Brachychiton compactus

Brachychiton compactus
Specimen BRI AQ0632954 (image CC-BY 4.0 from Queensland Herbarium)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Brachychiton
Species:	B. compactus
Binomial name
Brachychiton compactus Guymer

Brachychiton compactus is a tree of the genus Brachychiton^[a] found in northeastern Australia.^[2] It is only found in the vicinity of Proserpine in Central Queensland.^[3]

Notes

1. 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^[1]

References

1. Stevens, Peter F. (29 January 2015). "Angiosperm Phylogeny Website". Retrieved 6 February 2015.
2. "Brachychiton compactus". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
3. Guymer, Gordon Paul (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Brachychiton (Sterculiaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 1 (3): 199–323. doi:10.1071/SB9880199.