Koelreuteria paniculata
Golden Rain Tree at Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
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| Koelreuteria paniculata | Tapirlord | 30 Jan 2024 | |
| Koelreuteria paniculata | Mike | 30 Jan 2024 |
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10 Feb 2024
Following discussion of Koelreuteria vs Koelreuteria elegans I have taken additional photos. The fruit is elongated rather than ellipsoid and the leaves are esssentially pinnate though some of the larger leaflets are pinnate (mentioned in Wikipedia). A good description of K. elegans is given in https://weeds.brisbane.qld.gov.au/weeds/golden-rain-tree and this is not it. Other sources say K. paniciulata can be bipinnately compound, and to confuse the issue there is K. bipinnata sometimes recognised as K. paniculata. https://www.botanybrisbane.com/plants/sapindaceae/koelreuteria/koelreuteria-elegans-subsp-formosana has pages of photos showing leaves and fruit, saying related species "K. paniculata has mostly pinnate leaves but also some bipinnate.". @abread111 mentions plantings of K. elegans subsp. formosana on Phillip Ave but I wonder if they are in fact K. paniculata as listed in https://www.cityservices.act.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/1378543/Municipal-Infrastructure-Standards-25-Plant-Species-for-Urban-Landscape-Projects.pdf.
I am not a botanist so go by the descriptions I find rather than keys. The genus is not in NSW Flora Online although K. elegans subsp. formosana is an environmental weed in northern NSW spreading from Queensland.
I am not a botanist so go by the descriptions I find rather than keys. The genus is not in NSW Flora Online although K. elegans subsp. formosana is an environmental weed in northern NSW spreading from Queensland.
10 Feb 2024
Perhaps a field trip to Forest 104 - Goldenrain Tree at the National Arboretum would be useful.
11 Feb 2024
Thanks for your documentation Mike, I'm pretty satisfied with this effort of research, seems like a good conclusion.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.118246-35.381501
- Altitude 667.2m
- Maps Isaacs Ridge Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
- Places Isaacs, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 10 Feb 2024 11:36 AM Recorded on
- Mike Recorded by
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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Species information
- Koelreuteria paniculata Scientific name
- Golden Rain Tree Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Exotic
- Minor weed or pest
- Up to 726.44m Recorded at altitude
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In flower
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