Tessmanniacanthus

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Tessmanniacanthus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Acanthaceae
Genus: Tessmanniacanthus
Mildbr. (1926)
Species:
T. chlamydocardioides
Binomial name
Tessmanniacanthus chlamydocardioides
Mildbr. (1926)

Tessmanniacanthus is a monotypic genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae. [1] It only contains one known species, Tessmanniacanthus chlamydocardioidesMildbr. [1]

It is native to Peru. [1]

The genus name of Tessmanniacanthus is partly 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] The second part of the name refers to Acanthus . [3] The Latin specific epithet of chlamydocardioides refers to the resemblance of its inflorescence bracts to those of Chlamydocardia buettneri .

Both the species and the genus were first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.9 on page 987 in 1926. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Tessmanniacanthus Mildbr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 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 . Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ↑ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN   978-1845337315.
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