Biology:Brachychiton viscidulus

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Short description: Species of plant

Brachychiton viscidulus
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Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Brachychiton
Species:
B. viscidulus
Binomial name
Brachychiton viscidulus
(W.Fitzg.) Guymer
Synonyms[1]

Sterculia viscidula W.Fitzg.

Brachychiton viscidulus is a plant in the Malvaceae family, native to Western Australia.[1]

It was first described by William Vincent Fitzgerald in 1906 as Sterculia viscidula,[2][3] but was transferred to the Brachychiton genus in 1989 by Gordon P. Guymer to become Brachychiton viscidulus.[2][4]

B. viscidulus is a tree with pink-red to orange flowers which grows to heights of 2m to 8m, which flowers from April to January. It grows on clays, on skeletal soils over many different types of rocks, and is found on rocky slopes, gorges scarps.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Brachychiton viscidulus (W.Fitz.) Guymer | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science" (in en). http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:947515-1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Brachychiton viscidulus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/64257. 
  3. Fitzgerald, W.V. (1906). "Some species of West Kimberley plants. Botanical References". The Western Mail 21 (1066): 10, 24. 
  4. Guymer, G.P. (1989). "A taxonomic revision of Brachychiton (Sterculiaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany 1 (3): 277, fig. 36. 
  5. "Brachychiton viscidulus". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/12753. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q15358609 entry