| Edmundoa | |
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| Edmundoa lindenii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Subfamily: | Bromelioideae |
| Genus: | Edmundoa Leme |
Edmundoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to southern and south-eastern Brasil.
The genus is named for Edmundo Pereira, Brazilian botanist (1914–1986), from the Botanical Garden in Rio de Janeiro.
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.
Species
- Edmundoa ambigua (Wanderley & Leme) Leme
- Edmundoa lindenii (Regel) Leme
- var. rosea (E.Morren) Leme
- Edmundoa perplexa (L.B.Smith) Leme
References
- ^ "Edmundoa Leme | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 September 2022.
- "Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology". Archived from the original on 2007-02-03. Retrieved 2007-02-17.
- Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
External links
- FCBS Edmundoa Photos
- BSI Genera Gallery Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine photos
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Edmundoa | |