Autranella

Autranella
Conservation status
	; Critically Endangered (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Sapotaceae
Genus:	Autranella; A.Chev.
Binomial name
	Autranella congolensis; (De Wild.) A.Chev.
Synonyms
	Ambianella Willis; Mimusops congolensis De Wild.; Mimusops boonei De Wild.; Mimusops le-testui Lecomte; Autranella boonei (De Wild.) A.Chev.;

Autranella is a genus of plant in family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1917.^[2]^[3] It contains only one recognized species, Autranella congolensis, native to west-central Africa (Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, Cen Afr Rep, Congo Rep, Cabinda, Zaire).^[1]

The species is listed as critically endangered.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
^ Chevalier, Auguste Jean Baptiste. 1917. Les végétaux Utiles de l'Afrique Tropical Française 9: 268, 271
^ Tropicos, Autranella A.Chev.
^ African Regional Workshop (Conservation & Sustainable Management of Trees, Zimbabwe) 1998. Autranella congolensis. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived June 27, 2014, at the Wayback Machine Downloaded on 20 August 2007.

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