Breviea
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Genus: | Breviea Aubrév. & Pellegr.
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Breviea sericea Aubrév. & Pellegr.
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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).[2]
The species is listed as near threatened.[5]
References
- ^ Tropicos, search for Chrysophyllum sericeum
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Aubréville, André & Pellegrin, François. 1935. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 81: 792.
- ^ Tropicos, Breviea (Baehni) Aubrév. & Pellegr.
- ^ Hawthorne, W. 1998. Breviea sericea. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 20 August 2007.