Accession Data:
Brachychiton rupestris (T.Mitch. ex Lindl.) K.Schum.
sect. Delabechea
- Common Name: Narrow Leaf Bottle Tree
- Family: Malvaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: Northern Australia, Queensland, New South Wales
- Description: Brachychiton rupestris grows as a succulent tree reaching 10–20 metres though plants in cultivation are usually shorter.2
Brachychiton rupestris has been recorded as a host plant for the mistletoe species Dendrophthoe glabrescens.2
- USDA Zone: 9a-11
Accession Data:
- Accession # 200400049
- Source: Cheryl Hearty - Vassar
- Provenance:
Originally acquired as 'unidentified caudiciform'. Was initially thought to be B. cf. discolor, but now appears more likely to be B. cf. rupestris, though this is also merely a cursory identification.
- Accession Date: 02-26-2004
- Bench: 1218 - AUS:Ground Bed 2 SE
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 1 confirmed on 10-05-2024
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- SubClass: eurosid II
- Order: Malvales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Malvaceae
- SubFamily: Sterculioideae
- Tribe: Sterculieae
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Queensland
References (external):
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Monday, March 19, 2018.
- Brachychiton rupestris at Wikipedia. Accessed 23 September 2015.
- Brachychiton rupestris at ARS-GRIN. Last accessed on Monday, March 19, 2018.
data regenerated on Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:07:35 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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