''Eduandrea'' is a

monotypic In biology, a monotypic taxon is a taxonomic group (taxon) that contains only one immediately subordinate taxon. A monotypic species is one that does not include subspecies or smaller, infraspecific taxa. In the case of genera, the term "unisp ...

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plants in the

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Bromeliaceae The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and one in tropical west Africa, ...

, subfamily Bromelioideae.

Taxonomy

It contains a single species, ''Eduandrea selloana''. The former genus ''Andrea'' has been ruled invalid and renamed ''Eduandrea'' in honor of the collector Édouard André (1840-1911).J. Brom Soc 58(2) 2008

Distribution

The

bromeliad The Bromeliaceae (the bromeliads) are a Family (biology), family of monocot flowering plants of about 80 genera and 3700 known species, native mainly to the Tropics, tropical Americas, with several species found in the American subtropics and on ...

species ''Eduandrea selloana'' is

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Minas Gerais Minas Gerais () is one of the 27 federative units of Brazil, being the fourth largest state by area and the second largest in number of inhabitants with a population of 20,539,989 according to the 2022 Brazilian census, 2022 census. Located in ...

state, within the Atlantic Forest biome (''Mata Atlantica Brasileira''), located in southeastern

Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by area, fifth-largest country by area and the List of countries and dependencies by population ...

.DPI.inpe.br: "BROMELIACEAE da MATA ATLÂNTICA BRASILEIRA: Lista de ESPÉCIES, DISTRIBUIÇÃO e CONSERVAÇÃO"
; ''Rodriguésia 59'', February 2008; ppg 209−258; article−, abstract− species lists−. accessed 30 May 2016. The plant is a

critically endangered species An IUCN Red List critically endangered (CR or sometimes CE) species is one that has been categorized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature as facing an extremely high risk of extinction in the wild. As of December 2023, of the ...

in its Bahian habitats.

References

Bromelioideae Endemic flora of Brazil Flora of the Atlantic Forest Flora of Minas Gerais Bromeliaceae genera Monotypic Poales genera Plants described in 1896 Critically endangered flora of South America Taxa named by John Gilbert Baker Taxa named by Rafaël Govaerts {{Bromelioideae-stub