Flora of French Guiana

Pouteria benai is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is endemic to French Guiana.

Aristolochia amara is a species of plant in the family Aristolochiaceae. It is a climber endemic to French Guiana.

Tapirira bethanniana is a tall tree of the family Anacardiaceae. It is endemic to tropical rainforests of French Guiana.

Monstera barrieri is a flowering plant of the genus Monstera and family Araceae.

Raddiella vanessiae is a species of bamboo. It is endemic to the Lambert Savanna of French Guiana. It is named after its discoverer, Vanessa Hequet, who found it in May 2001. It is believed to be the smallest of all bamboo species, with a height of only 2 cm.

Cremersia platula is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is endemic to French Guiana. It is the sole species in genus Cremersia.

Henriettea ininiensis is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to French Guiana.

Cremersia platula is a species of flowering plant in the family Gesneriaceae. It is endemic to French Guiana. It is the sole species in genus Cremersia.

Myrcia attenuata is a species of plant in the family Myrtaceae, endemic to French Guiana, and first described in 2015.

Degranvillea is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. At the present time, there is only one known species, Degranvillea dermaptera, endemic to French Guiana

Rinorea pectino-squamata is a species of plant in the Violaceae family. It is endemic to French Guiana.

Pouteria melanopoda is a species of plant in the family Sapotaceae. It is found in French Guiana and Suriname.

Lembocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It contains a single species, Lembocarpus amoenus, which is native to French Guiana and Suriname in northern South America.

Kefersteinia lafontainei is a species of flowering plant from the genus Kefersteinia.

Epidendrum dipus is a species of orchid in the genus Epidendrum.

Eschweilera squamata is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in French Guiana.

Cyperus gayi is a species of sedge that is native to parts of French Guiana.

Couratari calycina is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Guyana.

Corythophora labriculata is a species of woody plant in the family Lecythidaceae. It is found only in Suriname.

Cinnamodendron tenuifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Canellaceae. It is found in Suriname.

Polylychnis radicans is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Guyana and French Guiana. It is the sole species in genus Polylychnis.

Lembocarpus is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It contains a single species, Lembocarpus amoenus, which is native to French Guiana and Suriname in northern South America.

Christopheria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It contains a single species, Christopheria xantha, a subshrub native to Venezuela and French Guiana in northern South America.

Sloanea acutiflora is a species of plant in the Elaeocarpaceae family. It is endemic to Suriname.

Polylychnis radicans is a species of flowering plant belonging to the family Acanthaceae. It is native to Guyana and French Guiana. It is the sole species in genus Polylychnis.

Christopheria is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Gesneriaceae. It contains a single species, Christopheria xantha, a subshrub native to Venezuela and French Guiana in northern South America.

Chlorocardium rodiei (greenheart) is a species of flowering plant in the family Lauraceae. It is one of three species in the genus Chlorocardium. It is native to Guyana and Suriname, both in South America. Other common names include cogwood, demerara greenheart, greenhart, ispingo moena, sipiri, bebeeru and bibiru. It is an evergreen tree growing 15 to 30 m tall, with a trunk diameter of 35 to 60 cm. Its leaves are oppositely arranged and simple with smooth edges. Its fruit is a drupe containing a single seed. The cyclic bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid rodiasine was first isolated from this

Disteganthus is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. The genus name is from the Greek “dis” (two), “steg” (covering), and “anthos” (flower). They are considered a primitive genus among bromeliads and are only found in terrestrial environments. Distenganthus has three known species, native to northeastern South America.

Porocystis is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is Guianas to Northern Brazil. Species: Porocystis acuminata (Radlk.) Acev.-Rodr. Porocystis toulicioides Radlk.

Dicypellium is a genus of three species of flowering plants in the family Lauraceae, native to tropical South America, in Amazon Basin. Diagnostic characters: they are trees, with the flowers not involucrated, ovary superior, nine or fewer fertile stamens, anthers four-locular and nine tepals, and the fruit with cupules (see illustration). Dicypellium caryophyllatum, known as "pau-cravo" in Brazil, has bark that smells like cloves.