Brachychiton multicaulis

Brachychiton multicaulis is a tree of the genus Brachychiton^[a] found in northern Australia.^[3] It was first described in 1988 by Gordon Guymer.^[3][4]

Brachychiton multicaulis
Specimen BM013835104 (CC-BY 4.0 British Museum)
Conservation status
Least Concern (TPWCA)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Brachychiton
Species:	B. multicaulis
Binomial name
Brachychiton multicaulis Guymer

It is found only in the Northern Territory in the Tanami and southern Victoria River District, growing in open woodland on red sandy soils.^[1]

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]