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Catalog of Vascular Plant Species
of Eastern Brazil


Specimens in the families listed below have been catalogued for this project. Click on a family name to see a list of names of genera and species in the family. Click on a genus or species name to see a list of detailed specimen records.

Clicking on a family name below initiates a search of the database that generates the list of taxa dynamically. This will take some time for those families with many records (i.e., hundreds or thousands). In general, the search time in seconds can be estimated by dividing the number of records in a family by ten. For example, generating a checklist of a family with 3087 records in the catalogue will take approximately 309 seconds (3087/10) or about 5 minutes.

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Family
Number of
Records
Acanthaceae
813
Achatocarpaceae
3
Agavaceae
12
Aizoaceae
16
Alismataceae
61
Aloeaceae
3
Amaranthaceae
654
Anacardiaceae
596
Annonaceae
818
Apiaceae
373
Apocynaceae
907
Aquifoliaceae
366
Araceae
356
Araliaceae
164
Araucariaceae
23
Arecaceae
488
Aristolochiaceae
70
Asclepiadaceae
540
Asteraceae
7056
Balanophoraceae
10
Balsaminaceae
2
Basellaceae
26
Begoniaceae
308
Berberidaceae
30
Bignoniaceae
1530
Bixaceae
16
Bombacaceae
129
Boraginaceae
850
Brassicaceae
72
Bromeliaceae
1042
Buddlejaceae
84
Burmanniaceae
42
Burseraceae
352
Cabombaceae
5
Cactaceae
512
Caesalpiniaceae
4087
Callitrichaceae
2
Calyceraceae
10
Campanulaceae
244
Canellaceae
24
Cannaceae
23
Capparaceae
234
Caprifoliaceae
13
Caricaceae
38
Caryocaraceae
41
Caryophyllaceae
101
Casuarinaceae
8
Cecropiaceae
192
Celastraceae
269
Chenopodiaceae
97
Chloranthaceae
43
Chrysobalanaceae
753
Cleomaceae
1
Clethraceae
88
Clusiaceae
1014
Combretaceae
289
Commelinaceae
216
Connaraceae
140
Convolvulaceae
768
Cornaceae
32
Costaceae
34
Crassulaceae
13
Cucurbitaceae
248
Cunoniaceae
157
Cupressaceae
3
Cuscutaceae
100
Cyclanthaceae
27
Cymodoceaceae
3
Cyperaceae
4092
Dichapetalaceae
38
Dilleniaceae
245
Dioscoreaceae
185
Droseraceae
25
Ebenaceae
15
Elaeocarpaceae
122
Elatinaceae
3
Eremolepidaceae
15
Ericaceae
343
Eriocaulaceae
895
Erythroxylaceae
654
Euphorbiaceae
3375
Fabaceae
4469
Flacourtiaceae
720
Fumariaceae
2
Gentianaceae
228
Geraniaceae
29
Gesneriaceae
249
Goodeniaceae
15
Grossulariaceae
84
Gunneraceae
6
Haemodoraceae
1
Haloragaceae
23
Heliconiaceae
104
Hernandiaceae
21
Hippocrateaceae
185
Hugoniaceae
1
Humiriaceae
178
Hydrocharitaceae
11
Hydrophyllaceae
17
Icacinaceae
160
Iridaceae
297
Juncaceae
105
Juncaginaceae
7
Krameriaceae
46
Family
Number of
Records
Lacistemataceae
76
Lamiaceae
1372
Lauraceae
1683
Lecythidaceae
461
Lemnaceae
7
Lentibulariaceae
145
Liliaceae
196
Limnocharitaceae
16
Linaceae
25
Loasaceae
27
Loganiaceae
449
Loranthaceae
260
Lythraceae
595
Magnoliaceae
9
Malpighiaceae
2054
Malvaceae
1245
Marantaceae
302
Marcgraviaceae
3
Mayacaceae
24
Melastomataceae
4172
Meliaceae
616
Mendonciaceae
40
Menispermaceae
234
Menyanthaceae
18
Mimosaceae
3982
Molluginaceae
22
Monimiaceae
261
Moraceae
607
Myoporaceae
4
Myristicaceae
54
Myrsinaceae
530
Myrtaceae
3613
Nyctaginaceae
331
Nymphaeaceae
27
Ochnaceae
201
Olacaceae
209
Oleaceae
50
Onagraceae
235
Opiliaceae
6
Orchidaceae
1284
Oxalidaceae
239
Papaveraceae
5
Passifloraceae
248
Pedaliaceae
9
Phytolaccaceae
208
Picramniaceae
64
Piperaceae
3111
Plantaginaceae
48
Plumbaginaceae
37
Poaceae
5372
Podocarpaceae
53
Podostemaceae
21
Polygalaceae
751
Polygonaceae
488
Pontederiaceae
66
Portulacaceae
86
Potamogetonaceae
10
Primulaceae
25
Proteaceae
190
Pteridophyte
5115
Quiinaceae
1
Rafflesiaceae
16
Ranunculaceae
107
Rapateaceae
4
Rhamnaceae
224
Rhizophoraceae
18
Rosaceae
230
Rubiaceae
4554
Ruppiaceae
2
Rutaceae
1250
Sabiaceae
24
Salicaceae
5
Santalaceae
12
Sapindaceae
2034
Sapotaceae
738
Scrophulariaceae
684
Simaroubaceae
85
Smilacaceae
188
Solanaceae
3427
Sterculiaceae
543
Styracaceae
40
Symplocaceae
276
Theaceae
105
Theophrastaceae
32
Thymelaeaceae
18
Tiliaceae
200
Trigoniaceae
132
Triuridaceae
2
Tropaeolaceae
2
Turneraceae
260
Typhaceae
17
Ulmaceae
162
Urticaceae
217
Valerianaceae
46
Velloziaceae
190
Verbenaceae
2664
Violaceae
242
Viscaceae
236
Vitaceae
182
Vochysiaceae
431
Winteraceae
96
Xyridaceae
299
Zingiberaceae
32
Zygophyllaceae
12



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