Biology:Edmundoa

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Edmundoa
Edmundoa lindenii
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Edmundoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to southern and south-eastern Brasil.[1]

The genus is named for Edmundo Pereira, Brazilian botanist (1914–1986),[2] from the Botanical Garden in Rio de Janeiro.[3]

It is recognized as an independent genus, as it was before 1997, it was grouped earlier with Canistrum.

The genus was circumscribed by Elton Martinez Carvalho Leme in Canistrum - Bromeliads Atlantic Forest on page 42 in 1997, and it was noted earlier in Taxon vol.36 (Issue 1) on page 330 in 1987.[1]

Species

References

Wikidata ☰ Q143651 entry