''Edmundoa ambigua'' 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 ''
Edmundoa
''Edmundoa'' is a genus of plants in the family Bromeliaceae, subfamily Bromelioideae. It is native to southern and south-eastern Brasil.
The genus is named for Edmundo Pereira, Brazilian botanist (1914–1986), from the Botanical Garden in Rio d ...
''. 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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ambigua
Flora of Brazil
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