Sterculiaceae was a family of flowering plant based on the genus Sterculia. Genera formerly included in Sterculiaceae are now placed in the family Malvaceae, in the subfamilies: Byttnerioideae, Dombeyoideae, Helicteroideae and Sterculioideae.
![<i>Brachychiton</i> Genus of flowering plants](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Illawarra_Flame_Tree_%28Brachychiton_acerifolius%29.jpg/320px-Illawarra_Flame_Tree_%28Brachychiton_acerifolius%29.jpg)
Brachychiton is a genus of 31 species of trees and large shrubs, native to Australia and New Guinea. Fossils from New South Wales and New Zealand are estimated to be 50 million years old, corresponding to the Paleogene.
![<i>Castanospermum</i> Genus of legumes](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Castanospermum_australe%2C_habitus%2C_Groenkloof.jpg/320px-Castanospermum_australe%2C_habitus%2C_Groenkloof.jpg)
Castanospermum is a monotypic genus in the legume family Fabaceae. The sole species is Castanospermum australe, commonly known as Moreton Bay chestnut or black bean, which is native to rainforested areas on the east coast of Queensland and northeastern New South Wales, and to the southwest Pacific islands of Vanuatu and New Caledonia
![<i>Sterculia quadrifida</i> Species of plant in the family Malvaceae](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/27/Sterculia_quadrifida_fruits.jpg/320px-Sterculia_quadrifida_fruits.jpg)
Sterculia quadrifida, also known as the peanut tree, monkey nut or red-fruited kurrajong is a small tree that grows in the rainforests, vine thickets, and gallery forests of New Guinea and northern Australia.
![<i>Brachychiton rupestris</i> Tree in the family Malvaceae native to Queensland, Australia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Queensland_Bottle_Tree_2.jpg/320px-Queensland_Bottle_Tree_2.jpg)
Brachychiton rupestris is a tree in the family Malvaceae, endemic to Queensland, Australia. Described by Sir Thomas Mitchell and John Lindley in 1848, it earned its name from its bulbous trunk, which can be up to 3.5 metres (11 ft) in diameter at breast height (DBH). Reaching around 10–25 m (33–82 ft) high, the Queensland bottle tree is deciduous, losing its leaves seasonally, between September and December. The leaves are simple or divided, with one or more narrow leaf blades up to 11 centimetres (4 in) long and 2 cm (0.8 in) wide. Cream-coloured flowers appear from September to November, and are followed by woody, boat-shaped follicles that ripen from November to May. No subspecies are recognised.
![<i>Brachychiton populneus</i> Species of tree](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Brachychiton_populneus_tree.jpg/320px-Brachychiton_populneus_tree.jpg)
Brachychiton populneus, commonly known as the kurrajong, is a small to medium-sized tree found naturally in Australia in a diversity of habitats from wetter coastal districts to semi-arid interiors of Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland. Carrejun and carrejan were the indigenous names of trees in the foothills of the Blue Mountains near Sydney, and the bark was used for twine and fishing lines. The extended trunk is a water storage device for survival in a warm dry climate. The bell-shaped flowers are variable in colour, while the leaves vary considerably in shape. The leaves are either simple and pointed, or may be 3–9 lobed. Saplings grow from a drought and fire-resistant tap-rooted tuber.
![<i>Acacia pendula</i> Species of legume](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Acacia_pendula.jpg/320px-Acacia_pendula.jpg)
Acacia pendula, commonly known as the weeping myall, true myall, myall, silver-leaf boree, boree, and nilyah, is a species of wattle, which is native to Australia. The 1889 book The Useful Native Plants of Australia records that common names included "Weeping Myall", "True Myall", and Indigenous people of western areas of New South Wales and Queensland referred to the plant as "Boree" and "Balaar".
![<i>Semecarpus australiensis</i> Species of tree in the family Anacardiaceae](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Semecarpus-australiensis-SF21353-01.jpg/320px-Semecarpus-australiensis-SF21353-01.jpg)
Semecarpus australiensis, commonly known as the tar tree, native cashew, marking nut, or cedar plum, is a species of tree in the cashew, sumac and mango family Anacardiaceae, native to parts of Melanesia and northern Australia. Contact with the plant can cause serious allergic reactions, a common characteristic of this family.
![<i>Gmelina leichhardtii</i> Species of tree](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/92/Gmelina_30_metres_-_DavisScrub.jpg)
Gmelina leichhardtii, the white beech, is a tree of eastern Australia. Scattered individuals or small groups of trees naturally occur from the Illawarra district of New South Wales to near Proserpine in tropical Queensland. The white beech or grey teak is a fast-growing tree, growing on volcanic and alluvial soils in areas of moderate to high rainfall. It also grows on poorer sedimentary soils in fire free areas. White beech may occasionally be seen in Australian rainforests, though their status is considered "uncommon". Unlike the Australian red cedar, the white beech has not recovered particularly well after logging in the 19th and 20th centuries.
![<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sterculioideae</span> Subfamily of trees and shrubs](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/Sterculia_foetida_%282334259875%29.jpg/320px-Sterculia_foetida_%282334259875%29.jpg)
Sterculioideae is a subfamily of the family Malvaceae containing evergreen and deciduous trees and shrubs.
![<i>Brachychiton discolor</i> Species of tree](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Brachychiton_discolor_RBG_Sydney.JPG/320px-Brachychiton_discolor_RBG_Sydney.JPG)
Brachychiton discolor is a rainforest tree of eastern Australia. It grows in drier rainforest areas. Scattered from Paterson, New South Wales to Mackay, Queensland. There is also an isolated community of these trees at Cape York Peninsula.
![<i>Xanthostemon chrysanthus</i> Species of plant in the family Myrtaceae](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Xanthostemon_chrysanthus_2.jpg/320px-Xanthostemon_chrysanthus_2.jpg)
Xanthostemon chrysanthus, commonly known as golden penda, is a species of tree in the myrtle family Myrtaceae which is endemic to north eastern Queensland, Australia. It is a popular garden plant with showy yellow blooms, and is the floral emblem of the city of Cairns.
![<i>Brachychiton gregorii</i> Species of plant](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/Brachychiton_gregorii_habit.jpg/320px-Brachychiton_gregorii_habit.jpg)
Brachychiton gregorii, commonly known as the desert kurrajong, is a small tree of the genus Brachychiton found in northern and western Australia. It was originally classified in the family Sterculiaceae, which is now within Malvaceae.
![<i>Helicia glabriflora</i> Species of plant in the family Proteaceae from eastern Australia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Helicia_glabriflora_Coffs_Harbour_Botanic_Gardens.jpg/320px-Helicia_glabriflora_Coffs_Harbour_Botanic_Gardens.jpg)
Helicia glabriflora is a species of rainforest shrubs or small trees occurring in eastern Australia. Common names include smooth or pale helicia, pale, leather or brown oak. They grow naturally in a variety of different rainforest types from the Illawarra, New South Wales to the Townsville area, Queensland. Of all the global diversity of approximately one hundred Helicia species, this one species naturally grows the furthest south, in the Minnamurra Rainforest and the Robertson area, Illawarra, New South Wales, there observed more on the relatively fertile basalt and alluvial soils.
![<i>Brachychiton megaphyllus</i> Species of tree](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Brachychiton_megaphyllus_leaves_and_fruit.jpg/320px-Brachychiton_megaphyllus_leaves_and_fruit.jpg)
Brachychiton megaphyllus, commonly known as the red-flowering kurrajong, is a tree of the genus Brachychiton found in northern Australia.
![<i>Sterculia urens</i> Species of tree](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Ghost_Tree._Sterculia_urens..jpg/320px-Ghost_Tree._Sterculia_urens..jpg)
Sterculia urens is a species of plant in the family Malvaceae. It is native to India and has been introduced into Burma. A small to medium-sized tree with a pale-coloured trunk, it is commonly known as the bhutyā in Marathi, kulu, Indian tragacanth, gum karaya, katira, sterculia gum or kateera gum. The specific name urens refers to the stinging hairs present on the flowers.
![<i>Brachychiton</i> sp. Ormeau Species of tree](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Brachychiton_sp._Ormeau_seedling.jpg/320px-Brachychiton_sp._Ormeau_seedling.jpg)
Brachychiton sp. Ormeau is a rare and endangered rainforest tree found in Queensland, Australia.
![<i>Brachychiton viscidulus</i> Species of plant](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Kimberley_rose_at_sivergull_-_phil_and_marion.jpg/320px-Kimberley_rose_at_sivergull_-_phil_and_marion.jpg)
Brachychiton viscidulus is a plant in the Malvaceae family, native to Western Australia.
![<i>Cleistanthus apodus</i> Species of plant](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Cleistanthus-apodus-J.Dowe-CC-BY.jpg/320px-Cleistanthus-apodus-J.Dowe-CC-BY.jpg)
Cleistanthus apodus, commonly known as the weeping Cleistanthus, is a tree in the family Phyllanthaceae native to New Guinea and northeast Queensland. It was first described in 1873 by the English botanist George Bentham in his seven-volume book Flora Australiensis.
![<i>Sterculia shillinglawii</i> Species of plant](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Sterculia-shillinglawii-ALA-1.jpg/320px-Sterculia-shillinglawii-ALA-1.jpg)
Sterculia shillinglawii, commonly known as tulip sterculia or lacewood, is a tree in the cotton and cocoa family Malvaceae, native to Papuasia and northeastern Australia.