Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus

Kurrajong at Hackett, ACT

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Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus	5 May 2020	BettyDonWood
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus	5 May 2020	BettyDonWood
Brachychiton populneus subsp. populneus	5 May 2020	waltraud
Unidentified	5 May 2020	trevorpreston

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6 comments

waltraud wrote:

5 May 2020

A young plant with juvenile narrowly 3-lobed leaves

trevorpreston wrote:

5 May 2020

I didn't realise the leaves could be this varied. Ive seen young specimens before on hills around Tuggeranong with much simpler leaves. This one was halfway up Mount Majura.

BettyDonWood wrote:

5 May 2020

I suspect, because there were a lot planted on Mt Majura in the 2920s, that this is subsp. trilobus, which I know from fieldwork I did in Queensland.

waltraud wrote:

5 May 2020

Hi Betty
the juvenile foliage of B. populneus subsp. populneus has a variety of forms including deeply 3 lobed leaves. The subsp. trilobus is not listed in the Census of vascular plants of the ACT. Therefore, I assume it is subsp. populneus. Mt Majura's Kurrajongs are prominent - if they were trilobus surely that would have been recorded long time ago?

BettyDonWood wrote:

5 May 2020

I had not realised that the juvenile foliage of subsp. populneus was so variable.

Mike wrote:

5 May 2020

Some CNM sightings show groups of seedlings with multiple leaf forms.

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