''Tessmannianthus'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family
Melastomataceae
Melastomataceae is a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants found mostly in the tropics (two-thirds of the genera are from the New World tropics) comprising c. 175 genera and c. 5115 known species. Melastomes are annual or perennial herbs, sh ...
. There are seven species distributed in Central and South America. They are medium to large trees up to 40 meters tall. The flowers are heterantherous, bearing two types of
stamen
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Morphology and terminology
A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...
s. These plants are rare, and some are narrow endemics known from only one location.
The genus name of ''Tessmannianthus'' is partly 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. The second part of the name, ''anthos'' refers to flower.
Known species
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Tessmannianthus calcaratus''
(Gleason) Wurdack
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Tessmannianthus carinatus''
Almeda
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Tessmannianthus cenepensis''
Wurdack
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Tessmannianthus cereifolius''
Almeda
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Tessmannianthus gordonii''
Almeda
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Tessmannianthus heterostemon''
Markgraf
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Tessmannianthus quadridomius
''Tessmannianthus quadridomius'' is a species of plant in the family Melastomataceae. It is endemic to Colombia.
Its name refers to botanist José Cuatrecasas: "quadridomius" is Latin
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Wurdack
References
Melastomataceae genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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