Edmundoa is a genus of flowering plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to southern and south-eastern Brasil.[1]
| 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 |
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
edit- Edmundoa ambigua (Wanderley & Leme) Leme
- Edmundoa lindenii (Regel) Leme
- var. rosea (E.Morren) Leme
- Edmundoa perplexa (L.B.Smith) Leme
References
edit- ^ a b "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
edit- FCBS Edmundoa Photos
- BSI Genera Gallery Archived 2012-02-27 at the Wayback Machine photos