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Tammsia

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Tammsia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Rubiaceae
Subfamily: Ixoroideae
Tribe: Dialypetalantheae
Genus: Tammsia
H.Karst.
Species:
T. anomala
Binomial name
Tammsia anomala
H.Karst.

Tammsia is a monotypic genus of flowering plant belonging to the family Rubiaceae.[1] It only contains one known species, Tammsia anomala.[1]

It is native to Colombia, Peru and Venezuela in western South America.[1]

The genus name of Tammsia is in honour of Georg Tamms, a German doctor from Altona (near Hamburg), who was also a plant collector.[2] The Latin specific epithet of anomala is derived from Greek word anomalus meaning anomalous (deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected).[3] Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Fl. Columb. Vol.1 on page 179 in 1861.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Tammsia H.Karst. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  2. ^ 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  3. ^ Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.