Brachychiton
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Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q133098
Library of congress:
sh2015002763
Sources of Information
- Work cat: Kapitany, A. Australian bottle trees and boabs, 2013:p. 3 ("bottle tree" is used for many tree species inc. Adansonia gregorii and Brachychiton rupestris in Australia)
- Australian plant names index, Nov. 12, 2015(Brachychiton Schott & Endl.; placed in family Malvaceae; taxonomic synonyms: Poecilodermis, Trichosiphum, Delabechea, Pacilodermis, Clompanus)
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Wikipedia description:
Brachychiton (kurrajong, bottletree) is a genus of 31 species of trees and large shrubs, native to Australia (the centre of diversity, with 30 species) and New Guinea (one species). Fossils from New South Wales and New Zealand are estimated to be 50 million years old, corresponding to the Paleogene.
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