Accession Data
Brachychiton rupestris
Common Name: Narrow Leaf Bottle Tree
Family: Malvaceae
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
Accession Data
USDA Zone: 9a-11
Accession #: 200400049
Accession Date: 2004-02-26
Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering
Location: 1218
Quantity: 1
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.
Classification
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Subclass: eurosid II
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
SubFamily: Sterculioideae
Tribe: Sterculieae
References
- 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.
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