Flora of North Brazil

Phyllanthus acidus, commonly known as star gooseberry, Otaheite gooseberry, or Malay gooseberry, is a tree in the family Phyllanthaceae that bears small edible berries.

Inga salicifolia is a species of plant in the family Fabaceae. It is found only in Brazil.

Begonia solimutata (or Begonia soli-mutata), the sun-changing begonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Begoniaceae, native to Pará states in northern Brazil. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Aguiaria is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. Its native range is northern Brazil. The genus was named after Brás de Aguiar (1881–1947), Brazilian naval officer who supported the author of the genus, Adolpho Ducke. It has one species, Aguiaria excelsa Ducke which was first published and described in Ann. Acad. Brasil. Sci. Vol.7 on page 329 in 1935.

Parapiqueria is a genus of Brazilian plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. Species The only known species is Parapiqueria cavalcantei, native to the State of Pará in northern Brazil.

Monogereion is a genus of Brazilian flowering plants in the tribe Eupatorieae within the family Asteraceae. Species There is only one known species, Monogereion carajensis, native to the State of Pará in northeastern Brazil.

Galeandra nivalis is a species of orchid endemic to northern Brazil.

Catasetum randii is a species of orchid found in Brazil.

Catasetum lemosii is a species of orchid found in northern Brazil.

Paraia is a genus of plant in family Lauraceae. It is a Neotropical genus with just one species, Paraia bracteata, native to the south-east of Brazil. The genus was described in 1991. Paraia is a hardwood evergreen tree that usually grows to 8 m tall; one individual has been recorded as 20 m. It occurs in an extensive area in the Brazilian states of Pará and Amazonas, in the drainage area of the Amazon Basin to the Atlantic rainforest of southern Brazil at the Trombetas River. The fruit is a berry.

Eschweilera rodriguesiana is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Brazil. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Androcalymma is a monotypic genus of South American flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the subfamily Dialioideae. It contains a single species, Androcalymma glabrifolium.

Uleanthus erythrinoides is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to northern Brazil. It is the only member of the genus Uleanthus. It belongs to the subfamily Faboideae.

Pitcairnia aphelandriflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, native to Panama, Ecuador and Peru. It was first described by Charles Antoine Lemaire in 1869.

Petaladenium urceoliferum is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae. It is a tree native to northern Brazil. It grows in tropical lowland Amazon rainforest in the basin of the Rio Negro, a northern tributary of the Amazon. It is the only member of the genus Petaladenium. The genus belongs to tribe Amburaneae in subfamily Faboideae. It produces three chemical compounds in its leaves that are not found in other members of the Amburaneae: (2S,4S,5R)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxypipecolic acid, (2S,4R,5S)-5-hydroxy-4-methoxypipecolic acid, and (2S,4R,5R)-4-hydroxy-5-methoxypipecolic acid.

Duckeanthus is a genus of plant in the family Annonaceae. It is native to Brazil. It contains a single species, Duckeanthus grandiflorus. Robert Elias Fries, the Swedish botanist who first formally described it, named it in honor of Adolpho Ducke who collected the specimen he examined, and its large (grandis in Latin) flowers.

Caperonia similis is a species of shrubs in the genus of Caperonia, native to Amazon rainforest.

Virola calophylloidea is a species of tree in the family Myristicaceae. It is endemic to Northern Brazil.

Lorenzia is a genus of plants in the family Araceae, first described in 2012. It has only one known species, Lorenzia umbrosa, endemic to Amapá state in north-eastern Brazil.

Hylocarpa is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Humiriaceae. The only species is Hylocarpa heterocarpa. Its native range is Northern Brazil.

Chonocentrum is a genus of the family Phyllanthaceae described as a genus in 1922. It contains only known species, Chonocentrum cyathophorum, native to the State of Amazonas in northwestern Brazil. The genus is still not well understood; W. John Hayden has observed that the plant seems have been collected just once, in upper Rio Negro of Brazil in the 1850s, and suggests that it has been misplaced taxonomically.

Barcella is a monotypic genus of flowering plant in the palm family found in the States of Amazonas and Roraima in northwestern Brazil. The only known species is Barcella odora which is used by the Brazilian peoples in construction and for various thatched goods.

Yanomamua is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gentianaceae. Its native range is Northern Brazil. Species: Yanomamua araca J.R.Grant, Maas & Struwe

Carajasia is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. The genus contains only one species, viz. Carajasia cangae, which is found on the mountain summits of Serra dos Carajás (Pará, Brazil).

Abuta acutifolia, commonly known as the Abuta vine, is a perennial vine native to the Amazon rainforest in South America. Belonging to the Menispermaceae family, this plant has a rich history of traditional medicinal use among indigenous communities in the Amazon basin. The Abuta vine is characterized by its woody stems and heart-shaped leaves that grow in an alternate pattern along the vine. Its small, greenish-yellow flowers typically bloom in clusters. The plant's fruits are small, spherical, and turn red when ripe. Abuta acutifolia is known for its climbing habit, often winding its way up

Brasilianthus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Melastomataceae. Its native range is Northern Brazil. Species: Brasilianthus carajensis Almeda & Michelang.

Aripuana is a plant genus in the gentian family, tribe Helieae, subclade Symbolanthus. The genus is named after the Aripuanã River in central Brazil, where it is found. Only one species, Aripuana cullmaniorum, has been classified as part of this genus. It is named for Lewis B. Cullman and Dorothy Cullman, philanthropists and supporters of the New York Botanical Garden. It is found in the southeastern part of Amazonas state, in a small area near the village of Nova Aripuanã Prainha along the Aripuanã River. Aripuana's primary habitat is lowland, white-sand savanna.

Hylaeaicum meeanum is a species of flowering plant in the family Bromeliaceae, endemic to Brazil (the state of Amazonas). It was first described in 1975 as Neoregelia meeana. It was first collected by Margaret Mee, near the source of Rio Andirá, near Parintins. It may be treated as a synonym of Hylaeaicum levianum (as Neoregelia leviana), but as of November 2022 was accepted by Plants of the World Online and the Encyclopaedia of Bromeliads.

Alloschemone is a genus of evergreen root climbing plants in the family Araceae that is native to the Amazon region of Bolivia and Brazil. There are only two species in the genus and both are extremely rare. These two species are Alloschemone occidentalis and Alloschemone inopinata. At one point in history, the genus Alloschemone was dissolved and added to Scindapsus, but it has since been reinstated after further observations of the plants.

Bognera is a monotypic genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The single species that makes up the genus is Bognera recondita. The word recondita means "hidden" referring to the fact that the plant is only found in remote areas of Amazonian Brazil near the Peruvian border. The species was discovered in the late 1970s and was originally placed in the genus Ulearum, as Ulearum reconditum Madison, Aroideana 3: 101 (1980). In 1984, a new genus was created in Taxon vol.33 on page 690, and Bognera was named after the German Aroid specialist Josef Bogner (b. 1939), who was a botanist,