Beauprea
Beauprea filipes
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Subfamily: Proteoideae
Genus: Beauprea
Brongn. & Gris

Beauprea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. Its 13 extant species are endemic to New Caledonia,[1] though closely related forms have been found in the fossil records of Australia and New Zealand.[2][3] Its closest extant relatives are the African Protea and Faurea.[4]

Species

Described species include:[5]

References

  1. ^ Virot, R. (1967). Protéacées. In Flore de La Nouvelle-Calédonie et Dépendances, edited by A. Aubréville, 2:1–254. Paris: Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle.
  2. ^ Weston, Peter H. & Barker, Nigel P. (2006). "A new suprageneric classification of the Proteaceae, with an annotated checklist of genera" (PDF). Telopea. 11 (3): 314–344. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-10-02.
  3. ^ Pocknall, David T. & Crosbie, Yvonne M. (1988). "Pollen morphology of Beauprea (Proteaceae): Modern and fossil". Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology. 53 (3–4): 305–327. doi:10.1016/0034-6667(88)90037-1.
  4. ^ Sauquet, H., P. H. Weston, C. J. Anderson, N. P. Barker, D. J. Cantrill, A. R. Mast, and Savolainen, V. (2009). Contrasted Patterns of Hyperdiversifaction in Mediterranean Hotspots. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA 106 (1): 221–25.
  5. ^ "Beauprea". The Plant List. 2010. Retrieved 2013-05-17.

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