Tessmannia

Tessmannia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.[1]

For the moth genus, see Dasychira.

Tessmannia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

As 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
  1. "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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