Tessmannia Explained

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

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
• Tessmannia anomala
• Tessmannia baikieaoides
• Tessmannia burttii
• Tessmannia camoneana
• Tessmannia copallifera
• Tessmannia dawei
• Tessmannia densiflora
• Tessmannia dewildemaniana
• Tessmannia korupensis
• Tessmannia lescrauwaetii
• Tessmannia martiniana
• Tessmannia yangambiensis

Notes and References

1. Web site: Tessmannia . 2021 . Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 17 February 2021.
2. Book: Burkhardt, Lotte . Verzeichnis eponymischer Pflanzennamen – Erweiterte Edition . Index of Eponymic Plant Names – Extended Edition . Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin . 2018 . 978-3-946292-26-5 . pdf . German . Berlin . 10.3372/epolist2018 . 187926901 . 1 January 2021.