Golden Rain Tree at Isaacs Ridge and Nearby
Identification history
| Koelreuteria paniculata | 30 Jan 2024 | Tapirlord | ||
| Koelreuteria paniculata | 30 Jan 2024 | Mike |
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Mike
wrote:
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.
Mike
wrote:
10 Feb 2024
Perhaps a field trip to Forest 104 - Goldenrain Tree at the National Arboretum would be useful.
natureguy
wrote:
11 Feb 2024
Thanks for your documentation Mike, I'm pretty satisfied with this effort of research, seems like a good conclusion.
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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
Additional information
- 1 metre to 5 metres Plant height
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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