Ameroglossum
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| Ameroglossum | |
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| Ameroglossum sp. in Paraiba, Brazil | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
| Genus: | Ameroglossum Eb.Fisch, S.Vogel & A.V.Lopes (1999) |
| species[1] | |
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9; see text | |
Ameroglossum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae. It includes nine species native to northeastern Brazil,[1] where they grow in moist forest enclaves on the region's mountains and plateaus.[2]
Ameroglossum pernambucense is endemic to the Borborema Plateau in Pernambuco,[3] and Ameroglossum manoel-felixii is found in Paraíba. The species are threatened by drought, fires, quarrying, trampling and cattle pasturing.[2]
