| Tammsia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| 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. It only contains one known species, Tammsia anomala.
It is native to Colombia, Peru and Venezuela in western South America.
The genus name of Tammsia is in honour of Georg Tamms, a German doctor from Altona (near Hamburg), who was also a plant collector. The Latin specific epithet of anomala is derived from Greek word anomalus meaning anomalous (deviating from what is standard, normal, or expected). Both the genus and the species were first described and published in Fl. Columb. Vol.1 on page 179 in 1861.
References
- ^ "Tammsia H.Karst. | 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. S2CID 187926901. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
- Harrison, Lorraine (2012). RHS Latin for Gardeners. United Kingdom: Mitchell Beazley. ISBN 978-1845337315.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Tammsia | |
| Tammsia anomala | |