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.
Beauprea penariensis was described in 1935, by André Guillaumin.
Distribution Beauprea penariensis is endemic to the wet tropical biome of New Caledonia. The species grows in scrublands, at altitudes of . Its extent of occupancy and occurrence is around
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.
Description Beauprea penariensis is a shrub or tree. It grows high. The branches are strong. The leaves are up to long, and wide. The fruits are pear shaped.
Conservation In 2021, the IUCN listed Beauprea penariensis as critically endangered. The species is threatened by habitat damage from uncontrolled bushfires. The population size is between three and forty-nine individual plants, and only three mature plants have been observed.
Beauprea penariensis is legally protected in North Province and South Province, but does not occur in protected areas.
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