Aubregrinia

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Aubregrinia
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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]

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References

  1. 1 2 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. 1 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](pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN   978-3-946292-41-8 . Retrieved January 27, 2022.