopia
  Xylopia
  Xylopia is a genus of plant in family Annonaceae. This genus is solely composed of trees, distribution of which is pantropical . It contains the following species :* Xylopia africana, Oliv....
  
   frutescens Aubl.
  Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet
  Jean Baptiste Christophore Fusée Aublet was a French pharmacist, botanist and explorer.Born in Salon-de-Provence, he joined the French East India Company and in 1752 was sent to Mauritius to establish a pharmacy and a botanical garden. He worked there for nine years...
  
  

Apocynaceae

Apocynaceae

The Apocynaceae or dogbane family is a family of flowering plants that includes trees, shrubs, herbs, and lianas.Many species are tall trees found in tropical rainforests, and most are from the tropics and subtropics, but some grow in tropical dry, xeric environments. There are also perennial herbs...

• Allamanda
  Allamanda
  Allamanda, also known as Yellow Bell, Golden Trumpet or Buttercup Flower, is a genus of tropical shrubs or vines belonging to the dogbane family .The genus Alamanda is native to South and Central America...
  
   anothearifolia A.DC.
• Allamanda blanchetii
  Allamanda blanchetii
  Allamanda blanchetii is an ornamental plant of Allamanda genus in the Apocynaceae family.-See also:*List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil...
  
   A.DC.
• Allamanda puberula
  Allamanda puberula
  Allamanda puberula is a species of Allamanda genus in the Apocynaceae family, which is native from Brazil, typically in Caatinga, and Cerrado vegetation...
  
   A.DC.
• Aspidosperma
  Aspidosperma
  Aspidosperma is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae.Species include:*Aspidosperma curranii*Aspidosperma cylindrocarpon*Aspidosperma darienense*Aspidosperma dasycarpon*Aspidosperma discolor...
  
   polyneuron
  Aspidosperma polyneuron
  Aspidosperma polyneuron is a timber tree native to Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, and Paraguay which is typical of Atlantic Forest vegetation...
  
   Müll.Arg.
• Aspidosperma populifolium
  Aspidosperma populifolium
  Aspidosperma populifolium is a tree native to Brazil, which is typical of Caatinga vegetation. In addition, it is useful for beekeeping. It was first described by Alphonse Pyrame de Candolle in 1844.-See also:*List of honey plants...
  
   A.DC.
• Aspidosperma pyricollum Müll.Arg.
• Condylocarpon isthmicum = Condylocarpus ishtimicum (Vell.) A.DC.
• Hancornia
  Hancornia
  Hancornia is a genus of flowering plant in the family Apocynaceae.-External links:...
  
   speciosa
  Hancornia speciosa
  Hancornia speciosa is a fruit, which is also a timber tree of Hancornia genus in the Apocynaceae family. This plant is native from Brazil, typically in Amazon Rainforest, Caatinga, and Cerrado vegetation. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius...
  
   Gomes
  Gomes
  Gomes is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname It derived from the given name Gomes which derived from the Visigothic word guma meaning "man".It may refer to:*Abel Gomes, Early surfboard builder, first hollow board Oahu 1910-1967...
  
  
• Himatanthus lancifolia (Müll.Arg.) Woodson
  Woodson
  -Places in the USA:* Woodson, Arkansas* Woodson, Illinois*Woodson, Oregon* Woodson, Texas* Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area, California* Woodson County, Kansas* Woodson Terrace, Missouri-Educational:* W.T. Woodson High School - Fairfax County, VA...
  
  
• Odontadenia lutea  (Vell.) Markgr.
• Peschiera
  Peschiera
  Peschiera may refer to:*a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae family*places in Italy:**Peschiera Borromeo, in the province of Milan**Peschiera del Garda, in the province of Verona...
  
   affinis (Müll.Arg.) Miers
  John Miers (botanist)
  John Miers, FRS FLS, knight grand cross of the Order of the Rose, was a British botanist and engineer, best known for his work on the flora of Chile and Argentina....
  
  

Arecaceae

Arecaceae

Arecaceae or Palmae , are a family of flowering plants, the only family in the monocot order Arecales. There are roughly 202 currently known genera with around 2600 species, most of which are restricted to tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate climates...

• Acrocomia aculeata
  Acrocomia aculeata
  Acrocomia aculeata is a species of palm native to tropical regions of the Americas, from southern Mexico and the Caribbean south to Paraguay and northern Argentina. Common names include Grugru Palm, Macaúba Palm, Coyol Palm, and Macaw Palm; synonyms include A. lasiospatha, A. sclerocarpa, A. totai,...
  
   (Jacq.
  Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin
  Nikolaus Joseph Freiherr von Jacquin or Baron Nikolaus von Jacquin. was a scientist who studied medicine, chemistry and botany....
  
  ) Lodd.
  Loddiges
  The Loddiges family managed one of the most notable of the eighteenth and nineteenth century plant nurseries that traded in and introduced exotic plants, trees, shrubs, ferns, palms and orchids into European gardens....
  
   ex Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
  
• Cocos capitata Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
  
• Cocos coronata Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
  
• Syagrus
  Syagrus
  Syagrus is a genus of 30 to 42 species of Arecaceae , native to South America, with one species endemic to the Lesser Antilles. The genus is closely related to the Cocos, or coconut genus, and many Syagrus species produce edible seeds similar to the coconut.-Description:Palms in this group have...
  
   comosa Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
  
• Syagrus flexuosa Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
   Becc.
  Odoardo Beccari
  Odoardo Beccari was an Italian naturalist perhaps best known for discovering the titan arum, the plant with the largest unbranched inflorescence in the world, in Sumatra in 1878...
  
  

Aristolochiaceae

Aristolochiaceae

The Aristolochiaceae, or the Birthwort family, are a family of flowering plants with 7 genera and about 400 species belonging to the order Piperales...

• Aristolochia
  Aristolochia
  Aristolochia is a large plant genus with over 500 species. Collectively known as birthworts, pipevines or Dutchman's pipes, they are the namesake of the family . They are widespread and occur in the most diverse climates. Some species, like A. utriformis and A...
  
   allemanii Hoehne
• Aristolochia brasiliensis Mart. et Zucc.
• Aristolochia cymbifera Mart. et Zucc.
• Aristolochia cordigera Willd. ex Klotzsch
• Aristolochia galeata Mart. et Zucc.
• Aristolochia gigantea
  Aristolochia gigantea
  Aristolochia gigantea is an ornamental plant native to Brazil, typical of Bahia and Minas Gerais vegetation...
  
   Mart. et Zucc.

Asteraceae

Asteraceae

The Asteraceae or Compositae , is an exceedingly large and widespread family of vascular plants. The group has more than 22,750 currently accepted species, spread across 1620 genera and 12 subfamilies...

• Acanthospermum
  Acanthospermum
  Acanthospermum is a genus of plants in the family Asteraceae, also known as Starburrs or Starburs....
  
   australe
  Acanthospermum australe
  Acanthospermum australe is an herbaceous plant...
  
   (Loef.) O. Kunze
• Acanthospermum hispidum
  Acanthospermum hispidum
  Acanthospermum hispidum is an annual plant in the family Asteraceae, which is native to Central and South America. This plant is cited as a weed in cotton culture in Brazil, and it is also used as a medicinal plant.-External links:** photos...
  
   DC.
• Dasyphyllum
  Dasyphyllum
  Dasyphyllum is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family.It contains the following species:* Dasyphyllum argenteum* Dasyphyllum diacanthoides* Dasyphyllum excelsum* Dasyphyllum lehmannii-External links:*...
  
   brasiliensis
• Eupatorium
  Eupatorium
  Eupatorium is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae, containing from 36 to 60 species depending on the classification system. Most are herbaceous perennial plants growing to 0.5–3 m tall. A few are shrubs. The genus is native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere....
  
   amygdalinum Lam.
• Eupatorium bracteatum Gardn.
• Eupatorium laevis DC.
• Gochnatia
  Gochnatia
  Gochnatia is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae. It is named for botanist Frédéric Karl Gochnat. The genus contains approximately 68 species of shrubs and subshrubs, nearly all of which are native to the American tropics...
  
   amplexifolia  (Gardn.) Cabr.
• Gochnatia blanchetiana (DC.) Cabr.
• Mikania
  Mikania
  Mikania is a genus of about 450 species in the family of Asteraceae.The name honors the Czech botanist Johann Christian Mikan. Members of the genus are stem twiners and lianas and are common in the neotropical flora. Mikania originates from South America...
  
   cordifolia Willd.
• Mikania macrophylla Schultz. Bip.
• Mikania reticulata DC.
• Parthenium
  Parthenium
  Parthenium is a genus of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. The name is derived from either the Greek word παρθένος , meaning "virgin," or παρθένιον , an ancient name for a plant. Members of the genus are commonly known as feverfew. Notable species include Guayule and P...
  
   histerophorus
  Parthenium hysterophorus
  Parthenium hysterophorus is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae, that is native to the American tropics. Common names include Santa Maria Feverfew and Whitetop Weed. It is a common invasive species in India, Australia, and parts of Africa. P. hysterophorus invades all...
  
   L.
• Spilanthes acmella L.
• Vanillosmopsis
  Vanillosmopsis
  Vanillosmopsis is a genus of flowering plants in the daisy family....
  
   brasiliensis
• Vernonia
  Vernonia
  Vernonia is a genus of about 1000 species of forbs and shrubs in the family Asteraceae. Some species are known as Ironweed. Some species are edible and of economic value. They are known for having intense purple flowers. The genus is named for English botanist William Vernon. There are numerous...
  
   ligulaeflora  Less.
• Vernonia polyanthes Less.
• Vernonia scorpioides Pers.

Bignoniaceae

Bignoniaceae

The Bignoniaceae, or Trumpet Creeper Family, is a family of flowering plants comprising about 650-750 species in 116-120 genera. Members of the family are mostly trees and lianas , shrubs and more rarely herbaceous plants. As climber plants, they are twine climbers or tendril climbers, and rarely...

• Alsocydia erubescens Mart. ex DC.
• Anemopaegma
  Anemopaegma
  Anemopaegma chamberlaynii An evergreen vigorous climber from tropical South America, with leaves of two leaflets to 16 cm long and sometime a terminal tendril; flower funnel-form 6–8 cm long, in pendant clusters of yellow tubular flowers, the tube constricted near base. It prefers a...
  
   glaucum
  Anemopaegma glaucum
  Anemopaegma glaucum is a plant native to Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil. This plant is cited in Flora Brasiliensis by Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius.-See also:*List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil...
  
   Mart.
• Arrabidea rotundata Bur.
• Arrabidea trichoclata Burr.
• Batocydia unguis Mart.
• Cuspidaria cordata Maltos
• Distictes mansoana Pers.
• Friedericia speciosa Mart.
• Jacaranda
  Jacaranda
  Jacaranda is a genus of 49 species of flowering plants in the family Bignoniaceae, native to tropical and subtropical regions of South America , Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. It is also found in Asia, especially in Nepal...
  
   brasiliana
  Jacaranda brasiliana
  Jacaranda brasiliana is a species of flowering plant in the Bignoniaceae family....
  
   Pers.
• Jacaranda caroba
  Jacaranda caroba
  Jacaranda caroba is a medicinal plant native to Cerrado vegetation in Brazil.-External links:**...
  
   DC.
• Jacaranda cuspidifolia Mart.
• Jacaranda elegans Mart.
• Lundia nitidula Mart.
• Pyrostegia venusca (Ker-Gavahl) Miers.
• Tabebuia
  Tabebuia
  Tabebuia is a neotropical genus of about 100 species in the tribe Tecomeae of the family Bignoniaceae. The species range from northern Mexico and southern Florida south to northern Argentina, including the Caribbean islands of Hispaniola and Cuba...
  
   avellanedae Lorentz et Giseb.
• Tabebuia caraiba (Mart.) Bur.
• Tabebuia chrysotricha
  Tabebuia chrysotricha
  Tabebuia chrysotricha , commonly known as Golden Trumpet Tree, is an evergreen tree from Brazil. It is very similar to and often confused with Tabebuia ochracea. In Portuguese it is called "Ipê amarelo" and is considered the national tree of Brazil.-Growth:T...
  
   (Mart. ex DC.) Stand.
• Tabebuia geminiflora Rizz. & Mattos
• Tabebuia impetiginosa
  Tabebuia impetiginosa
  Tabebuia impetiginosa, Pink Ipê or Pink Lapacho is a native Bignoniaceae tree of America, distributed from northern Mexico south to northern Argentina. It is a common tree in Argentina's northeastern region, as well as in southeastern Bolivia. It is said to be indigenous to Trinidad and Tobago.It...
  
   (Mart. ex DC.) Stand.

Bombacaceae

Bombacaceae

Bombacaceae is a family of flowering plants or Angiospermae included within Malvales order. As is true for any botanical name, circumscription and status of the taxon has varied with taxonomic point of view...

• Cavanillesia
  Cavanillesia
  Cavanillesia is a genus of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family.It contains the following species :*Cavanillesia hylogeiton*Cavanillesia platanifolia, Cuipo*Cavanillesia umbellata...
  
   arborea (Willd.) K. Schum
• Chorisia ventricosa Mart.
• Ceiba
  Ceiba
  Ceiba is the name of a genus of many species of large trees found in tropical areas, including Mexico, Central America, South America, The Bahamas, Belize and the Caribbean, West Africa, and Southeast Asia...
  
   jasminodora K. Schum.
• Ceiba pentandra Gaertn.
• Ceiba rivieri K. Schum.

Boraginaceae

Boraginaceae

Boraginaceae, the Borage or Forget-me-not family, include a variety of shrubs, trees, and herbs, totaling about 2,000 species in 146 genera found worldwide.A number of familiar plants belong to this family....

• Auxemma glazioviana Taub.
• Auxemma oncocalyx Taub.
• Cordia
  Cordia
  Cordia is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 300 species of shrubs and trees, which are found worldwide mostly in warmer regions. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while bocote may refer to several Central American species in Spanish...
  
   insignis Cham.
• Cordia leucocephala Moric.
• Cordia nodosa Lam.
• Cordia trichotoma (Vell.) Mart.
• Heliotropium
  Heliotropium
  Heliotropium is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. There are 250 to 300 species in this genus, which are commonly known as heliotropes ....
  
   claussenii DC.
• Heliotropium laceolatum Loefg.

Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae

Bromeliaceae is a family of monocot flowering plants of around 3,170 species native mainly to the tropical Americas, with a few species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, Pitcairnia feliciana...

• Aechmea
  Aechmea
  Aechmea is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The name comes from the Greek “aichme” . Aechmea has 8 subgenera and 255 species distributed from Mexico through South America...
  
   bromeliaefolia Mart.
• Bromelia
  Bromelia
  Bromelia is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. Bromelia species are characterized by flowers with a deeply cleft calyx. The genus is named after the Swedish medical doctor and botanist Olaf Bromelius .-Species:* Bromelia agavifolia Brongniart ex Houllet*...
  
   laciniosa
• Neoglaziovia
  Neoglaziovia
  Neoglaziova is a genus of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus is named in honor of Auguste François Marie Glaziou, French landscape architect and bromeliad collector .-Species:...
  
   variegata Mez.

Burseraceae

Burseraceae

Burseraceae is a moderate-sized family of 17-18 genera and about 540 species of flowering plants. The actual numbers differ according to the time period in which a given source is written describing this family. The Burseraceae is also known as the Torchwood family, the frankincense and myrrh...

• Bursera
  Bursera
  Bursera, named after the Danish botanist Joachim Burser is a genus with about 100 described species of flowering shrubs and trees varying in size upwards to 25 m. high...
  
   leptophloeus (Mart.) Engl.
• Protium
  Protium (plant)
  Protium is a genus of more than 140 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae. It is native to the Neotropics , Madagascar, New Guinea, and southern Asia from Pakistan east to Vietnam...
  
   heptaphyllum
  Protium (plant)
  Protium is a genus of more than 140 species of flowering plants in the family Burseraceae. It is native to the Neotropics , Madagascar, New Guinea, and southern Asia from Pakistan east to Vietnam...
  
   Mart.

Cactaceae

• Brasilicereus
  Brasilicereus
  Brasilicereus is a genus of cacti known only from Brazil and comprising 2 species....
  
   brevifolius Ritter
• Cereus
  Cereus
  Cereus is a genus of cactus. The term cereus is also used to describe cacti with very elongated bodies, including columnar growth cacti and epiphytic cacti...
  
   jamacaru DC.
• Cereus lindmanianus Bruin & Bred
• Cereus squamosus Guerck.
• Coleocephalocereus
  Coleocephalocereus
  Coleocephalocereus is a genus of erect and semi-erect columnar cacti from Brazil. These species develop a cephalium with wool and bristles.-Synonymy:The genus Buiningia Buxb. has been brought into synonymy with this genus....
  
   aureus Ritter
• Coleocephalocereus pupureus Bruin & Bred
• Melanocactus azureus Bruin & Bred
• Melanocactus bahiensis (Br. & R.) Werderm
• Melanocactus goniodacanthus Lem.
• Melanocactus leusselinkianus Brin & bred.
• Melanocactus oreas Miq.
• Opuntia
  Opuntia
  Opuntia, also known as nopales or paddle cactus , is a genus in the cactus family, Cactaceae.Currently, only prickly pears are included in this genus of about 200 species distributed throughout most of the Americas. Chollas are now separated into the genus Cylindropuntia, which some still consider...
  
   inamoema K. Schum.
• Opuntia monacantha
  Opuntia monacantha
  Opuntia monacantha, commonly known as Drooping Prickly Pear, Cochineal Prickly Pear, or Barbary Fig, is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. It is native to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay and is naturalised in Australia and South Africa...
  
   Haw.
• Pereskia
  Pereskia
  Pereskia is a genus of about 25 tropical species and varieties of cacti that do not look much like other types of cacti, having substantial leaves and thin stems. They originate from the region between Brazil and Mexico. The genus is named after Nicolas-Claude Fabri de Peiresc, a 16th century...
  
   aculeata
  Pereskia aculeata
  Pereskia aculeata is a scrambling shrub in the family Cactaceae. Common names include Barbados gooseberry and leaf cactus. It is native to tropical America.-Description:...
  
   Mill.
• Pereskia aureiflora
  Pereskia aureiflora
  Pereskia aureiflora is a species of cactus that is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
   Ritter
• Pereskia bahiensis
  Pereskia bahiensis
  Pereskia bahiensis is a species of cactus that is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss....
  
   Gurcke
• Peireskia quiabenta Gurcke
• Quiabentia
  Quiabentia
  Quiabentia is a genus of cacti, closely related to Pereskiopsis....
  
   zehntneri
  Quiabentia zehntneri
  Quiabentia zehntneri is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss.-References:...
  
   (Br. et Ros.) Br. et Ros.
• Pilocereus cenepequei Rizz & Mattos
• Pilocereus glaucescens (Lab.) Byl. & Powl.
• Pilocereus magnificus (Bui & Breel) Ritter
• Pilocereus multicostatus Ritter

Caesalpinioideae

Caesalpinioideae

Caesalpinioideae is a botanical name at the rank of subfamily, placed in the large family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. Its name is formed from the generic name Caesalpinia....

• Apuleia
  Apuleia
  Apuleia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Caesalpinioideae....
  
   leiocarpa (Vog.) Macbr.
• Bauhinia
  Bauhinia
  Bauhinia is a genus of more than 200 species of flowering plants in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae of the large flowering plant family Fabaceae, with a pantropical distribution. The genus was named after the Bauhin brothers, Swiss-French botanists....
  
   acureana Moric.
• Bauhinia cheilanta (Bong.) Steud.
• Bauhinia coronata Benth.
• Bauhinia forficata Link.
• Bauhinia microphylla Vog.
• Bauhinia pulchella Benth.
• Bauhinia radiana Vell.
• Bauhinia rubiginosa Bong.
• Bauhinia scadens Benth.
• Caesalpinia
  Caesalpinia
  Caesalpinia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. Membership within the genus is controversial, with different publications including anywhere from 70 to 165 species, depending largely on the inclusion or exclusion of species alternately listed under genera such as...
  
   bracteosa Tul.
• Caesalpinia ferrea Mart ex Tul.
• Caesalpinia microphylla Mart.
• Caesalpinia pyramidalis Tul.
• Cassia
  Cassia (genus)
  Cassia is a genus of Fabaceae in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. Commonly called cassias, "cassia" is also the English name of Cinnamomum aromaticum in the Lauraceae , and some other species of Cinnamomum...
  
   ferruginea (Schrad.) DC.
  A. P. de Candolle
  Augustin Pyramus de Candolle also spelled Augustin Pyrame de Candolle was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at an herbarium...
  
  
• Cassia sericea Swartz
• Cenostigma gardneriana Tul.
• Copaifera martii Hayne
• Senna alata
  Senna alata
  Senna alata, the Candle Bush, is an important medicinal tree as well as an ornamental flowering plants in the subfamily Caesalpinioideae. It also known as a Candelabra Bush, Empress Candle Plant, Ringworm Tree or "candletree"...
  
   (L.) Irwin & Barneby
• Senna excelsa (Schrad) Irwin & Barneby
• Senna martiana (Schrad) Irwin & Barneby
• Senna multijuga (Rich.) Irwin & Barneby
• Senna speciosa (Schrad) Irwin & Barneby

Cannabaceae

Cannabaceae

Cannabaceae are a small family of flowering plants. As now circumscribed, the family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including Cannabis , Humulus and Celtis...

• Trema
  Trema
  Trema is a genus of about 15 species of evergreen trees closely related to the hackberries , occurring in subtropical and tropical regions of southern Asia, northern Australasia, Africa, South and Central America, and parts of North America...
  
   micrantha (L.
  Carolus Linnaeus
  Carl Linnaeus , also known after his ennoblement as , was a Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology...
  
  ) Blume
  Carl Ludwig Blume
  Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
  
  

Capparaceae

Capparaceae

Capparaceae , commonly known as the Caper family, is a family of plants in order Brassicales. As currently circumscribed, it contains 33 genera and about 700 species...

• Capparis
  Capparis
  Capparis is a flowering plant genus in the family Capparaceae which is included in the Brassicaceae in the unrevised APG II system. These plants are shrubs or lianas and are collectively known as caper shrubs or caperbushes...
  
   flexuosa L.
• Cleome
  Cleome
  Cleome is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cleomaceae. Previously it had been placed in family Capparaceae, until DNA studies found the Cleomaceae genera to be more closely related to Brassicaceae than Capparaceae...
  
   affinis L.
• Cleome spinosa Jacq.

Celastraceae

Celastraceae

The Celastraceae , is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales...

• Maytenus
  Maytenus
  Maytenus is a genus of flowering plants in the staff vine family, Celastraceae. Members of the genus are distributed throughout Central and South America, Southeast Asia, Micronesia and Australasia, the Indian Ocean and Africa...
  
   obtusifolia Mart.
• Maytenus rigida Mart.

Chrysobalanaceae

Chrysobalanaceae

Chrysobalanaceae is a family of trees, shrubs and flowering plants, consisting of 17 genera and about 460 species of leptocaul that grows in the Tropics or is subtropical and common in the Americas...

• Hirtella
  Hirtella
  Hirtella is a genus of plant in family Chrysobalanaceae.* Hirtella enneandra, Cuatrecasas* Hirtella megacarpa, R.A. Graham* Hirtella pauciflora, Little* Hirtella physophora...
  
   americana Aubl.
• Hirtella glandulosa Spreng.
• Hirtella martiana Hook.
• Licania
  Licania
  Licania is a plant genus in the family Chrysobalanaceae. Mainly due to deforestation, several species of these shrubs and smallish trees have declined, some markedly so, and L. caldasiana from Colombia appears to have gone extinct in recent years....
  
   rigida
  Licania rigida
  Licania rigida, Oiticica, is a species of plant in the Chrysobalanaceae family. It is endemic to Brazil and Puerto Rico. The Oiticica grows deep in floods of rivers and streams, forming long, narrow avenues to the edge of ravines or floodplains staining the dark-green color of its large and dense...
  
   Mart.

Combretaceae

Combretaceae

Combretaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Myrtales. The family includes about 600 species of trees, shrubs, and lianas in 18 genera. The family includes the leadwood tree, Combretum imberbe. Three genera, Conocarpus, Laguncularia and Lumnitzera, grow in mangrove habitats ....

• Combretum
  Combretum
  The bushwillows or combretums, Combretum, make up the type genus of the family Combretaceae. The genus comprises about 370 species of trees and shrubs, roughly 300 of which are native to tropical and southern Africa, about 5 to Madagascar, some 25 to tropical Asia and approximately 40 to tropical...
  
   lanceolatum Pohl.
• Combretum elegans
  Combretum elegans
  Combretum elegans is a plant species in the genus Combretum...
  
   Camb.
• Combretum leprosum Mart.
• Combretum monetaria Mart.

Convolvulaceae

Convolvulaceae

Convolvulaceae, known commonly as the bindweed or morning glory family, are a group of about 60 genera and more than 1,650 species of mostly herbaceous vines, but also trees, shrubs and herbs.- Description :...

• Evolvulus glomeratus Ness
• Evolvulus pusillus Choisy
• Ipomoea
  Ipomoea
  Ipomoea is the largest genus in the flowering plant family Convolvulaceae, with over 500 species. Most of these are called "morning glories", but this can refer to related genera also. Those formerly separated in Calonyction are called "moonflowers"...
  
   acuminata Roem. & Schl.
• Ipomoea aristolochiaefolia
  Ipomoea aristolochiaefolia
  Ipomoea aristolochiaefolia is a species of plant in the Convolvulaceae family of the genus Ipomoea. It is endemic to parts of South America.-References:*...
  
   (H.B.K.) Don.
• Ipomoea daturaefolia Meisn.
  Carl Meissner
  Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Swiss botanist.Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 year career he was Professor of Botany at University of Basel...
  
  
• Ipomoea cairica
  Ipomoea cairica
  Ipomoea cairica morning glory has many common names, including Mile-a-minute Vine, Messina Creeper, Cairo Morning Glory, Coast Morning Glory and Railroad Creeper. This vining perennial has palmate leaves and large, showy white to lavender flowers...
  
   (L.) Sweet.
• Ipomoea cynanchifolia (Meisn.
  Carl Meissner
  Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner was a Swiss botanist.Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40 year career he was Professor of Botany at University of Basel...
  
  ) Mart.
• Ipomoea horrida Huber
• Ipomoea quamoclit
  Ipomoea quamoclit
  Ipomoea quamoclit is a species of morning glory native to tropical regions of the New World from northern South America north to Mexico...
  
   L.
• Merremia
  Merremia
  Merremia is a genus of flowering plants in the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae. Members of the genus are commonly known as woodroses.-Selected species:-Formerly placed here:...
  
   aegyptia (L.) Urban
• Merremia cissoides (Lam.) Hallier
• Merremia macrocalyx (Ruiz & Pava) O'Donnel

Cucurbitaceae

Cucurbitaceae

The plant family Cucurbitaceae consists of various squashes, melons, and gourds, including crops such as cucumber, pumpkins, luffas, and watermelons...

• Cucumis
  Cucumis
  Cucumis is a genus of twining, tendril-bearing plants in the Cucurbitaceae family which includes the cucumber, true melons, the horned melon, and Cucumis anguria, the West Indian gherkin...
  
   anguria
  Cucumis anguria
  Cucumis anguria, also called the West Indian Gherkin, Burr Gherkin, Burr Cucumber, or maxixe, and locally known as badunga or cohombro, is a vine grown for its fruit used as a vegetable. It is similar and related to the common cucumber Cucumis anguria, also called the West Indian Gherkin, Burr...
  
   L.
• Melothria fluminensis Gardn.
• Sicana odorifera
  Sicana odorifera
  Sicana odorifera, the only species of the genus Sicana, is a large, herbaceous perennial vine native to tropical South America, grown as an ornamental plant and for its sweet edible fruit...
  
   Naud.
• Trianosperma tayuya Mart.

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbiaceae, the Spurge family are a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are also shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and resemble cacti....

• Croton antisyphiliticus Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
  
• Croton campestris A. St. Hil.
• Croton hemiargyrus Mull. Arg.
• Croton lundianus (Dried.) M. Arg.
• Croton sondterianus M. Arg.
• Croton zenhtneri Pax. & Hoffm.
• Dalechampia
  Dalechampia
  Dalechampia is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae and of the monogeneric subtribe Dalechampiinae. It comprises about 120 species, all found in lowland tropical areas and especially in the Americas. There are ca. 90 species in the Americas and ca. 10 species each, in Africa, Madagascar,...
  
   scandens L.
• Euphorbia phosphorea Mart.
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius
  Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius was a German botanist and explorer.Martius was born at Erlangen, where he graduated M.D. in 1814, publishing as his thesis a critical catalogue of plants in the botanic garden of the university...
  
  
• Jatropha
  Jatropha
  Jatropha is a genus of approximately 175 succulent plants, shrubs and trees , from the family Euphorbiaceae. The name is derived from the Greek words ἰατρός , meaning "physician," and τροφή , meaning "nutrition," hence the common name physic nut. Mature plants produce separate male and female...
  
   osteocarpa M. Arg.
• Jatropha urens (L.) M. Arg.
• Julocroton furcescens (Spreng.) Baill.
• Julocroton humilis Diedr.
• Julocroton lanceolatus M. Arg.
• Julocroton triqueter M. Arg.
• Manihot
  Manihot
  Manihot is a plant genus of the spurge family, Euphorbiaceae. It contains around 98 species that are native to the Americas, from Arizona in the United States south to Argentina...
  
   glaziovii M. Arg.
• Manihot stipularis M. Arg.
• Stillingia
  Stillingia
  Stillingia is a plant genus of the family Euphorbiaceae, comprising about 30 species. The genus is found in tropical and warm areas and native to North America.Species include:*Stillingia linearifolia*Stillingia paucidentata...
  
   argudentata Jabl.

Faboideae

Faboideae

Faboideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae or Leguminosae. One acceptable alternative name for the subfamily is Papilionoideae....

• Abrus
  Abrus
  Abrus is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae and the only genus found in the Tribe Abreae. It contains, 13–18 species, but is best known for a single species, Jequirity...
  
   precatorius L.
• Aeschynomene
  Aeschynomene
  Aeschynomene is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. They are known commonly as jointvetches. These legumes are most common in warm regions and many species are aquatic...
  
   brasiliana (Poir.) DC.
• Aeschynomene evenia Whigh.
• Aeschynomene falcata (Poir.) DC.
• Aeschynomene histrix Poir.
• Aeschynomene gilbertoi Brandão
• Aeschynomene laca-buendiana Brandão
• Aeschynomene martii Benth.
• Aeschynomene paniculata Vog.
• Aeschynomene paucifolia Vog.
• Aeschynomene riedeliana Taub.
• Aeschynomene selloi Vog.
• Arachis
  Arachis
  Arachis is a genus of about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the pea family , native to South America. At least one species, the peanut , is a major food crop species of global importance; some of the other species are cultivated for food to a small extent in South America....
  
   prostata Benth.
• Arachis pusilla Benth.
• Browdichia virgilioides H.B.K.
• Calopogonium
  Calopogonium
  Calopogonium is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
  
   coeruleum Hemsl.
• Calopogonium mucunoides Desv.
• Camptosema
  Camptosema
  Camptosema is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
  
   tomentosum Benth.
• Centrobium robustum (Vell.) Mart.
• Centrosema
  Centrosema
  Centrosema, the butterfly peas, are a genus of tropical American vines in the legume family . Species include:* Centrosema angustifolium Benth.* Centrosema arenarium Benth.* Centrosema brasilianum Benth....
  
   angustifolium Benth.
• Centrosema arenarium Benth.
• Centrosema brasilianum (L.) Benth.
• Centrosema dasyanthum Benth.
• Centrosema macranthum Hoehne
• Centrosema plumerii (Turp. ex Pres.) Benth.
• Centrosema pubescens Benth.
• Centrosema sagittatum (Willd.) Brad.
• Centrosema vexillatum Benth.
• Coursetia
  Coursetia
  Coursetia is a large genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. Members of the genus, commonly known as babybonnets, are shrubs and small trees native to the Southwestern United States, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and South America as far south as Brazil and Peru...
  
   rostrata Benth.
• Cratylia
  Cratylia
  Cratylia is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Cratylia bahiensis...
  
   floribunda Benth.
• Cratylia mollis Mart.
• Cratylia nuda Tul.
• Crotalaria
  Crotalaria
  Crotalaria is a genus of herbaceous plants and woody shrubs in the Family Fabaceae commonly known as rattlepods. Some 600 or more species of Crotalaria are described worldwide, mostly from the tropics; at least 500 species are known from Africa. Some species of Crotalaria are grown as ornamentals...
  
   anagyroides H.B.K.
• Crotalaria incana Benth.
• Crotalaria retusa L.
• Crotalaria pallida Ait.
• Dalbergia
  Dalbergia
  Dalbergia is a large genus of small to medium-size trees, shrubs and lianas in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Faboideae. The genus has a wide distribution, native to the tropical regions of Central and South America, Africa, Madagascar and southern Asia...
  
   decipularis Rizz. & Mattos
• Dalbergia euxylophora
• Desmodium
  Desmodium
  Desmodium is a genus in the flowering plant family Fabaceae, sometimes called tick-trefoil, tick clover or beggar lice. There are dozens of species and the delimitation of the genus has shifted much over time....
  
   adscendens DC.
• Desmodium discolor Vog.
• Desmodium molle DC.
• Desmodium spirale DC.
• Dioclea
  Dioclea
  Dioclea is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, that is native to the Americas. The seeds of these legumes are buoyant drift seeds, and are dispersed by rivers....
  
   grandiflora
  Dioclea grandiflora
  Dioclea grandiflora is a species of legume native to the Americas.The seeds of Dioclea grandiflora contain a well-characterized lectin named DGL which is similar to other legume lectins....
  
   Mart.
• Eriosema
  Eriosema
  Eriosema is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Eriosema harmsiana...
  
   crinitum Benth.
• Eriosema heterophyllum Benth.
• Erythrina
  Erythrina
  Erythrina is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains about 130 species, which are distributed in tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. They are trees, growing up to in height...
  
   mulungu
  Erythrina mulungu
  Erythrina mulungu is a Brazilian ornamental tree and medicinal plant native to the cerrado and caatinga ecoregions in Brazil , South America....
  
   Mart.
• Erythrina velutina
  Erythrina velutina
  Erythrina velutina is a species of leguminous tree. It is indigenous to Brazil, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Hispaniola and has been introduced to much of the Caribbean, Uganda, and Sri Lanka. It also occurs on the Galápagos Islands, but whether it is indigenous or introduced there is...
  
   Willd.
• Galactia
  Galactia
  Galactia is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family . It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae. They do not have an unambiguous common name, being commonly called "beach peas" or "wild peas".-Selected species:...
  
   rhynchosioides St. Hil.
• Galactia tenuiflora Whrigt et Ann.
• Geoffraea spinosa Jacq.
• Indigofera
  Indigofera
  Indigofera is a large genus of about 700 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Fabaceae.The species are mostly shrubs, though some are herbaceous, and a few can become small trees up to tall. Most are dry-season or winter deciduous. The leaves are pinnate with 5–31 leaflets and the...
  
   suffruticosa Mill.
• Machaerium
  Machaerium
  Machaerium is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family. It contains the following species:* Machaerium chambersii*Machaerium cirrhiferum * Machaerium cuzcoense* Machaerium glabripes* Machaerium nicaraguense...
  
   angustifolium Vog.
• Machaerium scleroxylum Tul.
• Macriptilium bracteolatus (Nees & Mart.) Urb.
• Macriptilium firmulus (Mart.) Urban
• Macriptilium gracilis (Poep. & Benth.) Urban
• Macriptilium lathyroides (L.) Urb. ex Marech
• Macriptilium panduratus (Mart. ex Benth.) Urb.
• Macriptilium sabaraense (Hoehne) V. P. Barbosa
• Playmiscium blancheti Benth.
• Playmiscium nitens Vog.
• Rhynchosia
  Rhynchosia
  Rhynchosia is a genus of plants in the Fabaceae family.Species include:* Rhynchosia americana* Rhynchosia calosperma* Rhynchosia caribaea* Rhynchosia chapmanii* Rhynchosia chimanimaniensis...
  
   exaltata DC.
• Rhynchosia minima DC.
• Rhynchosia phaseoloides DC.
• Rhynchosia senna Gill.
• Stylosanthes
  Stylosanthes
  Stylosanthes is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
  
   capitata Vog.
• Stylosanthes gracilis H.B.K.
• Stylosanthes grandiflora Ferr. & Costa
• Stylosanthes guianensis (Aubl.) Sw.
• Stylosanthes macrocephala Ferr. & Costa
• Stylosanthes pilosa Ferr. & Costa
• Stylosanthes scabra Vog.
• Styzolobium doeringianum Bort.
• Teramnus
  Teramnus
  Teramnus is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae. It belongs to the sub family Faboideae....
  
   volubilis Sw.
• Teramnus uncinatus Sw.
• Zolernia ilicifolia Vog.
• Zornia
  Zornia
  Zornia is a cosmopolitan genus of herbs from the legume family Fabaceae.-Species:*Zornia albiflora Mohlenbr.*Zornia bracteata J. F...
  
   acauensis Brandão & Costa
• Zornia brasiliensis Vog.
• Zornia crinita (Mohl.)Vanni
• Zornia curvata Mohl.
• Zornia flemingioides Moric.
• Zornia gardneriana Moric.
• Zornia gemella Mohl.
• Zornia latifolia
  Zornia latifolia
  Zornia latifolia is a perennial herb, with little yellow flowers. And, its stem is 20 to 50 cm long, glabrous or pubescent, with a prostrate growth habit and intense branching....
  
   Sm.
• Zornia mitziana Costa
• Zornia myriadena Benth.
• Zornia pardiana Mohl.

Flacourtiaceae

Flacourtiaceae

Flacourtiaceae is a defunct family of flowering plants whose former members have been scattered to various other families, mostly to Achariaceae, Samydaceae, and Salicaceae. It was so vaguely defined that hardly anything seemed out of place there and it became a dumping ground for odd and anomalous...

• Casearia
  Casearia
  Casearia is a plant genus in the family Salicaceae. The genus was included in the Flacourtiaceae under the Cronquist system of angiosperm classification, and earlier in the Samydaceae. Recent research indicates that the latter group might be reinstated as a valid family.They are sometimes employed...
  
    commersiana
• Casearia guianensis Urb.
• Casearia rufens Camb.
• Xylosma
  Xylosma
  Xylosma is a genus of flowering plants in the in the willow family, Salicaceae. It contains around 100 species of spiny evergreen shrubs and trees commonly known as brushhollies, xylosmas, or, more ambiguously, "logwoods"...
  
   salzmanni Eich.

Hippocrateaceae

Hippocrateaceae

Hippocrateaceae Juss. previously consisted of about 150 tropical and subtropical species of shrubs and lianes, and is now included in the Celastraceae family...

• Salacia
  Salacia (genus)
  Salacia is a genus of plants in the family Celastraceae.-Medicinal uses:Several species in this genus of plant have been used in traditional medical systems for thousands of years, particularly in the Ayurveda system from India. Uses have included treatment of diabetes, obesity, gonorrhea,...
  
   elliptica (Mart.) Peyr.

Lamiaceae

Lamiaceae

The mints, taxonomically known as Lamiaceae or Labiatae, are a family of flowering plants. They have traditionally been considered closely related to Verbenaceae, but in the 1990s, phylogenetic studies suggested that many genera classified in Verbenaceae belong instead in Lamiaceae...

• Hyptis
  Hyptis
  Hyptis is a genus of flowering plant in the Lamiaceae family. These plants, known commonly as bushmints, are widespread in the tropics and warmer temperate regions of the Americas...
  
   lanceolata Poir.
• Hyptis lantanaefolia Poir.
• Hyptis multiflora Pohl.
• Hyptis pectinata Poir.
• Hyptis suaveolens
  Hyptis suaveolens
  The Chan plant is a very well known pseudo-cereal plant in the Latin American region, being approximately 2 meters high, having branches and long, white piliferous stems. Its flowers are purple or white, its leaves oval, wrinkled and pointed...
  
   Poir.
• Ocimum
  Ocimum
  Ocimum is a genus of about 35 species of aromatic annual and perennial herbs and shrubs in the family Lamiaceae, mostly native to the tropical and warm temperate regions of the Old World.Some species include:...
  
   fliminensis Vell.
• Ocimum incanescens Mart.
• Peltodon radicans Pohl.

Loranthaceae

Loranthaceae

Loranthaceae is a family of flowering plants, which has been universally recognized by taxonomists. It consists of about 75 genera and 1,000 species of woody plants, many of them hemi-parasites, all of them except three having the mistletoe habit...

• Pithirusa sp.
• Psitacanthus robustus  Mart.

Lythraceae

Lythraceae

Lythraceae are a family of flowering plants. It includes about 620 species of mostly herbs, with some shrubs and trees, in 31 genera. Major genera include Cuphea , Lagerstroemia , Nesaea , Rotala , and Lythrum...

• Ammania
  Ammania
  Ammannia is a genus of about 25 to 30 species of plants often referred to as redstems from wet areas in America, Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe...
  
   coccinea Roth.
• Cuphea
  Cuphea
  Cuphea is a genus containing about 260 species of annual and perennial flowering plants native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The species range from low-growing herbs to semi-woody shrubs up to 2 m tall. Commonly they are known as cupheas, or, in the case of some species,...
  
   lutescens Hoehne
• Cuphea speciosa Mart.
• Diplusodon rotundifolia DC.

Malpighiaceae

Malpighiaceae

Malpighiaceae is a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. It comprises approximately 75 genera and 1300 species, all of which are native to the tropics and subtropics...

• Banisteriopsis oxyclada  (A. Juss.) Gates
• Banisteriopsis pubipetala (A. Juss.) Gates
• Banisteriopsis stellaris (Gris.) Gates
• Byrsonima
  Byrsonima
  Byrsonima is one of about 75 genera in the Malpighiaceae, a family of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales. In particular in American English, they are known as locustberries...
  
   crassifolia A. Juss.
• Byrsonima sericea A. Juss.
• Byrsonima variabilis A. Juss.
• Byrsonima verbascifolia A. Juss.
• Mascagnia
  Mascagnia
  Mascagnia is a genus of plant in family Malpighiaceae.Species include:* Mascagnia haenkeana, W.R.Anderson...
  
   rigida Gris. Juss.
• Stigmaphyllon
  Stigmaphyllon
  Stigmaphyllon is a genus in the Malpighiaceae, a family of about 75 genera of flowering plants in the order Malpighiales.-Distribution:Stigmaphyllon subg. Stigmaphyllon comprises 92 species of mostly twining woody vines or rarely shrubs native to the Neotropics from southern Mexico to northern...
  
   urenifolium A. Juss.

Malvaceae

Malvaceae

Malvaceae, or the mallow family, is a family of flowering plants containing over 200 genera with close to 2,300 species. Judd & al. Well known members of this family include okra, jute and cacao...

• Bourgenhadia nemoralis (St. Hil.) Monteiro
• Gaya gracilipes K. Schum.
• Gaya pilosa K. Schum.

Melastomataceae

Melastomataceae

right|thumb|200px|Characteristic venation of many melastomesThe family Melastomataceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics comprising some 200 genera and 4500 species...

• Miconia
  Miconia
  Miconia is a genus of flowering plants in the glory bush family, Melastomataceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions of the Americas. The species are mostly shrubs and small to medium-sized trees up to 15 m tall...
  
   chamissonis Naud.
• Mouriria guianensis Aubl.
• Mouriria pusa Gardn.
• Tibouchina
  Tibouchina
  Tibouchina is a genus of about 350 species of neotropical plants in the family Melastomataceae. They are trees, shrubs or subshrubs growing 0.5–25 m tall, and are known as glory bushes or glory trees. They are native to rainforests of Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America, especially Brazil...
  
   stenoccarpa Cogn.

Meliaceae

Meliaceae

The Meliaceae, or the Mahogany family, is a flowering plant family of mostly trees and shrubs in the order Sapindales....

• Cabralea cangerana (Vell.) Mart.
• Cedrela fissilis
  Cedrela
  Cedrela is a genus of seven species in the mahogany family Meliaceae. They are evergreen or dry-season deciduous trees with pinnate leaves, native to the tropical and subtropical New World, from southern Mexico south to northern Argentina. The name is derived from a diminutive form of Cedrus...
  
   Vel.
• Guarea trichilioides
  Guarea
  Guarea is a genus of evergreen trees in the mahogany family Meliaceae, native to tropical Africa and Central and South America. They are large trees 20-45 m tall, with a trunk over 1 m trunk diameter, often buttressed at the base. The leaves are pinnate, with 4-6 pairs of leaflets, the terminal...
  
   L.
• Trichilia
  Trichilia
  Trichilia is a flowering plant genus in the family Meliaceae. These plants are particularly diverse in sub-Saharan Africa and tropical South America....
  
   columata Guardi

Mimosoideae

Mimosoideae

Mimosoideae is a subfamily of the flowering plant family Fabaceae characterized by flowers with small petals and numerous prominent stamens...

• Acacia
  Acacia
  Acacia is a genus of shrubs and trees belonging to the subfamily Mimosoideae of the family Fabaceae, first described in Africa by the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus in 1773. Many non-Australian species tend to be thorny, whereas the majority of Australian acacias are not...
  
   farnesiana Willd.
• Acacia paniculata Willd.
• Adenanthera
  Adenanthera
  Adenanthera is a genus of flowering plants in the legume family, Fabaceae.It contains the following species:* Adenanthera bicolor Merr. * Adenanthera intermedia Merr. * Adenanthera pavonina L. - Coralwood...
  
   pavonina
  Adenanthera pavonina
  Adenanthera pavonina is a species of tree, used for its timber, also known as Barbados pride, Coral-wood, Coralwood, Peacock flower fence, Red beadtree, Red sandalwood tree, Red sandalwood, Sandalwood tree, Saga; syn. Adenanthera gersenii Scheff., Adenanthera polita Miq., Corallaria parvifolia Rumph...
  
   L.
• Anadenanthera
  Anadenanthera
  Anadenanthera is a genus of South American trees in the Legume family, Fabaceae. The genus contains two to four species, including A. colubrina and A. peregrina...
  
   contorta (Benth.) Brenan
• Anadenanthera falcata (Benth.) Brenan
• Anadenanthera macrocarpa (Benth.) Brenan
• Anadenanthera peregrina (Benth.) Brenan
• Calliandra
  Calliandra
  Calliandra is a genus of flowering plants in the pea family, Fabaceae, subfamily Mimosoideae. It contains about 200 species that are native to tropical and subtropical regions of southern Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas.-Biological description:...
  
   depauperata Benth.
• Calliandra leptopoda Benth.
• Calliandra macrocalyx
  Calliandra macrocalyx
  Calliandra macrocalyx is a species of flowering plants of the genus Calliandra in the Fabaceae family.-References:*...
  
   Harms.
• Calliandra myriophylla Benth.
• Calliandra peckoltii Benth.
• Calliandra speciosa Ducke
• Calliandra turbinata Benth.
• Calliandra viscidula Benth.
• Desmanthus
  Desmanthus
  Desmanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family, Fabaceae. It contains about 24 species of herbs and shrubs that are sometimes described as being suffruiticose and have bipinnate leaves. Desmanthus is closely related to Leucaena and in appearance is similar...
  
   virgatus Benth.
• Enterolobium
  Enterolobium
  Enterolobium is a genus of 12 species of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae, native to tropical and warm-temperate regions of the Americas...
  
   contortisiliquum
  Enterolobium contortisiliquum
  Enterolobium contortisiliquum, commonly known as the Pacara Earpod Tree, is a species of flowering tree in the pea family, Fabaceae....
  
   (Vell.) Morong
• Inga
  Inga
  Inga is a genus of small tropical, tough-leaved, nitrogen-fixing trees and shrubs, subfamily Mimosoideae. Ingas leaves are pinnate, and flowers are generally white...
  
   bahiensis Benth.
• Inga edulis
  Inga edulis
  Inga edulis is a fruit native to South America. It is widely grown, especially by indigenous Amazonians, for shade, food, timber, medicine, and production of the alcoholic beverage cachiri...
  
   Mart.
• Inga marginata Willd.
• Mimosa
  Mimosa
  Mimosa is a genus of about 400 species of herbs and shrubs, in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the legume family Fabaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek word μιμος , meaning "mimic."...
  
   caesalpinaefolia Benth.
• Mimosa hostilis
  Mimosa hostilis
  Mimosa tenuiflora is a perennial evergreen tree or shrub native to the northeastern region of Brazil and found as far north as southern Mexico...
  
   Benth.
• Mimosa malacocentra Mart. ex Benth.
• Mimosa modesta Mart.
• Mimosa pigra
  Mimosa pigra
  Mimosa pigra , is an invasive species of the genus Mimosa, in the family Fabaceae. It is native to the Neotropics, but has been listed as one of the world's 100 worst invasive species, and has been documented in: Australia, Cambodia, Dominican Republic, Ghana, Guinea, Indonesia, Kenya, Malaysia,...
  
   L.
• Mimosa pteridifolia Benth.
• Mimosa sepiaria Benth.
• Mimosa velloziana
• Mimosa quadrivalvis L.
• Mimosa ursina Mart.
• Mimosa verrucosa
  Mimosa verrucosa
  Mimosa verrucosa, Jurema Branca or Jurema De Oieras is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family.It is a shrub or small tree native to Brazil...
  
   Benth.
• Pithecelobium avaremoto Mart.
• Pithecelobium diversifolium Benth.
• Pithecelobium dumosum Benth.
• Pithecellobium foliolosum Benth.
• Pithecelobium inopinatum (Harms.) Dicke
• Pithecelobium multiflorum Benth.
• Platymenia reticulata Benth.
• Pterogyne
  Pterogyne
  Pterogyne is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Amendoim Bravo...
  
   nitens
  Pterogyne nitens
  Pterogyne nitens is a species of legume in the Fabaceae family. It is also known as Amendoim Bravo, Cocal, Guiraró, Madeira Nova, Palo Coca, or Tipa Colorado. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay. It is threatened by habitat loss.-Source:* Prado, D. 1998. . Downloaded on...
  
   Tul.
• Schrankia
  Schrankia
  Schrankia is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family.-Species:* Schrankia altivolans * Schrankia bilineata Galsworthy, 1997* Schrankia capnophanes Turner, 1939...
  
   leptocarpha DC.
• Stryphnodendron
  Stryphnodendron
  Stryphnodendron is a genus of legume in the Fabaceae family.It contains the following species:* Stryphnodendron adstringens* Stryphnodendron coriaceum* Stryphnodendron guianense* Stryphnodendron harbesonii...
  
   coriaceum Benth.

Myrtaceae

Myrtaceae

The Myrtaceae or Myrtle family are a family of dicotyledon plants, placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, clove, guava, feijoa, allspice, and eucalyptus belong here. All species are woody, with essential oils, and flower parts in multiples of four or five...

• Campomanesia
  Campomanesia
  Campomanesia is a genus of the botanical family Myrtaceae.Selected species* Campomanesia adamantium Blume*Campomanesia phaea*Campomanesia pubescens O.Berg*Campomanesia velutina O.Berg-External links:...
  
   adamantium Blume
  Carl Ludwig Blume
  Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
  
  
• Campomanesia corymbosa Blume
  Carl Ludwig Blume
  Charles Ludwig de Blume or Karl Ludwig von Blume was a German-Dutch botanist.He was born at Braunschweig in Germany, but studied at Leiden University and spent his professional life working in the Dutch East Indies and in the Netherlands, where he was Director of the Rijksherbarium at Leiden...
  
  
• Eugenia
  Eugenia
  Eugenia is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family Myrtaceae. It has a worldwide, although highly uneven, distribution in tropical and subtropical regions. The bulk of the approximately 1,000 species occur in the New World tropics, especially in the northern Andes, the Caribbean, and the...
  
   stictopetapa DC.
• Psidium araao Raddi

Nyctaginaceae

Nyctaginaceae

Nyctaginaceae, the Four O'Clock Family, is a family of around 33 genera and 290 species of flowering plants, widely distributed in tropical and subtropical regions, with a few representatives in temperate regions...

• Bougainvillea
  Bougainvillea
  Bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plants native to South America from Brazil west to Peru and south to southern Argentina . Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus...
  
   fasciculata Brandão
• Bougainvillea glabra
  Bougainvillea glabra
  Paper Flower , also known as lesser bougainvillea, is the most common species used for bonsai. It has shiny green, slightly hairy leaves and magenta colored bracts....
  
   Choisy
• Bougainvillea spectabilis Willd.

Ochnaceae

Ochnaceae

The family Ochnaceae, or wild plane family, comprises mainly trees or shrubs, and more rarely herbaceous plants. Species of the Ochnaceae are found from subtropical to tropical regions. They are best represented in South America...

• Ouratea
  Ouratea
  Ouratea is a genus of flowering plants in the wild plane family .Species include:* Ouratea amplectens* Ouratea boliviana Van Tieghem* Ouratea brevicalyx* Ouratea cocleensis* Ouratea confertiflora Engl....
  
   parviflora Baill.
• Ouratea spectabilis (Mart.) Spreng.

Passifloraceae

Passifloraceae

Passifloraceae is a family of flowering plants, containing about 530 species classified in around 18 genera. They include trees, shrubs, lianas and climbing plants, and are mostly found in tropical regions....

• Passiflora cincinnata Masters
• Passiflora digitata L.
• Passiflora foetida
  Passiflora foetida
  Passiflora foetida is a species of passion flower that is native to the southwestern United States , Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, and much of South America...
  
   L.
• Passiflora gardneri Masters
• Passiflora kermesina
  Passiflora kermesina
  Passiflora kermesina is a native ornamental plant of Brazil, which is found in the wild in Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation. In addition, this plant is cited in The Floral Cabinet & Magazine of Exotic Botany 1837-1840 by G.B...
  
   Link & Otto (=Passiflora raddiana DC.)
• Passiflora rubra
  Passiflora rubra
  Passiflora rubra is a species in the Passifloraceae family. It is native throughout the West Indies, and to Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and eastern Brazil....
  
   L.
• Passiflora serratodigitata L.
• Passiflora tenuifila Killip.

Piperaceae

Piperaceae

The Piperaceae, also known as the pepper family, is a large family of flowering plants. The group contains roughly 3,610 currently accepted species in five genera. The vast majority of peppers can be found within the two main genera: Piper and Peperomia .Members of the Piperaceae may be small...

• Piper
  Piper (genus)
  Piper, the pepper plants or pepper vines , are an economically and ecologically important genus in the family Piperaceae...
  
   angustifolium  Ruiz & Pav.
• Pothomosphe peltata Miq.

Poaceae

Poaceae

The Poaceae is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of flowering plants. Members of this family are commonly called grasses, although the term "grass" is also applied to plants that are not in the Poaceae lineage, including the rushes and sedges...

• Andropogon
  Andropogon
  Andropogon is a genus of grasses. Andropogon gerardii, big bluestem, is the official state grass of Illinois.Broomsedge is found along the eastern United States...
  
   bicornis L.
• Andropogon leucostachys H.B.K.
• Aristida adscensionis
  Aristida adscensionis
  Aristida adscensionis is a species of grass known by the common name Sixweeks threeawn. It is native to the Americas but it is distributed nearly worldwide. It grows easily in disturbed and waste areas and has potential to become a weed....
  
   L.
• Aristida pallens Cav.
• Axonopus
  Axonopus
  Axonopus is a genus of grasses known generally as carpetgrass. They are native to the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas...
  
   cpmpressus Beauv.
• Cenchrus echinatus
  Cenchrus echinatus
  Cenchrus echinatus, common names southern sandspur, southern sandbur, Mossman River Grass is a member of the Poaceae or grass family. It is native to north and south America....
  
   L.
• Dactyloctenium
  Dactyloctenium
  Dactyloctenium is a grass genus in the family Poaceae. The approximately ten species in this genus are collectively known as crowfoot grasses...
  
   aegyptium
  Dactyloctenium aegyptium
  Dactyloctenium aegyptium, or Egyptian crowfoot grass is a member of the family Poaceae native in Africa. The plant mostly grows in heavy soils at damp sites.-Description:...
  
   (L.) Beauv.
• Digitaria
  Digitaria
  Digitaria is a genus of about 300 species of grass native to tropical and warm temperate regions. Common names include crabgrass, finger-grass, and fonio. They are slender monocotyledonous annual and perennial lawn, pasture, and forage plants; some are often considered lawn pests...
  
   insularis (L.) Benth.
• Eleusine
  Eleusine
  Eleusine is a genus of grasses sometimes called by the common name goosegrass. There are about nine species, eight of which are native to Africa, with the ninth, E. tristachya, native to South America. Particularly well known is Eleusine indica, a widespread weed...
  
   indica
  Eleusine indica
  Eleusine indica is an invasive species in the grass family Poaceae. It is a small annual weed distributed throughout the warmer areas of the world to about 50 degrees latitude...
  
   (L.) Gaetrn.
• Eragrotis pilosa (L.) Beauv.
• Hyparrhenia
  Hyparrhenia
  Hyparrhenia is a genus of grasses. Many species are known commonly as thatching grass. They are mostly native to tropical Africa; some can be found in warmer areas in temperate Eurasia. These are annual and perennial bunch grasses...
  
   rufa (Ness) Stapf.
• Merostachys
  Merostachys
  Merostachys is a genus of bamboo . It comprises about 40 species, found in South America and Central America....
  
   riedelliana Rop.
• Paspalum
  Paspalum
  Paspalum is a genus of the grass family . Commonly known as paspalums, bahiagrasses or dallis grasses most are tall perennial American grasses. They are most diverse in subtropical and tropical regions....
  
   notatum Flugge
• Pennisetum
  Pennisetum
  Pennisetum is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae, native to tropical and warm temperate regions of the world. They are large annual or perennial grasses growing 1–4 m tall, and are collectively known as the pennisetums...
  
   setosum (Sw.) L. Rich.
• Rhynchelitrum repens (Willd.) Hubbard.
• Sporobolus
  Sporobolus
  Sporobolus is a genus of grasses in the family Poaceae. They are usually called dropseed grasses or sacaton grasses. They are typical prairie and savanna plants, and they occur in other types of open habitat in warmer climates....
  
   argutas Kunth.

Portulacaceae

Portulacaceae

Portulacaceae are a family of flowering plants, comprising about 20 genera with about 500 species, ranging from herbaceous plants to shrubs. The family has been recognised by most taxonomists, and is also known as the purslane family; it has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the highest diversity...

• Portulaca
  Portulaca
  Portulaca is the type genus of the flowering plant family Portulacaceae, comprising about 40-100 species found in the tropics and warm temperate regions. They are also sometimes known as Rose Moss or more commonly Moss Roses....
  
   oleracea L.
• Portulaca pilosa
  Portulaca pilosa
  Portulaca pilosa is a species of flowering plant in the purslane family, Portulacaceae, that is native to the Americas. Its range extends from the southern United States and the Caribbean as far south as Brazil. It is a succulent with linear leaves and pink flowers.-External links:*...
  
   L.
• Talinum
  Talinum
  Talinum is a genus of herbaceous succulent plants in the family Talinaceae whose common names include fameflower and flameflower. Several species bear edible leaves, and Talinum fruticosum is widely grown in tropical regions as a leaf vegetable...
  
   patens
• Talinum triangulare (Jacq.) Willd.

Polygalaceae

Polygalaceae

The Polygalaceae or Milkwort family is a family of flowering plants in the order Fabales. They have a near-cosmopolitan range, with about 17 genera and 900–1,000 species of herbs, shrubs and trees...

• Bredemeyera floribunda Willd.
• Bredemeyera brevifolia (Benth.) Brenan
• Polygala
  Polygala
  Polygala is a genus of about 500 species of flowering plants belonging to the family Polygalaceae, commonly known as milkwort or snakeroot...
  
   cuspidata DC.
• Polygala hebeclada
• Polygala longicaulis H.B.K
• Polygala urbanii Chod.
• Secondatia floribunda A. DC.

Polygonaceae

Polygonaceae

Polygonaceae is a family of flowering plants known informally as the "knotweed family" or "smartweed family"— "buckwheat family" in the United States. The name is based on the genus Polygonum and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1789 in his book, Genera Plantarum. The name refers...

• Polygonum
  Polygonum
  Polygonum is a genus in the Polygonaceae family. Common names include knotweed, knotgrass, bistort, tear-thumb, mile-a-minute, and several others. In the Middle English glossary of herbs "Alphita" , it was known as ars-smerte. There have been various opinions about how broadly the genus should be...
  
   acre L.
• Polygonum hidropiperoides Michx.
• Polygonum hispidium H.B.K.
• Polygonum spectabilis Mart.
• Tripalis pachau Mart.

Rhamnaceae

Rhamnaceae

Rhamnaceae, the Buckthorn family, is a large family of flowering plants, mostly trees, shrubs and some vines.The family contains 50-60 genera and approximately 870-900 species. The Rhamnaceae have a worldwide distribution, but are more common in the subtropical and tropical regions...

• Celtis iguanea (Jacq.) Planch.
• Reissekia smilacina Endl.
• Zizyphus joazeiro Mart.

Rubiaceae

Rubiaceae

The Rubiaceae is a family of flowering plants, variously called the coffee family, madder family, or bedstraw family. The group contains many commonly known plants, including the economically important coffee , quinine , and gambier , and the horticulturally valuable madder , west indian jasmine ,...

• Genipa
  Genipa
  The genip-trees , are a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. This genus is closely allied to Gardenia; several Gardenia species were originally placed in Genipa. It is not to be confused with genip , a completely unrelated eudicot. The name is derived from genipapo, the Guianan name...
  
   americana
  Genipa americana
  Genipa americana is a species of Genipa, native to northern South America , the Caribbean and southern Mexico, growing in rainforests. It is commonly called Genipapo or Huito; the alternate name Jagua may refer to other species of Genipa as well. To the Inca, it was known as hawa or wituq...
  
   L.
• Guettarda
  Guettarda
  Guettarda is a plant genus in the family Rubiaceae. Most of these plants are known by the common name Velvetseed. Estimates of the number of species range from about 50 to 162. Most of the species are neotropical. Twenty are found in New Caledonia and one reaches Australia...
  
   angelica Mart.
• Mannetia ignita K. Schum.
• Mitracarpus hirtus (L.) DC.
• Palicoures marcgravii St. Hil.
• Pectis
  Pectis
  Pectis is a genus of plants in the daisy family known generally as cinchweeds in current usage. Older books call them "chinchweeds." Pectis is native to the Americas, including the Caribbean...
  
   brevipedunculata (Gardn.) Sch. Bip.
• Randia
  Randia (plant)
  Randia, commonly known as indigoberry, is a mostly neotropical genus of shrubs or small trees in the Rubiaceae. The International Plant Names Index lists a total of 738 names for the genus, synonyms included. Several Australian species have been reassigned to the genus Atractocarpus. These include...
  
   armata (Sw.) DC.
• Tocoyena
  Tocoyena
  Tocoyena is a genus of plant in family Rubiaceae. It contains the following species :* Tocoyena pittieri, Standl....
  
   formosa Schum.

Sapindaceae

Sapindaceae

Sapindaceae, also known as the soapberry family, is a family of flowering plants in the order Sapindales. There are about 140-150 genera with 1400-2000 species, including maple, horse chestnut and lychee....

• Cardiospermum
  Cardiospermum
  Cardiospermum is a genus of approximately 14 species in the soapberry family, Sapindaceae, which are native to the American, Indian, and African tropics...
  
   gradiflorum Sw.
• Cardiospermum halicacabum
  Cardiospermum halicacabum
  Cardiospermum halicacabum, known as the Balloon plant or Love in a puff, is a climbing plant widely distributed in tropical and subtropical Africa and Asia...
  
  
• Paulinia
  Paulínia
  Paulínia is a municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. As of 2009, its population was 84.577 inhabitants in an area of 145.27 km². The elevation is 590 m...
  
   elegans Camb.
• Sapindus
  Sapindus
  Sapindus is a genus of about five to twelve species of shrubs and small trees in the Lychee family, Sapindaceae, native to warm temperate to tropical regions in both the Old World and New World. The genus includes both deciduous and evergreen species. Members of the genus are commonly known as...
  
   saponaria
  Sapindus saponaria
  Sapindus saponaria is a small to medium-sized deciduous tree native to the Americas. Common names include wingleaf soapberry, western soapberry, jaboncillo, and mānele . Its genus name, "Sapindus", comes from the Latin, meaning Indian soap, and its specific epithet means "soapy."-Subspecies:*S. s....
  
   L.
• Serjanea lethalis St. Hil.
• Serjanea mansiana Mart.
• Serjanea paucidentata Radlk
• Urvillea
  Urvillea
  Urvillea is a plant genus in the family Sapindaceae....
  
   ulmacea H.B.K.

Selaginellaceae

• Selaginella convoluta (Walk.& Arnoff) Spreng.

Solanaceae

Solanaceae

Solanaceae are a family of flowering plants that include a number of important agricultural crops as well as many toxic plants. The name of the family comes from the Latin Solanum "the nightshade plant", but the further etymology of that word is unclear...

• Acnistus
  Acnistus
  Acnistus is a genus of plants in the Solanaceae, the nightshade family.*Acnistus arborescens - hollowheart*Acnistus cauliflorus*Acnistus lorentzii*Acnistus parviflorus...
  
   arborescens
  Acnistus arborescens
  Acnistus arborescens, commonly known as "hollowheart", "wild tabbaco"; gallinero; and "fruta-de-sabiá".-Description:It is native to Central and South America, and the Caribbean...
  
  
• Datura
  Datura
  Datura is a genus of nine species of vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. Its precise and natural distribution is uncertain, owing to its extensive cultivation and naturalization throughout the temperate and tropical regions of the globe...
  
   fastuosa L.
• Solanum
  Solanum
  Solanum, the nightshades, horsenettles and relatives, is a large and diverse genus of annual and perennial plants. They grow as forbs, vines, subshrubs, shrubs, and small trees, and often have attractive fruit and flowers. Many formerly independent genera like Lycopersicon or Cyphomandra are...
  
   erianthum
  Solanum erianthum
  Solanum erianthum is a species of nightshade that is native to southern North America and northern South America. It has been introduced to other parts of the world and has a nearly pantropical distribution. Common names include Potato Tree, Mullein Nightshade , Velvet Nightshade, and...
  
   Don.
• Solanum horridum Don.
• Solanum paniculatum
  Solanum paniculatum
  Solanum paniculatum, commonly known as Jurubeba, is a nightshade common in almost all of Brazil. It is used as a medicinal plant and has a bitter taste....
  
   L.

Sterculiaceae

Sterculiaceae

Sterculiaceae is a botanical name for a group of flowering plants at the rank of family, which is now considered obsolete. As is true for any botanical name, the circumscription, status and placement of the taxon has varied with taxonomic point of view...

• Guazuma ulmifolia
  Guazuma ulmifolia
  Guazuma ulmifolia Lam. is also commonly known as guácima, guácimo , tablote, majagua de toro tapaculo, cualote, cambá-acá, as well as many other names. It is a small to medium sized tree normally found in pastures and disturbed forests. This flowering plant from the Malvaceae family grows up to...
  
   Lam.
• Melochia
  Melochia
  Melochia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. Some authorities place it in Sterculiaceae. It comprises 54 species from the tropical and subtropical regions of the world, ranging from India eastwards through Malesia and the Pacific Islands to the Americas and the Caribbean...
  
   hermanoides St. Hil.
• Melochia villosa (Mill.) Farwc.
• Sterculia
  Sterculia
  Sterculia is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It was previously placed in the now obsolete Sterculiaceae. Members of the genus are colloquially known as tropical chestnuts...
  
   striata St. Hil. et Naud.
• Waltheria
  Waltheria
  Waltheria is a genus of flowering plants in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is sometimes placed in Sterculiaceae. The name honours German botanist Augustin Friedrich Walther .-Selected species:*Waltheria calcicola Urb. – Raichie...
  
   bracteosa St. Hil. et Naud.

Tiliaceae

Tiliaceae

Tiliaceae is a botanical name for a family of flowering plants. Such a family is not part of APG II, but it is found all through the botanical literature and remains prominently listed by nomenclatural databases such as IPNI....

• Apeiba
  Apeiba
  Apeiba is a genus of flowering plant in the Malvaceae family.Species include:*Apeiba albiflora* Apeiba intermedia*Apeiba tibourbou...
  
   tibourbou
  Apeiba tibourbou
  Apeiba tibourbou is a tree native to Caatinga and Cerrado vegetation in Brazil, and Costa Rica. It is used as an alternative fiber crop to make paper.-See also:*List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil...
  
   Aubl.
• Luehea
  Luehea
  Luehea is a genus of trees, in the Malvaceae family....
  
   candicans Mart.
• Luehea divaricata
  Luehea divaricata
  Luehea divaricata is a species of tree native to the cerrado area of Brazil, particularly the states of Bahia and Rio Grande do Sul. It is known by various local names including "açoita-cavalo", "açoita-cavalo miúdo", "ibatingui", "ivatingui", "pau-de-canga", and "caiboti".-Traditional uses:L....
  
  Mart.

Turneraceae

Turneraceae

Turneraceae Kunth ex DC. is a family of flowering plants consisting of 120 species in 10 genera. The Cronquist system placed the Turneracids in the order Violales, but it is not currently recognized as a valid family by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group in the APG III system of 2009, which includes...

• Piriqueta aurea (Camb.) Urban
• Pirequeta duarteana (Camb.) Juss.
• Turnera
  Turnera
  Turnera is a genus of flowering plants in the passionflower family, Passifloraceae. It contains more than 100 species native to tropical and subtropical America. The name honours English naturalist William Turner . It was previously placed in the family Turneraceae.-Selected species:-Formerly...
  
   melochioides Camb.
• Turnera ulmifolia
  Turnera ulmifolia
  Turnera ulmifolia, the Yellow Alder, is a species of plant of family Passifloraceae, native to Mexico and the West Indies. A recent study found that yellow alder potentiated the antibiotic activity against methicillin—resistant Staphylococcus aureus ....
  
   L.

Urticaceae

Urticaceae

Urticaceae, or the nettle family, is a family of flowering plants. The family name comes from the genus Urtica . Urticaceae includes a number of well-known and useful plants, including the aforementioned nettles, Ramie , māmaki , and ajlai .The family includes approximately 2600 species, grouped...

• Fleurya aestuans Gaudich.
• Urera
  Urera
  Urera is a genus of flowering shrubs, trees and vines in the nettle family, Urticaceae. Urera is characterized by fleshy fruits , the presence of paintbrush-like stigmas, glabrous pistillodes, and hairs with bulbed bases, that in some species are stinging.There are currently 113 published species...
  
   baccifera Gaudich.

Verbenaceae

Verbenaceae

Verbenaceae, commonly known as the verbena family or vervain family, is a family of mainly tropical flowering plants. It contains trees, shrubs and herbs notable for heads, spikes, or clusters of small flowers, many of which have an aromatic smell.Recent phylogenetic studies have shown that...

• Aegiphylla sellowiana Cham.
• Lantana
  Lantana
  Lantana is a genus of about 150 species of perennial flowering plants in the verbena family, Verbenaceae. They are native to tropical regions of the Americas and Africa but exist as an introduced species in numerous areas, especially in the Australian-Pacific region. The genus includes both...
  
   camara
  Lantana camara
  Lantana camara, also known as Spanish Flag or West Indian Lantana, is a species of flowering plant in the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that is native to the American tropics. It has been introduced into other parts of the world as an ornamental plant and is considered an invasive species in many...
  
   L.
• Lantana lilaciana Desf.
• Lantana microphylla L.

Vitaceae

Vitaceae

Vitaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants including the grapevine and Virginia creeper. The family name is derived from the genus Vitis...

• Cissus
  Cissus
  Cissus is a genus of approximately 350 species of woody vines in the grape family . They have a cosmopolitan distribution, though the majority are to be found in the tropics. In Tamil they are known as pirandai .-Medicinal:...
  
   erosa L. C. Rich.
• Cissus scabra
• Cissus sicyoides
  Cissus sicyoides
  Cissus sicyoides, also known as Princess vine, Millionaire vine and Curtain Ivy, is evergreen perennial vine in the Vitaceae family....
  
   L.
• Cissus warmingii

Vochysiaceae

Vochysiaceae

Vochysiaceae is a plant family belonging to the order of Myrtales.-Description:Trees or shrubs with opposite leaves; flowers are zygomorph 1--5 merous; ovary inferior or superior; one fertile stamen; fruits samara or capsules-Biogeography:...

• Callistene major Mart.
• Qualea
  Qualea
  Qualea is a flowering plant genus in the family Vochysiaceae. These plants occur in the Neotropics and their wood makes good timber and firewood and is used in construction....
  
   parviflora Mart.
• Vochysia
  Vochysia
  Vochysia is a genus of plant in family Vochysiaceae. It contains the following species, among others:* Vochysia aurifera, Standl. & L.O. Williams...
  
   tucanorum Mart.