Biology:Tammsia

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Tammsia
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Dialypetalantheae
Genus: Tammsia
H.Karst.
Species:
T. anomala
Binomial name
Tammsia anomala
H.Karst.

Tammsia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Tammsia anomala.[1]

It is native to Colombia, Peru and Venezuela in western South America.[1]

The genus name of Tammsia is in honour of Georg Tamms, a German doctor from Altona (near Hamburg), who was also a plant collector.[2] The Latin specific epithet of anomala is derived from Greek word anomalus meaning anomalous (deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected).[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Fl. Columb. Vol.1 on page 179 in 1861.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Tammsia H.Karst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:331997-2. 
  2. Burkhardt, Lotte (2018) (in German) (pdf). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition. Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2018. Retrieved 1 January 2021. 
  3. Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315. 

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