familyMalvaceae
subfamilyMalvaceae subfam. Sterculioideae
genusBrachychiton
speciesBrachychiton populneus
Brachychiton populneus
Pterocymbium, 234. 1844.
IllustratedIntroduced
Basionym: Poecilodermis populnea Schott & Endlicher Melet. Bot., 33. 1832
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 190.
Plants mostly 6–20 m. Leaf-blades mostly lanceolate-ovate to lanceolate, sometimes 1–2 (–5) -lobed, 5–16 cm, base mostly cuneate, sometimes truncate or cordate, apex apiculate to cirrhous, surfaces glabrous. Panicles 10–60-flowered. Sepals abaxially cream to greenish, adaxially usually green and marked with red, rarely mostly red, forming perianths 10–16 × 13–16 mm. Follicles stalked, ellipsoid to ovoid, becoming navicular on dehiscence, mostly 2–7 cm. Seeds 2–22 [–140]. 2n = 40 (Australia).
Phenology: Flowering (Jan–)May–Jul(–Nov).
Habitat: Disturbed sites
Elevation: 200–500 m
Distribution
Introduced; Calif., Australia
Discussion
Brachychiton populneus may be marginally established in the flora area or may persist outside cultivation only as abandoned plantings.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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absent +
crowded +
apiculate;cirrhous +
1-2(-5)-lobed;mostly lanceolate-ovate;lanceolate +
veined +
lobed +
distinct +
sparse;copious +
absent +
actinomorphic +
unisexual +
stalked +
navicular +
ellipsoid;ovoid +
woody +
apocarpous +
Present +
paniculate +
true +
deciduous +
spiral +
absent +
10;16 +
stalked +
(1-)2-many +
10-60-flowered +
absent +
Pterocymbium, +
1844 +
hairy +
2;22 +
petaloid +
valvate +
red;green and marked with red;abaxially cream;greenish +
connate +
? (?) +
connate +
25;30 +
absent +
caducous +
connate +
glabrous +
Brachychiton populneus +
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species +
swollen +
stellate-hairy +
monoecious +