Brachychiton chillagoensis

Brachychiton chillagoensis
K005070781 (image CC-BY 4.0 from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew)
Conservation status
Special Least Concern  (NCA)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Brachychiton
Species:	B. chillagoensis
Binomial name
Brachychiton chillagoensis Guymer

Brachychiton chillagoensis is a tree of the genus Brachychiton ^[a] native to Queensland, Australia. It was first described in 1988 by Gordon Guymer from a specimen collected 5.3 km south-east of Chillagoe. ^{[2] [3]}

Conservation Status

Brachychiton chillagoensis is listed as "Special Least Concern" under the Nature Conservation Act 1992. ^[4]

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 2 December 2024.
2. "Brachychiton chillagoensis". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 2 December 2024.
3. Guymer, G.P. (1988). "A taxonomic revision of Brachychiton (Sterculiaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 1 (3): 199–323 [296, Fig. 47]. Bibcode:1988AuSyB...1..199G. doi:10.1071/SB9880199.
4. "Taxon - Brachychiton chillagoensis". WildNet. Queensland Government. Retrieved 17 November 2025.