''Ameroglossum'' is a genus of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s in the family

Scrophulariaceae The Scrophulariaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the figwort family. The plants are annual and perennial herbs, as well as shrubs. Flowers have bilateral (zygomorphic) or rarely radial (actinomorphic) symmetry. The Scr ...

. It includes nine species native to northeastern

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, where they grow in moist forest enclaves on the region's mountains and plateaus.Maia Wanderley, A., Mendonça de Almeida, E. & Pessoa Félix, L. 2014.
Ameroglossum pernambucense
'. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T56726171A56726230. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T56726171A56726230.en. Accessed 13 May 2024. '' Ameroglossum pernambucense'' is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the

Borborema Plateau The Borborema Plateau ( Portuguese ''Planalto da Borborema'', also known as the ''Serra da Borborema'') is a plateau in northeastern Brazil which extends across the states of Pernambuco, Paraíba, and Rio Grande do Norte. The plateau is the northea ...

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, and '' Ameroglossum manoel-felixii'' is found in

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. The species are threatened by drought, fires, quarrying, trampling and cattle pasturing.

Species

Nine species are accepted. *''

Ameroglossum alatum ''Ameroglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae. It includes nine species native to northeastern Brazil, where they grow in moist forest enclaves on the region's mountains and plateaus.Maia Wanderley, A., Mendonça ...

'' *'' Ameroglossum asperifolium'' *'' Ameroglossum bicolor'' *'' Ameroglossum fulniorum'' *'' Ameroglossum genaroanum'' *'' Ameroglossum intermedium'' *'' Ameroglossum manoel-felixii'' *'' Ameroglossum pernambucense'' *''

Ameroglossum xukuruorum ''Ameroglossum'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae. It includes nine species native to northeastern Brazil, where they grow in Caatinga moist-forest enclaves, moist forest enclaves on the region's mountains and plateau ...

References

Scrophulariaceae Scrophulariaceae genera Flora of Northeast Brazil Endemic flora of Brazil {{Scrophulariaceae-stub