Tessmanniacanthus
| Tessmanniacanthus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Acanthaceae |
| Genus: | Tessmanniacanthus Mildbr. |
Tessmanniacanthus is a Monotypic genus] of flowering plants belonging to the family Acanthaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Tessmanniacanthus chlamydocardioides Mildbr.[1]
The genus name of Tessmanniacanthus 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.[2] The second part of the name refers to Acanthus.[3] The Latin specific epithet of chlamydocardioides refers to the resemblance of its inflorescence bracts to those of Chlamydocardia buettneri.
Both the species and the genus were first described and published in Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem Vol.9 on page 987 in 1926.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Tessmanniacanthus Mildbr. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 184533731X.