This introduced tree
is commonly known as
flame tree.
Brachychiton acerifolius
is described as a "dicot"
in the
Sterculiaceae
family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern.
Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
Widely distributed across mainly coastal eastern Australia. Does not appear to be native to the Fraser Coast region. Planted as an ornamental. Encountered as an introduced species in bushland near some urban areas. Fruiting Maryborough April 2016. Brachychiton is included in the family Malvaceae in the Australian Plant Census.
It has not been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is not
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 9 Fraser Coast localities: Dundowran Beach, Tinana, Talegalla Weir, Kawungan, Howard, Takura, Urangan, Point Vernon, Maryborough.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
