Species profile—Brachychiton sp. (Ormeau L.H.Bird AQ435851) (Ormeau bottle tree)
Classification
Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Sterculiaceae → Brachychiton sp. (Ormeau L.H.Bird AQ435851) (Ormeau bottle tree)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Plantae (plants)
- Class
- Equisetopsida (land plants)
- Family
- Sterculiaceae
- Scientific name
- Brachychiton sp. (Ormeau L.H.Bird AQ435851)
- Common name
- Ormeau bottle tree
- WildNet taxon ID
- 7389
- Alternate name(s)
- Ormeau kurrajong
- Nature Conservation Act 1992 (NCA) status
- CR
- Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC) status
- Critically endangered
- Conservation significant
- Yes
- Confidential
- No
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Description
- Brachychiton sp. (Ormeau L.H.Bird AQ435851) is a member of the bottle tree family, growing up to about 25m high. The trunk is thick, cylindrical and bulbous. Smaller trees have green, striated bark. Mature trees have bark that is fissured, rough and dark in colour. The crown forms a mass of thick green foliage and the fruits are woody follicles. Flowers are greenish coloured and occur in dense clusters at the ends of branches, surrounded by leaves. (Herbecs 2008)
- Map
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- Distribution
- This species is restricted to the Ormeau area of south-east Queensland. (Herbrecs 2008)
- Distributional limits
- -27.7921944, 153.2068986
-27.8611112, 153.2318056 - Range derivation
- Range derived from extent of the taxon's verified records
- Habitat
- It occurs in rainforest; notophyll vineforest on steep slopes; on creek banks and alluvial terraces in coarse sands and silts; and on black loam. It has also been recorded in remnant roadside vineforest, in clear areas in rainforest, and in cleared or cultivated farmland. (Herbrecs 2008)
- Notes
- Contributors: Gordon Guymer, Mellisa Mayhew 27/01/2009
- References
- Herbrecs (2008). Brachychiton sp. (Ormeau L.H.Bird AQ435851), in BriMapper version 2.12. Queensland Herbarium. Accessed 21/11/2008.
- Profile author
- Gordon Guymer (27/01/2009)
Other resources
- Species Profile and Threats Database (SPRAT)
- The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
- Atlas of Living Australia
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=7389.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
