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Tessmannianthus
Sign in to saveTessmannianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are seven species distributed in Central and South America. They are medium to large trees up to tall. The flowers are heterantherous, bearing two types of stamens. These plants are rare, and some are narrow endemics known from only one location.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderMyrtales
- FamilyMelastomataceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 44
- With media
- 22
- Family
- Melastomataceae
- Collections
- NY, F, MO, BRIT
- Recorded in
- Bolivia, Perú, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Melastomataceae
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- taxon name
- Tessmannianthus
- taxon rank
- genus
- topic's main category
- Category:Tessmannianthus
- taxon common name
- 爪元丹属
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Tessmannianthus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Melastomataceae. There are seven species distributed in Central and South America. They are medium to large trees up to tall. The flowers are heterantherous, bearing two types of stamens. 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 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.
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