Biology:Breviea

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Short description: Genus of flowering plants

Breviea
Scientific classification edit
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
Aubrév. & Pellegr.
Synonyms[3]
  • 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

Breviea is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described in 1935.[4][5]

It contains only one known species, Breviea sericea native to tropical Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaire).[3]

The species is listed as near threatened.[1]

References

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