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: 301Tropicos, Aubregrinia Heine
There is only one known species, Aubregrinia taiensis native to West Africa (Ghana, Liberia, Ivory Coast).Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant FamiliesGovaerts, 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).
The species is listed as critically endangered.
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