Flora of Uruguay

Hippeastrum canterai is a flowering perennial herbaceous bulbous plant, in the family Amaryllidaceae, native to Uruguay.

Carex herteri is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of Uruguay.

Sebastiania pusilla is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It was described in 1945. It is native to Uruguay.

Melica serrana, is a species of grass endemic to Cerro de las Ánimas, Uruguay.

Melica animarum is a species of grass that is endemic to Sierra de las Ánimas in Uruguay.

Trichocline heterophylla is a plant in the family Asteraceae family, native to Uruguay. It was first described i 1826 by Kurt Polycarp Joachim Sprengel as Onoseris heterophylla, but in 1830 was transferred to the genus Trichocline by Christian Friedrich Lessing. The species epithet, heterophylla, is derived from the Greek heteros ("other" or "different"), and phyllon ("leaf") giving an adjective which describes the plant as having varied leaves.

Opuntia aurantiaca, commonly known as tiger-pear, jointed cactus or jointed prickly-pear, is a species of cactus from South America. The species occurs naturally in Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay and is considered an invasive species in Africa and Australia.

Mangonia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Araceae. The genus contains only two known species native to southern Brazil and Uruguay. Mangonia tweedieana Schott. - Rio Grande do Sul, Uruguay Mangonia uruguaya (Hicken) Bogner - Cerro Largo in Uruguay

Ipheion uniflorum is a species of flowering plant, related to the onions, placed in the allium subfamily (Allioideae) of the Amaryllidaceae. It is known by the common name springstar, or spring starflower. Along with all species of the genus Ipheion, some sources place it in the genus Tristagma, but research published in 2010 suggested that this is incorrect. It is native to Argentina and Uruguay, but is widely cultivated as an ornamental and reportedly naturalized in Great Britain, France, Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

Radlkoferotoma is a genus of South American flowering plants in the family Asteraceae. The genus name of Radlkoferotoma is in honour of Ludwig Adolph Timotheus Radlkofer (1829–1927), a Bavarian taxonomist and botanist. It was first described and published in Revis. Gen. Pl. Vol.1 on page 358 in 1891. Species Radlkoferotoma berroi (Hutch.) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul Radlkoferotoma cistifolia (Less.) Kuntze - Uruguay, Brazil Radlkoferotoma ramboi (Cabrera) R.M.King & H.Rob. - Rio Grande do Sul

Frailea phaeodisca is a species of Frailea cactus from Brazil and Uruguay.

Gymnocalycium schroederianum is a species of Gymnocalycium from Argentina and Uruguay.

Tillandsia arequitae is a species of flowering plant in the Bromeliaceae family. It is native to Brazil and Uruguay, its specific epithet referring to Cerro Arequita, Lavalleja Department in Uruguay.

Gymnocalycium reductum is a species of Gymnocalycium from Uruguay and Argentina.

Carex rupicola is a tussock-forming species of perennial sedge in the family Cyperaceae. It is native to parts of South America.

Harrisia regelii is a species of cactus endemic to Argentina and Uruguay.

Erianthecium is a genus of grasses. It includes a single species, Erianthecium bulbosum, a perennial native to southern Brazil and Uruguay.

Butia stolonifera was an oddly growing palm assigned to the genus Butia found only once in Uruguay in the 19th century, but which now is considered to be uncertain as a valid species. Butia stolonifera was collected in 1869 by professor José Arechavaleta, purportedly from the Pan de Azúcar hill. Two plants were grown from his collection, one at Montevideo and one at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden. By the turn of the century the palm in Rio de Janeiro had become a large mature specimen, and João Barbosa Rodrigues named it as a new species in 1901, calling it Cocos stolonifera. He formally

Notiosciadium is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Apiaceae. Its only species is Notiosciadium pampicola. Its native range is Northeastern Argentina to Uruguay.

Erianthecium is a genus of grasses. It includes a single species, Erianthecium bulbosum, a perennial native to southern Brazil and Uruguay.

Calyculogygas is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Malvaceae. It is native to southern Brazil and Uruguay. Species: Calyculogygas serrana Grings Calyculogygas uruguayensis Krapov.

Melica parodiana is a species of grass found in Buenos Aires, Argentina and Uruguay.

Boldrinia is a genus of grasses. It includes a single species, Boldrinia parodiana, a perennial native to southern Brazil and Uruguay.

Boldrinia is a genus of grasses. It includes a single species, Boldrinia parodiana, a perennial native to southern Brazil and Uruguay.

The flowering plant genus Ipheion (starflower, spring starflower) belongs to Allioideae, a subfamily of the family Amaryllidaceae. It includes three species native to southern Brazil, northeastern Argentina, and Uruguay.

Trithrinax campestris, the caranday palm, is a South American palm tree native of Uruguayan and northeastern Argentine sabanas, where it shares its habitat with Copernicia alba among others and extends also to the summits of mountain ranges of Sierras de Córdoba and Sierras de San Luis. It is a very rustic palm that grows in arid, well drained, rocky soils. Its distinctive features are its compact shape, short green to grayish foliage, and trunk fully hidden by dry dead leaf bases (coat) remaining from several previous seasons.

Parodia scopa (syn. Notocactus scopa), the silver ball cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to upland southern Brazil and Uruguay. It is a ball- or cylinder-shaped cactus growing to 5–50 cm (2–20 in) tall by 10 cm (4 in) broad, with a spiny, woolly crown and pale yellow flowers in summer. The specific epithet scopa means "broom" and refers to the long spines. The species was transferred from Notocactus to Parodia in 1997 by David Hunt. In cultivation it requires a minimum temperature of 10 °C (50 °F), therefore in temperate regions it must be grown

Parodia herteri is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae. It is endemic to Brazil. It was named for botanist Wilhelm Herter. The first description was in 1936 as Echinocactus herteri by Erich Werdermann. It was described as Parodia herteri in 1987 by Nigel Paul Taylor.

Parodia concinna, the sun cup, is a species of cactus in the genus Parodia, native to southern Brazil and Uruguay. It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Parodia buiningii is a rare species of cactus native to South America. It is a solitary spherical or oblate cactus only a few inches in height with long, yellow spines. It bears yellow flowers, and produces hairy fruit and black seeds. It is found surrounding the towns of Santana do Livramento, Brazil and Rivera, Uruguay.