This native tree
is commonly known as
Queensland bottletree.
Brachychiton rupestris
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.
Nearest records north of Biggenden. Reported at Mount Urah. Brachychiton is included in the family Malvaceae in the Australian Plant Census.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is
listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in the Atlas of Living Australia.
Reported at 2 Fraser Coast localities: Mount Urah, Point Vernon.
Fraser Coast distribution based on field reports.
AVH
