Tessmannia | |
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Scientific classification | |
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]
As accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of February 2021: [1]
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