Aubregrinia

Aubregrinia
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Aubregrinia Heine, 1960
Species:	A. taiensis
Binomial name
Aubregrinia taiensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Heine
Synonyms [2]
EndotrichaAubrév. & Pellegr. 1935, illegitimate homonym, not Suringar 1870 (probably Gentianaceae) Endotricha taiensisAubrév. & Pellegr. Pouteria taiensis(Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Baehni

Aubregrinia is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1935. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

There is only one known species, Aubregrinia taiensis native to West Africa (Ghana, Liberia, Ivory Coast). ^{[2] [6]}

The genus name of Aubregrinia is in honour of both André Aubréville and François Pellegrin (Aubréville, Pellegrin). ^[7]

The species is listed as critically endangered. ^[1]

References

1. Assi, A. (1998). "Aubregrinia taiensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1998 e.T32193A9681370. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32193A9681370.en . Retrieved 17 November 2021.
2. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
3. Aubréville, André & Pellegrin, François. 1935. Endotricha. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 81: 794
4. Heine, Hermann Heino. 1960. Kew Bulletin 14: 301
5. Tropicos, Aubregrinia Heine
6. Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
7. Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen[Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8. S2CID   246307410.