Breviea

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

Breviea

Near Threatened  (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Sapotaceae
Subfamily: Chrysophylloideae
Genus: Breviea
Aubrév. & Pellegr.
Species:
B. sericea
Binomial name
Breviea sericea
Synonyms[1]
  • Chrysophyllum sericeum A.Chev. 1917, illegitimate homonym, not A.DC. 1844 nor Salisb. 1796[2]
  • Pouteria leptosperma Baehni
  • Chrysophyllum leptospermum (Baehni) Roberty
  • Breviea leptosperma (Baehni) Heine

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. 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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