Breviea

{{Short description|Genus of flowering plants}}

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|genus = Breviea

|parent_authority = Aubrév. & Pellegr.

|species = sericea

|status = LR/nt

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|authority = Aubrév. & Pellegr.

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|synonyms = * Chrysophyllum sericeum A.Chev. 1917, illegitimate homonym, not A.DC. 1844 nor Salisb. 1796[http://www.tropicos.org/NameSearch.aspx?name=Chrysophyllum+sericeum&commonname= Tropicos, search for Chrysophyllum sericeum]

• Pouteria leptosperma Baehni
• Chrysophyllum leptospermum (Baehni) Roberty
• Breviea leptosperma (Baehni) Heine

|status_ref={{cite iucn |author=Hawthorne, W. |date=1998 |title=Breviea sericea |volume=1998 |page=e.T34646A9881124 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1998.RLTS.T34646A9881124.en |access-date=14 November 2021}}

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Breviea is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae described in 1935.{{cite Q|Q55757331|pages= 792}}[http://www.tropicos.org/Name/40031478 Tropicos, Breviea (Baehni) Aubrév. & Pellegr.]

It contains only one known species, Breviea sericea native to tropical Africa (Ghana, Ivory Coast, Central African Republic, Cameroon, Zaire).[http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/synonomy.do?name_id=24382 Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families]

The species is listed as near threatened.