Aubregrinia

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|image = Aubregrinia_taiensis_MNHN_P00417452.jpg

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|status = CR

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Assi, A. |date=1998 |title=Aubregrinia taiensis |volume=1998 |page=e.T32193A9681370 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T32193A9681370.en |access-date=17 November 2021}}

|genus = Aubregrinia

|parent_authority = Heine, 1960

|species = taiensis

|authority = (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Heine

|synonyms_ref =

|synonyms = * Endotricha Aubrév. & Pellegr. 1935, illegitimate homonym, not Suringar 1870 (probably Gentianaceae)

  • Endotricha taiensis Aubrév. & Pellegr.
  • Pouteria taiensis (Aubrév. & Pellegr.) Baehni

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Aubregrinia is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1935.Aubréville, André & Pellegrin, François. 1935. Endotricha. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 81: 794Heine, Hermann Heino. 1960. Kew Bulletin 14: 301[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40022626 Tropicos, Aubregrinia Heine ]

There is only one known species, Aubregrinia taiensis native to West Africa (Ghana, Liberia, Ivory Coast).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/namedetail.do?name_id=17859 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]Govaerts, R., Frodin, D.G. & Pennington, D. (2001 publ. 2002). World Checklist and Bibliography of Sapotaceae: 1-364. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The genus name of Aubregrinia is in honour of both André Aubréville and François Pellegrin (Aubréville, Pellegrin).{{cite book | last=Burkhardt | first=Lotte | title=Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen |trans-title=Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names | publisher=Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin | year=2022 | isbn=978-3-946292-41-8 | url=https://doi.org/10.3372/epolist2022|format=pdf |language=German |location=Berlin | doi=10.3372/epolist2022 | s2cid=246307410 |access-date=January 27, 2022}}

The species is listed as critically endangered.

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