Brachychiton spectabilis

Brachychiton spectabilis is a tree of the genus Brachychiton^[a] found in northern Australia.^[2] It was first described by Gordon Guymer in 1988.^[2][3]

Brachychiton spectabilis
(image by Richard Jacob, CC-BY 4.0)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Malvales
Family:	Malvaceae
Genus:	Brachychiton
Species:	B. spectabilis
Binomial name
Brachychiton spectabilis Guymer

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^[1]