Tessmannia

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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
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "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.