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Beauprea penariensis
Beauprea penariensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is a shrub or tree with pear-shaped fruits.
The species is native to a small area of New Caledonia, and is known from fewer than fifty individual plants. It is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN.
From the article Beauprea penariensis on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Beauprea penariensis is a shrub or tree. It grows 3–4 metres (9.8–13.1 ft) high. The branches are strong. The leaves are up to 23 centimetres (9.1 in) long, and 5 centimetres (2.0 in) wide. The fruits are pear shaped.
Range & habitat
Beauprea penariensis is endemic to the wet tropical biome of New Caledonia. The species grows in scrublands, at altitudes of 600–850 metres (1,970–2,790 ft). Its extent of occupancy and occurrence is around 4 square kilometres (1.5 sq mi) In 1868, Benjamin Balansa collected a single specimen of the species from Mount Pénari. The specimen was taken to a herbarium in the south-east of Grande Terre. The species was known only from this specimen until 2019, when surveys located other specimens in a restricted area.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1033149.