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''Aubregrinia'' is a genus of plant in the family Sapotaceae first described as a genus in 1935. There is only one known species, ''Aubregrinia taiensis'' native to West Africa ( Ghana,
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Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...
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/ref> The genus name of ''Aubregrinia'' is in honour of both André Aubréville and
François Pellegrin François Pellegrin (25 September 1881, in Paris's 6e arrondissement – 9 April 1965, in the Hôpital Bichat in the 18e arrondissement) was a French botanist, who specialised in the plants of tropical Africa. He published some 623 plant names ...
(Aubréville, Pellegrin). The species is listed as critically endangered.


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Sapotaceae genera Monotypic asterid genera Flora of West Tropical Africa Critically endangered plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by André Aubréville Taxa named by François Pellegrin {{Sapotaceae-stub