Brachychiton tridentatus

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Brachychiton tridentatus
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Brachychiton
Species:
B. tridentatus
Binomial name
Brachychiton tridentatus

Brachychiton tridentatus, locally known as sentry bottle tree, is a tree of the genus Brachychiton [a] found in northwestern Western Australia. [2] It was first described in 1988 by Gordon Guymer. [3]

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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 tridentatus Guymer". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 1 December 2024.
  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.