''Edmundoa'' is a

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in the

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Bromeliaceae The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ...

, 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

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. 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

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vol.36 (Issue 1) on page 330 in 1987.

Species

* '' Edmundoa ambigua'' * '' Edmundoa lindenii'' ** var. ''rosea'' (E.Morren) Leme * '' Edmundoa perplexa''

References

External links

FCBS Edmundoa PhotosBSI Genera Gallery
photos {{Taxonbar, from=Q143651 Bromeliaceae genera