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Brachychiton
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.
| Taxon | Illustrator ⠉ | |
|---|---|---|
 | Brachychiton 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.
Lower Taxa
... more about "Brachychiton"
absent +
crowded +
veined +
lobed +
distinct +
sparse;copious +
absent +
Greek brachys, short, and chiton, tunic, evidently alluding to covering of short hairs on seeds +
actinomorphic +
unisexual +
woody +
apocarpous +
paniculate +
true +
deciduous +
spiral +
absent +
10;16 +
stalked +
(1-)2-many +
absent +
Melet. Bot., +
1832 +
hairy +
1;22 +
petaloid +
valvate +
connate +
Introduced +
connate +
25;30 +
absent +
caducous +
connate +
Brachychiton +
Malvaceae subfam. Sterculioideae +
genus +
swollen +
stellate-hairy +
monoecious +