Brachychiton carruthersii

Brachychiton carruthersii is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae.^[a] It is found only in Papua New Guinea. It is threatened by habitat loss.

Brachychiton carruthersii
Specimen L.2369303_2053118523, collected in Papua-New Guinea (image licence CC-0 from Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Brachychiton
Species:	B. carruthersii
Binomial name
Brachychiton carruthersii F.Muell.

Notes

1. The genus Brachychiton was traditionally placed in the family Sterculiaceae, but that family, along with Bombacaceae and Tiliaceae, has been found to be polyphyletic and is now sunk into a more broadly-defined Malvaceae^[2]