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Tessmannianthus
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Tessmannianthus

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 40 meters tall. The flowers are heterantherous, bearing two types of stamens. These plants are rare, and some are narrow endemics known from only one location.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Tessmannianthus quadridomius

speciesTessmannianthus quadridomius

Tessmannianthus heterostemon

speciesTessmannianthus heterostemon

Tessmannianthus calcaratus

speciesTessmannianthus calcaratus

Tessmannianthus carinatus

speciesTessmannianthus carinatus

Tessmannianthus cereifolius

speciesTessmannianthus cereifolius

Tessmannianthus gordonii

speciesTessmannianthus gordonii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 186810.