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### Author
Tessmann, Günther (*fl*. 1904-1926), German explorer, ethnographer and plant collector; in western-tropical Africa 1904-1909, 1910-1913, in Peru 1923-1926.
**Abbreviated name**: *Tessmann* \[standard form in IPNI: *Tessmann*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection B|B]] (mainly destr.); other material at [[Collection A|A]], [[Collection BR|BR]], [[Collection DPU|DPU]], [[Collection F|F]], [[Collection HBG|HBG]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection K|K]] (e.g. Spanish Guinea 713), [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PKDC|PKDC]], [[Collection S|S]], [[Collection U|U]]. – Set of duplicates also in herb. G. Hatschbach (Curitiba, Brazil). – *Letters* at [[Collection G|G]].
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 3: 369; IH 1 (ed. 3): 111, (ed. 6): 365, (ed. 7): 344, 2: (files); SIA 227; Urban-Berl. p. 403.
#### Biofile
- Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print, books 236: 507. 1964; Cat. gén. livr. impr. Bibl. natl. 184: 833-834. 1957.
- Leeuwenberg, A.J.M., Webbia 19(2): 863. 1965 (dupl. K).
- Letouzey, R., Fl. Cameroun 7: 58. 1968 (on coll. Cameroun).
- Verdoorn, F., ed., Chron. bot. 3: 121. 1937, 4: 186. 1938.
#### Note
Mildbraed, J., ed., *Plantae tessmannianae peruvianae. 1*: Notizbl. Berl.-Dahlem 9: 136-144. 1 Oct 1924, *2*: ib. 9: 260-268. 20 Mar 1925, *3*: ib. 9: 964-997. 15 Nov 1926, *4*, ib. 9: 1139-1154. 25 Mar 1927, *5*: ib. 10: 124-128. 10 Jul 1927, *6*: ib. 10: 169-197. 20 Dec 1927, *7*: ib. 10: 225-248. 30 Mar 1928, *8*: ib. 11: 135-146. 31 Mar 1931, *9*: ib. 11: 295-300. 10 Nov 1931.
#### Eponymy
*Neotessmannia* Burret (1924); *Tessmannia* Harms (1910); *Tessmanniacanthus* Mildbraed (1926); *Tessmannianthus* Markgraf (1927); *Tessmanniodoxa* Burret (1941); *Tessmanniophoenix* Burret (1928).