Brachychiton paradoxus
| Red-flowered kurrajong | |
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| BM000645853 (image CC-BY 4.0, British Museum) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Brachychiton |
| Species: | B. paradoxus
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| Binomial name | |
| Brachychiton paradoxus | |
Brachychiton paradoxus, commonly known as the red-flowered kurrajong, is a small tree of the genus Brachychiton found in northern Australia.[1] It was originally classified in the family Sterculiaceae, which is now within Malvaceae.[a]
The tree was first described in 1832 by Heinrich Wilhelm Schott and Stephan Endlicher.[3][4]
Notes
[edit]- ^ The genus Brachychiton was traditionally placed in the family Sterculiaceae, but that family, along with Bombacaceae and Tiliaceae, has been found to be polyphyletic and is now sunk into a more broadly-defined Malvaceae[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Brachychiton paradoxus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Stevens, Peter F. (29 January 2015). "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
- ^ "Brachychiton paradoxus". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
- ^ Schott, H.W. & Endlicher, S.F.L. (1832), Meletemata Botanica: 34
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