Endangered Plants of the Amazon Rainforest

Endangered Plants of the Amazon Rainforest

The Amazon rainforest is home to about 80 percent of the world's green flowering plants. About 1,500 species of advanced trees (ferns and conifers) and 750 trees can be found in a 2.5-acre area of ​​the Amazon rainforest. It is not known exactly how many species of the Amazon rainforest are endangered, but it is safe to say that many of them are endangered or on the verge of extinction. Some of the reasons for the extinction of the orchid include logging, cultivation, deforestation, and commercial development.

Orchids

Orchids are among the most endangered species of the Amazon rainforest. There are more than 25,000 species of orchids, all of which are endangered or threatened with extinction. Many species have previously gone extinct. They are the largest flowering plants in the world and come in a variety of colours and shapes. An orchid flower can be larger than a deadly hand and can grow several feet tall.

Raffles Flower

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 This Amazon rainforest flower is considered one of the rarest and most exposed species in the world. It can weigh over six pounds and can reach one cadence in length. It resembles a puffball mushroom with red petals, a brown centre, and petal nodes.

Mangrove Trees

These exposed trees are found along the littoral supports of the Amazon rainforest. They help slow down the flow of sediment as they move along drains and aquifers, and they cover the rainforest banks.

Mangroves grow like stilts and are formed where the rainforest meets the ocean. These trees are vulnerable to pollution and oil paint spills from the ocean.

Kapok Tree

This large tropical tree can grow up to 150 feet tall. The branches spread out well from the trunk and grow in vertical groups, making it a good nesting tree for cattails, and the crown is marquise-shaped. Frogs breed in the bromeliad pools in the lower corridors of the tree, while mammals live in the upper branches, which they also use as pathways.

Ecuadorian Rainforest Flowers

The flower of this exposed plant is small and unassuming and majestic. As the name suggests, it is located in the Ecuadorian region of the Amazon rainforest.

Bromeliads

There are more than 2,700 species of bromeliads in the Amazon rainforest, about a third of which are endangered. Some bromeliads are so heavy that they can topple the trees they grow on. Pineapple and Spanish moss are two of the most common types of bromeliads. Bane arrow frogs lay their eggs in exposed bromeliad tanks.

Durian

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 There are 15 types of durian trees. According to blueplantbiomes.org, D. testudinarum is not only rare but also on the endangered species list.

Triunia robusta

The Queen's Island Government says that approximately 13 percent of their rainforest plantations are at risk. One of these, Triunia robusta, has been allowed to become dormant, but it has previously been established in two other rainforests. The plant is listed as rare and endangered (see box).

Calamus aruensis

Calamus aruensis is a plant that grows on the slopes of the rainforests of Australia. It is not only endangered, but also listed as rare.