Difference between revisions of "Brachychiton"

Schott & Endlicher

Melet. Bot., 34. 1832.

Introduced
Etymology: Greek brachys, short, and chiton, tunic, evidently alluding to covering of short hairs on seeds
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 6. Treatment on page 189.
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FNA6 P21 Brachychiton populneus.jpegBrachychiton populneus
Firmiana simplex
Fremontodendron californicum
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy
Linny Heagy

Trees [shrubs], trunks often swollen proximally, plants monoecious. Leaves: stipules caducous [persistent]; blade often lobed, base usually cuneate to truncate or cordate, margins usually entire or serrate, palmately or pinnately veined. Flowers functionally unisexual; sepals ± valvate, basally connate; nectaries 0 or 10–16; stamens (staminodes in pistillate flowers) [10–] 25–30; anthers often crowded; ovary stalked, carpels 5, distinct; styles 5, connate; stigmas 5. Follicles woody, outsides glabrous, insides stellate-hairy. Seeds hairy. x = 20.

Distribution

Introduced; Calif., Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea), Australia

Discussion

Species 31 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

... more about "Brachychiton"
John L. Strother +
Schott & Endlicher +
usually cuneate +  and truncate or cordate +
Calif. +, Pacific Islands (Papua New Guinea) +  and Australia +
sparse;copious +
Greek brachys, short, and chiton, tunic, evidently alluding to covering of short hairs on seeds +
actinomorphic +
stellate-hairy +  and glabrous +
terminal +  and axillary +
connate +  and distinct +
lobed +  and unlobed +
simple +, stipulate +, sessile +, subsessile +  and petiolate +
distichous +  and alternate +
veined +, or +  and serrate +
(1-)2-many +
5 +  and 4 +
Melet. Bot., +
late-deciduous +  and persistent +
Introduced +
Mallow +
Brachychiton +
Malvaceae subfam. Sterculioideae +
swollen +
plant +  and tree +