List of endangered flora of Brazil

This is a partial list of the endangered flora of Brazil as listed under an act published in Portaria 37-N de 3 de abril de 1992 (Act No 37-N on April 3, 1992) by IBAMA.

Species are classified in four groups, set through criteria such as rate of decline, population size, area of geographic distribution, and degree of population and distribution fragmentation.

• Critically Endangered (CR) - Portuguese: Rara (R)
• Endangered (EN) - Portuguese: Em perigo (E)
• Vulnerable (VU) - Portuguese: Vulnerável (V)
• Data Deficient (DD) - Portuguese: Indeterminada (I)

• Official list of endangered flora of Bahia Official endangered flora of Bahia map
• Official list of endangered flora of Espírito Santo
• Official list of endangered flora of Minas Gerais
• Official list of endangered flora of Rio Grande do Sul

This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (August 2008)

• Astronium fraxinifolium Schott - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Piauí, and Rio Grande do Norte.

• Astronium urundeuva Engl. - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia, Ceará, Espírito Santo, Goiás, Mato Grosso, Maranhão, Minas Gerais, Piauí, and Rio Grande do Norte.

• Araucaria angustifolia (Bertol.) Kuntze - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo

• Acanthococos emensis Toledo - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Minas Gerais and São Paulo

• Ditassa arianeae Fontella & E.A.Schwarz

Area of geographic distribution:

• Ditassa maricaensis Fontella & E.A.Schwarz

Area of geographic distribution:

• Aspilia grazielae J.U.Santos (spelled Aspilia grasielae in the bill) - Category: Data Deficient (DD)

Area of geographic distribution: Mato Grosso do Sul

• Aspilia paraensis (Huber) J.U.Santos - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Pará

• Aspilia pohlii Backer - Category: Data Deficient (DD)

Area of geographic distribution: Rio Grande do Norte

• Aspilia procumbens Backer - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Rio Grande do Norte

• Delairea aparadensis Backer - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Santa Catarina

• Aechmea apocalyptica Reitz - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Paraná, Santa Catarina, and São Paulo

• Aechmea blumenavii Reitz - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Santa Catarina

• Aechmea kleinii Reitz - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Santa Catarina

• Aechmea pimenti-velosii Reitz - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Santa Catarina

• Billbergia alfonsi-joannis Reitz - Category: Endangered (EN)

Area of geographic distribution: Espírito Santo and Santa Catarina

• Bauhinia smilacina Steud. - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia and Rio de Janeiro

• Caesalpinia echinata Lam. - Category: Endangered (EN)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia, Pernambuco, Rio Grande do Norte and Rio de Janeiro

• Couepia schottii Fritsch

• Costus cuspidatus (Nees & Mart.) Maas

Area of geographic distribution:

• Costus fragilis Maas

Area of geographic distribution:

• Costus fusiformis Maas

Area of geographic distribution:

• Dicksonia sellowiana Hook.

Area of geographic distribution:

• Bowdichia nitida Spruce ex Benth. (spelled Bowdickia nitida in the bill) - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Amazonas, Pará and Rondônia.

• Dalbergia nigra (Vell.) Allemão ex Benth. - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia and Espírito Santo

• Aniba roseodora Ducke - Category: Endangered (EN)

Area of geographic distribution: Amazonas, Pará

• Dicypellium caryophyllatum Nees - Category:

Area of geographic distribution:

• Bertholletia excelsa Humb. & Bonpl. - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Acre, Amazonas, Maranhão, Pará and Rondônia.

• Cariniana ianeirensis Kunth

Area of geographic distribution:

• Brosimum glaucum Taub.

Area of geographic distribution:

• Brosimum glaziovii Taub.

Area of geographic distribution:

• Dorstenia arifolioa Lam. - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo

• Dorstenia cayapia - Category: Endangered (EN)

Area of geographic distribution: Bahia, Espírito Santo, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo

• Dorstenia elata - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Minas Gerais, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro

• Dorstenia ficus - Category: Critically Endangered (CR)

Area of geographic distribution: Rio de Janeiro

• Dorstenia fischeri - Category: Endangered (EN)

Area of geographic distribution: Rio de Janeiro

• Dorstenia ramosa - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Rio de Janeiro

• Dorstenia tenuis - Category: Vulnerable (VU)

Area of geographic distribution: Paraná and Santa Catarina

• Cattleya schilleriana Rchb.f.

Area of geographic distribution: endemic to Bahia, extinct in the wild.

• Bumelia obtusifolia Roem. & Schult. var. excelsa (DC) Mig.

Area of geographic distribution:

• Conservation in Brazil
• Wildlife of Brazil
• List of plants of Amazon Rainforest vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Atlantic Forest vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Caatinga vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Cerrado vegetation of Brazil
• List of plants of Pantanal vegetation of Brazil

• (in Portuguese) IBAMA Lista oficial de espécies da flora brasileira ameaçada de extinção (Official list of endangered flora of Brazil) Portaria 37-N de 3 de abril de 1992 (Act No 37-N on April 3, 1992).