Tessmannia

For the moth genus, see Dasychira.

Tessmannia
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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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Tessmannia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
  2. ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2018). Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition [Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2018. ISBN 978-3-946292-26-5. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.


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