Ameroglossum pernambucense | |
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Ameroglossum pernambucense in Paraiba, Brazil | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Lamiales |
Family: | Scrophulariaceae |
Genus: | Ameroglossum |
Species: | A. pernambucense
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Binomial name | |
Ameroglossum pernambucense Eb.Fisch, S.Vogel & A.V.Lopes
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Ameroglossum pernambucense is a species of flowering plant endemic to the Borborema Plateau in Pernambuco in north-eastern Brazil.[2] It is only found on granitic rocky outcrops in moist forest enclaves from 723 to 1,215 metres elevation. The species is threatened by drought, fires, quarrying, trampling and cattle pasturing.[1]