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Brachychiton acerifolius

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Brachychiton acerifolius (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) F.Muell.

Synonyms: 9 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Brachychiton accerifolium Macarthur & C.Moore (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachychiton acerifolium Domin (orthographic variant)
  • Brachychiton acerifolius (A.Cunn. ex G.Don) F.Muell. subsp. acerifolius (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Brachychiton acerifolius subsp. typicus A.Terracc. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clompanus acerifolia (G.Don) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Clompanus acerifolius Guymer (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sterculia acerifolia A.Cunn. ex G.Don (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sterculia acerifolia G.Don (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sterculia acerifolium P.S.Green (nomenclatural synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW (native and doubtfully naturalised), LHI (doubtfully naturalised)

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: ANBG_2019 (1), Butler_2004 (4), Cooper_2013 (15), Fonseca_2000 (5), Gross_2005 (4), Hughes_1992 (4), Ilic_2000 (3), Kew_2019_1 (6), Kooyman_2011 (13), Metcalfe_2009 (17), NHNSW_2014_2 (1), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (14), RadfordSmith_2024 (33), Reynolds_2018 (111), Sams_2017 (8), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (10). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 64 traits from 260 records in 20 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response
flower morphology
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (3) [sources: Gross_2005; NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 85 mm (60-120 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 37.5 mm (35-40 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): capsule (1); follicle (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (6) [sources: Cooper_2013; Gross_2005; Metcalfe_2009; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006; Wright_2000]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 20495.13 mm2 (5768.11-32400 mm2) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaflet_area (numerical): 1811 mm2 (1811-1811 mm2) [sources: Fonseca_2000]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 195 mm (80-300 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 71.25 mm (32.5-180 mm) [sources: Fonseca_2000; Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 788.79 mg (583.5-1187.47 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 15 cm (10-20 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 59.8 g/m2 (34.25-108.57 g/m2) [sources: Fonseca_2000; RadfordSmith_2024; Reynolds_2018; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 1.86 mm2/mg (1.07-3.17 mm2/mg) [sources: Reynolds_2018]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.36 g/g (0.24-0.5 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Reynolds_2018]
  • leaf_shape (categorical): ovate (1); rhomboidal (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_margin (categorical): entire (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2); unlobed (1) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_compoundness (categorical): simple (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2014_2]
  • leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
life history
  • photosynthetic_pathway (categorical): c3 (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (8) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Fonseca_2000; Hughes_1992; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_form (categorical): phanerophyte (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (3) [sources: Metcalfe_2009; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • nitrogen_fixing (categorical): non_nitrogen_fixer (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • root_structure (categorical): mycorrhizal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bee (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1); endozoochory (1); zoochory (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): animals (1); birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); wind (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Metcalfe_2009; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnny (1); ynnnnnnnyyyy (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; Hughes_1992]
  • serotiny (categorical): not_serotinous (1) [sources: Hughes_1992]
  • clonal_spread_mechanism (categorical): non_clonal (1) [sources: Metcalfe_2009]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 241.42 mg (121-285.71 mg) [sources: ANBG_2019; Kew_2019_1; Reynolds_2018]
  • seed_length (numerical): 11 mm (10-12 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6.75 mm (6-8 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.36 mg/mm3 (0.33-0.56 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; Kooyman_2011; Metcalfe_2009; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0.01 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0.01-0.02 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Reynolds_2018]
whole plant morphology

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Reynolds_201810111V. A. Reynolds, L. D. L. Anderegg, X. Loy, J. HilleRisLambers, and M. M. Mayfield. “Unexpected drought resistance strategies in seedlings of four Brachychiton species”. Tree Physiology 38.5 (2017), pp. 664-677. doi: 10.1093/treephys/tpx143.
RadfordSmith_20241433J. Radford-Smith, H. R. Lai, E. C. Weeren, and J. M. Dwyer. “A Functional Basis for the Assembly of Australian Subtropical Rainforest Tree Communities”. Ecology Letters 27.11 (2024). ISSN: 1461-0248. doi: 10.1111/ele.70014.
Metcalfe_20091717E. Laliberte, J. A. Wells, F. DeClerck, D. J. Metcalfe, C. P. Catterall, C. Queiroz, I. Aubin, S. P. Bonser, Y. Ding, J. M. Fraterrigo, S. McNamara, J. W. Morgan, D. S. Merlos, P. A. Vesk, and M. M. Mayfield. “Land-use intensification reduces functional redundancy and response diversity in plant communities”. Ecology Letters 13.1 (2010), pp. 76-86. doi: 10.1111/j.1461-0248.2009.01403.x.
Cooper_20131215W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
NHNSW_20231114N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2023. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Kooyman_2011913R. Kooyman, M. Rossetto, W. Cornwell, and M. Westoby. “Phylogenetic tests of community assembly across regional to continental scales in tropical and subtropical rain forests”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 20 (2011), pp. 707-716. doi: 10.1111/j.1466-8238.2010.00641.x.
Wright_20001010I. J. Wright, H. T. Clifford, R. Kidson, M. L. Reed, B. L. Rice, and M. Westoby. “A survey of seed and seedling characters in 1744 Australian dicotyledon species: Cross-species trait correlations and correlated trait-shifts within evolutionary lineages”. Biological Journal of the Linnean Society 69 (2000), pp. 521-547. doi: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2000.tb01222.x.
Sams_201778M. A. Sams, H. R. Lai, S. P. Bonser, P. A. Vesk, R. M. Kooyman, D. J. Metcalfe, J. W. Morgan, and M. M. Mayfield. “Landscape context explains changes in the functional diversity of regenerating forests better than climate or species richness”. Global Ecology and Biogeography 26.10 (2017), pp. 1165-1176. doi: 10.1111/geb.12627.
Kew_2019_116Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
Fonseca_200055C. R. Fonseca, J. M. Overton, B. Collins, and M. Westoby. “Shifts in trait-combinations along rainfall and phosphorus gradients”. Journal of Ecology 88 (2000), pp. 964-977. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2745.2000.00506.x.
Butler_200444D. W. Butler, R. J. Green, D. Lamb, W. J. F. Mcdonald, and P. I. Forster. “Biogeography of seed-dispersal syndromes, life-forms and seed sizes among woody rain-forest plants in Australia's subtropics”. Journal of Biogeography 34.10 (2007), pp. 1736-1750. ISSN: 1365-2699. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2007.01734.x.
Gross_200544C. L. Gross. “A comparison of the sexual systems in the trees from the Australian tropics with other tropical biomes-more monoecy but why?”. American Journal of Botany 92.6 (2005), pp. 907-919. doi: 10.3732/ajb.92.6.907.
Hughes_199244L. Hughes and B. Rice. “Unpublished data: Traits data for 643 species, Macquarie University”. 1992.
NHNSW_202244N. H. of New South Wales. The Plant Information Network System of The Royal Botanic Gardens and Domain Trust Version 2.0.. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Sjostrom_200644A. Sjöström and C. L. Gross. “Life-history characters and phylogeny are correlated with extinction risk in the Australian angiosperms”. Journal of Biogeography 33.2 (2006), pp. 271-290. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2005.01393.x.
Ilic_200013J. Ilic, D. Boland, M. McDonald, D. G, and P. Blakemore. Woody density phase 1 - State of knowledge. National Carbon Accounting System. Technical Report 18. Tech. rep. Australian Greenhouse Office, Canberra, Australia, 2000.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ANBG_201911Australian National Botanic Gardens. The National Seed Bank. 2018. url: http://www.anbg.gov.au/gardens/living/seedbank/.
NHNSW_2014_211Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.