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 has a very restricted distribution on the central coast of Queensland near Proserpine, and also occurs in a fragmented araucarian vine thicket on Hayman Island. ^{[3] [4]}

Conservation status

Brachychiton compactus is listed as of conservation concern, under the category Near Threatened, by the Queensland Government under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act. ^[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 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. Bibcode:1988AuSyB...1..199G. doi:10.1071/SB9880199.
4. "Taxon details | WildNet". wildnet.science-data.qld.gov.au. Retrieved 2 November 2025.