''Tessmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
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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.
The genus name of ''Tessmannia'' is in honour of Günther Tessmann (1884–1969), a German-Brazilian
ethnologist
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and botanist. He was also an African explorer and plant collector, who later settled in Brazil.
It was first described and published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. Vol.45 on page 295 in 1910.
Known species
As accepted by the
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as of February 2021:
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Tessmannia africana
''Tessmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.
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, ...
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Tessmannia anomala
''Tessmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.
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, ...
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Tessmannia baikieaoides
''Tessmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.
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, ...
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Tessmannia burttii
''Tessmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.
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, ...
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Tessmannia camoneana
''Tessmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.
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, ...
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Tessmannia copallifera
''Tessmannia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae.
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, ...
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Tessmannia dawei''
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Tessmannia densiflora''
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Tessmannia dewildemaniana''
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Tessmannia korupensis''
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Tessmannia lescrauwaetii''
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Tessmannia martiniana''
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Tessmannia yangambiensis''
References
Detarioideae
Fabaceae genera
Plants described in 1910
Flora of Africa
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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