Tessmannia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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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 |
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
editAs 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
edit- ^ a b c d "Tessmannia". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2021.
- ^ 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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