Biology:Faurea rochetiana

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Faurea rochetiana
Faurea rochetiana, habitus, b, Pretoria NBT.jpg
Scientific classification edit
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]
  • Leucadendron rochetianum Faurea decipiens
  • C.H.Wright subsp. speciosa (Welw.) Troupin
  • Kuntze Leucospermum rochetianum
  • Faurea speciosa A.Rich.
  • Faurea rochetiana Welw.
  • Welw. Trichostachys speciosa

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

Wikidata ☰ Q13034424 entry