Biology:Tessmannia

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Tessmannia
Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Subfamily: Detarioideae
Tribe: Detarieae
Genus: Tessmannia
Harms

Tessmannia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.[1]

It is native to Tropical Africa, and is found in the countries of Angola, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Zambia, Zaïre and Zimbabwe.[1]

The genus name of Tessmannia is in honour of Günther Tessmann (1884–1969), a German-Brazilian ethnologist and botanist. He was also an African explorer and plant collector, who later settled in Brazil.[2] It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.45 on page 295 in 1910.[1]

Known species

As accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2021:[1]

  • Tessmannia africana Harms
  • Tessmannia anomala (Micheli) Harms
  • Tessmannia baikieaoides Hutch. & Dalziel
  • Tessmannia burttii Harms
  • Tessmannia camoneana Torre
  • Tessmannia copallifera J.Léonard
  • Tessmannia dawei J.Léonard
  • Tessmannia densiflora Harms
  • Tessmannia dewildemaniana Harms
  • Tessmannia korupensis Burgt
  • Tessmannia lescrauwaetii (De Wild.) Harms
  • Tessmannia martiniana Harms
  • Tessmannia yangambiensis Louis ex J.Léonard

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Tessmannia". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:23679-1. 
  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. 

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