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Faurea rochetiana

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Species of flowering plant

Faurea rochetiana
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
  • 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.

References

  1. Martínez Richart, A.I. (2020). "Faurea rochetiana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T112642519A114794475. 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".
Taxon identifiers
Faurea rochetiana
Leucospermum rochetianum


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