Breviea

Breviea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Genus: Breviea
Aubrév. & Pellegr.
Binomial name
Breviea sericea
Aubrév. & Pellegr.
Synonyms[1]

Breviea is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1935.[3][4]

It contains only one known species, Breviea sericea, native to tropical Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaire).[1]

The species is listed as near threatened.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  2. Tropicos, search for Chrysophyllum sericeum
  3. Aubréville, André & Pellegrin, François. 1935. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 81: 792.
  4. Tropicos, Breviea (Baehni) Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  5. Hawthorne, W. 1998. Breviea sericea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.


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