Ameroglossum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Scrophulariaceae. It includes nine species native to northeastern Brazil, where they grow in moist forest enclaves on the region's mountains and plateaus.Maia Wanderley, A., Mendonça de Almeida, E. & Pessoa Félix, L. 2014. Ameroglossum pernambucense. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014: e.T56726171A56726230. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T56726171A56726230.en. Accessed 13 May 2024.
Ameroglossum pernambucense is endemic to the Borborema Plateau in Pernambuco, and Ameroglossum manoel-felixii is found in Paraíba. The species are threatened by drought, fires, quarrying, trampling and cattle pasturing.
Species Nine species are accepted. Ameroglossum alatum Ameroglossum asperifolium Ameroglossum bicolor Ameroglossum fulniorum Ameroglossum genaroanum Ameroglossum intermedium Ameroglossum manoel-felixii Ameroglossum pernambucense Ameroglossum xukuruorum
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