Fabaceae
Tessmannia

Tessmannia africana Harms

First published in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 295 (1910)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is W. Central Tropical Africa. It is a tree and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Cameroon, Central African Repu, Congo, Gabon, Zaïre

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

Flora of West Tropical Africa

  • Fl. Congo Belge 3: 288.
  • Léonard in Publ. I.N.É.A.C., Sér. Sci. 45: 41
  • in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 45: 295, t. 2 (1910)

Publications used to compile the distribution and map:

  • Boulvert, Y. (1977). Catalogue de la Flore de Centrafrique 1: 1-114. ORSTROM, Bangui.
  • Lejoy, J., Ndjele, M.-B. & Geerinck, D. (2010). Catalogue-flore des plantes vasculaires des districts de Kisangani et de la Tshopo (RD Congo). Taxonomania 30: 1-307.
  • Lock, J.M. (1989). Legumes of Africa a check-List: 1-619. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Sita, P. & Moutsambote, J.-M. (2005). Catalogue des plantes vasculaires du Congo, ed. sept. 2005: 1-158. ORSTOM, Centre de Brazzaville.

International Legume Database and Information Service

  • Aubreville, A. (1965). 9. Caesalpinoideae. In: Flora du Cameroun. Aubreville & Leroy
  • Keay, R. W. J. (1958). Flora of West Tropical Africa. Ed. 2;Vol. 1, part 2

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Oct 1, 2007 Mackinder, B. [503] Cameroon K000436464 No
Oct 1, 2005 Mackinder, B. [504] Cameroon K000338261 Yes
Oct 1, 2005 Cheek, M. [11129] Cameroon K000338253 Yes
Jan 26, 2002 Tessman, G. [377] Equatorial Guinea K000417963 Type Yes
Letouzey, R. [3873] Cameroon K000387217 Yes
Keay, R.W.J. [0 s.n006] Cameroon K000181779 Yes
Louis, J. [14607] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000387218 Yes
Louis, J. [2471] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000387222 Yes
Wagemans, J. [471] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000387224 Yes
Letouzey, R. [14315] Cameroon K000092935 Yes
s.coll. [107] Congo, Democratic Republic of the K000387223 Yes
Ejiofor, M.C. [29316] Cameroon K000092859 Yes
Hart, T. [1160] Cote d'Ivoire K000387221 Yes
Letouzey, R. [3864] Cameroon K000387216 Yes
Onochie, C.F.A.; Ejiofor [30897] Cameroon K000092861 Yes
Ituri, J. [1364] Cote d'Ivoire K000387220 Yes
Wilde, J.J.F.E., de [7716] Cameroon K000387219 Yes
Letouzey, R. [13569] Cameroon K000092860 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Flora of West Tropical Africa

    • Flora of West Tropical Africa
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • International Legume Database and Information Service

    • International Legume Database and Information Service (ILDIS) V10.39 Nov 2011
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • World Checklist of Vascular plants (WCVP)

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0