Beauprea is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae. Its 13 extant species are endemic to New Caledonia,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. though closely related forms have been found in the fossil records of Australia and New Zealand. Its closest extant relatives are the African Protea and Faurea.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.
Species Described species include: Beauprea asplenioides Schltr. Beauprea balansae Brongn. & Gris Beauprea comptonii S.Moore Beauprea congesta Virot Beauprea crassifolia Virot Beauprea filipes Schltr. Beauprea gracilis Brongn. & Gris Beauprea montana (Brongn. & Gris) Virot Beauprea montis-fontium Guillaumin Beauprea neglecta Virot Beauprea pancheri Brongn. & Gris Beauprea penariensis Guillaumin Beauprea spathulaefolia Brongn. & Gris
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