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Brachychiton discolor

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Family Malvaceae

Taxonomy: Brachychiton discolor F.Muell.

Synonyms: 8 (APC 2026-07-30)
  • Brachychiton luridum F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachychiton luridus C.Moore ex F.Muell. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Brachychiton paradoxus subsp. discolor (F.Muell.) A.Terracc. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Brachychiton paradoxus subsp. luridus (F.Muell.) A.Terracc. (taxonomic synonym)
  • Clompanus discolor (F.Muell.) Kuntze (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Clompanus lurida (F.Muell.) Kuntze (taxonomic synonym)
  • Sterculia discolor (F.Muell.) Benth. (nomenclatural synonym)
  • Sterculia lurida (F.Muell.) Benth. (taxonomic synonym)

Distribution (APC): Qld, NSW

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

Traits

Top source datasets: ATRP_2020 (1), Butler_2004 (5), Cooper_2013 (15), Draper_2023 (3), Ilic_2000 (4), Kew_2019_1 (3), Kooyman_2011 (13), McCarthy_2017 (10), NHNSW_2014_2 (3), NHNSW_2022 (4), NHNSW_2023 (11), RadfordSmith_2024 (39), Reynolds_2018 (94), Sams_2017 (7), Sjostrom_2006 (4), Wenk_2022 (2), Wenk_2023 (1), Wright_2000 (1). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 48 traits from 220 records in 18 datasets.

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

flower morphology
  • flower_colour (categorical): pink (1) [sources: NHNSW_2014_2]
  • sex_type (categorical): monoecious (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Sjostrom_2006]
fruit morphology
  • fruit_length (numerical): 130 mm (60-200 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_width (numerical): 35 mm (20-50 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013]
  • fruit_type (categorical): follicle (5) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2023; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_fleshiness (categorical): dry (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
  • fruit_dehiscence (categorical): dehiscent (3) [sources: Cooper_2013; Sams_2017; Sjostrom_2006]
leaf morphology
  • leaf_area (numerical): 12435.53 mm2 (6489.94-17472.81 mm2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • leaf_length (numerical): 152.5 mm (70-180 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_width (numerical): 145 mm (80-210 mm) [sources: Kooyman_2011]
  • leaf_dry_mass (numerical): 389.95 mg (257.23-482.12 mg) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024]
  • petiole_length (numerical): 13 cm (8-18 cm) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_mass_per_area (numerical): 64.38 g/m2 (30.96-118.21 g/m2) [sources: McCarthy_2017; RadfordSmith_2024; Reynolds_2018; Sams_2017]
  • leaf_area_ratio (numerical): 1.26 mm2/mg (1-1.78 mm2/mg) [sources: Reynolds_2018]
  • leaf_dry_matter_content (numerical): 0.29 g/g (0.21-0.35 g/g) [sources: RadfordSmith_2024; Reynolds_2018]
  • leaf_base_shape (categorical): cordate (1) [sources: NHNSW_2023]
  • leaf_lobation (categorical): lobed (2) [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
  • plant_growth_form (categorical): tree (6) [sources: ATRP_2020; Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • life_history (categorical): perennial (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2023]
  • woodiness_detailed (categorical): woody (2) [sources: NHNSW_2022; Wenk_2022]
  • leaf_phenology (categorical): deciduous (2) [sources: Kooyman_2011; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • pollination_syndrome (categorical): bird (1); insect (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
  • dispersal_syndrome (categorical): barochory (1); endozoochory (2) [sources: Butler_2004; Draper_2023; RadfordSmith_2024]
  • dispersers (categorical): birds (1); flying_vertebrates (1); passive (1); vertebrates (1) [sources: Butler_2004; Cooper_2013; Draper_2023; Sams_2017]
  • flowering_time (categorical): ynnnnnnnnnyy (1); yynnnnnnnnny (1) [sources: Cooper_2013; NHNSW_2014_2]
seed morphology
  • seed_dry_mass (numerical): 194.84 mg (178-200 mg) [sources: Kew_2019_1; Reynolds_2018]
  • seed_length (numerical): 9.5 mm (9-10 mm) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011]
  • seed_width (numerical): 6.75 mm (5-8 mm) [sources: Butler_2004; Kooyman_2011]
stem morphology
  • wood_density (numerical): 0.29 mg/mm3 (0.2-0.39 mg/mm3) [sources: Ilic_2000; RadfordSmith_2024; Sams_2017]
  • huber_value (numerical): 0.03 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf} (0.02-0.04 mm2{sapwood}/mm2{leaf}) [sources: Reynolds_2018]
whole plant morphology
  • plant_height (numerical): 33.33 m (30-35 m) [sources: Cooper_2013; Kooyman_2011; NHNSW_2023]

Sources

dataset_idn_traitsn_recordsreference
Reynolds_20181094V. 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_20241439J. 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.
Cooper_20131215W. Cooper and W. T. Cooper. Australian rainforest fruits. CSIRO Publishing, 2013, p. 272.
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.
NHNSW_2023911N. 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/.
McCarthy_2017210J. K. McCarthy, J. M. Dwyer, and K. Mokany. “A regional-scale assessment of using metabolic scaling theory to predict ecosystem properties”. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 286.1915 (2019), p. 20192221. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2019.2221.
Sams_201777M. 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.
Butler_200455D. 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.
Ilic_200014J. 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.
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.
Draper_202333J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Kew_2019_113Royal Botanic Gardens Kew. Seed Information Database (SID) and Seed Bank Database. 2019. url: http://data.kew.org/sid/.
NHNSW_2014_233Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney. PLantNET: NSW flora online. 2014. url: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/.
Wenk_202222E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant growth forms dataset”. 2022.
ATRP_202011F. A. Zich, B. P. Hyland, T. Whiffin, and R. A. Kerrigan. Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, Edition 8. 2020. url: https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/intro/index.html.
Wenk_202311E. Wenk. “Unpublished data: Australian plant life history dataset, University of New South Wales, Sydney”. 2023.
Wright_200011I. 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.