''Alcantarea odorata'' is a plant
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
in the genus ''
Alcantarea
''Alcantarea'' (named for Dom Pedro d'Alcântara, second Emperor of Brazil) is related to the genus ''Vriesea'' of the botanical family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Tillandsioideae
Tillandsioideae is a subfamily of plants in the bromeliad family Br ...
''. This species is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Brazil
Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...
.
References
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odorata
Flora of Brazil
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