Brachychiton bidwillii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Malvales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Malvales

Brachychiton bidwillii Hook. Bot. Mag. 85: t. 5133 (1859), as 'Bidwilli'

Type: Plant cultivated at Kew Gardens from seed sent by J.C. Bidwill from the Wild Bay District, Queensland (Lectotype: K [K000671618^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}, designated by Guymer 1989: 266]; Isolectotype: K [K000671619^{(GBIF, JSTOR)}]).

Homotypic
- Sterculia bidwillii (Hook.) Benth., Fl. Austral. 1: 228 (1863)
- Clompanus bidwillii (Hook.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: (1891)
- Brachychiton paradoxus Schott var. bidwillii (Hook.) A.Terrac., Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1(2): 51, 60–61 (1897)
Heterotypic
- Brachychiton pubescens C.Moore, Pl. Victoria 1: 157 (1862)
  - Type: F.W.L. Leichhardt s.n. ([August 1842–1848]; Holotype: MEL 0070061A^{(GBIF, JSTOR)})
- Brachychiton paradoxus var. pubescens (C.Moore) A.Terrac., Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 1(2): 61 (1897); synonymized with B. bidwillii by Guymer (1989)

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Australasia Regional: Australia Queensland. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

Hooker, W.J. 1859. Curtis’s botanical magazine, comprising the plants of the Royal Gardens of Kew, and of other botanical establishments in Great Britain; with suitable descriptions. Vol. LXXXV [= Vol. XV of the third series.] 5091–5156 pl. Lovell Reeve, London. BHL Reference page. : 85: t. 5133.

Bentham, G. & Mueller, F.J.H. v. 1863. Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian territory. Volume 1. Ranunculaceae to Anacardiaceae. 508 pp. London, L. Reeve & co. BHL Reference page.
Guymer, G.P. 1988[1989]. A taxonomic revision of Brachychiton (Sterculiaceae). Australian Systematic Botany 1(3): 199–323. DOI: 10.1071/SB9880199 . Google Books (only snippets available). Reference page.
Kuntze, O. 1891. Revisio generum plantarum vascularium omnium atque cellularium multarum secundum leges nomenclaturae internationales cum enumeratione plantarum exoticarum in itinere mundi collectarum. Pars I. Pp. I–CLV, 1–374. Arthur Felix, Leipzig [etc.] BHL Reference page.

Australian Plant Name Index (APNI) Brachychiton bidwillii Integrated Botanical Information System (IBIS). Australian National Botanic Gardens & Australian National Herbarium. Accessed: 2024 July 11.
Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2024. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Brachychiton bidwillii. Accessed: 2024 July 11.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Brachychiton bidwillii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 July 11. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2024. Brachychiton bidwillii. Published online. Accessed: 11 July 2024.

IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), 2021. Brachychiton bidwillii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T192232545A192232547.en.
Tropicos.org 2018. Brachychiton bidwillii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 7 January 2018.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Brachychiton bidwillii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: January 8, 2018.

English: Little Kurrajong

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