Edmundoa Explained

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]

Species

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

External links

• FCBS Edmundoa Photos
• BSI Genera Gallery photos

Notes and References

1. Web site: Edmundoa Leme Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 7 September 2022 . en.
2. Web site: Bromeliad Info - Genera Etymology . 2007-02-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070203011214/http://www.bsi.org/brom_info/genera.html . 2007-02-03 . dead .
3. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen . Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2022 . 978-3-946292-41-8 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2022 . January 27, 2022.