Faurea rochetiana

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Faurea rochetiana
Faurea rochetiana, habitus, b, Pretoria NBT.jpg
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Faurea
Species:
F. rochetiana
Binomial name
Faurea rochetiana
(A.Rich.) Chiov. ex Pic.Serm.
Synonyms [2]
  • Faurea decipiens C.H.Wright
  • Faurea rochetiana subsp. speciosa (Welw.) Troupin
  • Faurea speciosa Welw.
  • Leucadendron rochetianum Kuntze
  • Leucospermum rochetianum A.Rich.
  • Trichostachys speciosa Welw.

Faurea rochetiana, also known as the broad-leaved beechwood, is a tree found in much of Africa from Sudan south to Limpopo, Mpumalanga and northern KwaZulu-Natal. The tree is small and leafy. It has wider leaves, larger flowers and flower veins and also denser hairy twigs than the bushveld beechwood. The tree's national number is 76. [3]

References

  1. ↑ Martínez Richart, A.I. (2020). "Faurea rochetiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T112642519A114794475. IUCN. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T112642519A114794475.en .
  2. ↑ "Faurea rochetiana". Plants of the World Online . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew . Retrieved 23 January 2022.
  3. ↑ "National List of Indigenous Trees in South Africa".


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