Edmundoa
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| Edmundoa | |
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| Edmundoa lindenii | |
Scientific classification  | |
| 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.[1]
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]