Kurrajong family

Sterculiaceae in Australia

DILLENIIDAE

Don Herbison-Evans ( donherbisonevans@yahoo.com )
&
Christine Ashe

(updated 10 September 2009)

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Flowers in Australia

Brachychiton acerifolius Illawarra Flame Tree Nambour, October 2006 1978 Australia Post	Brachychiton 'Belladonna' Belladonna Flame Tree Wyee, December 2006	Brachychiton discolor Lacebark Bunya Mountains, January 1992	Brachychiton populneus White Kurrajong Lidcombe, November 2006
Commersonia bartramia Brown Kurrajong Photo: courtesy of Kell Nielsen, Gold Coast, April 2007	Commersonia fraseri Brush Kurrajong Wyee, November 2008	Keraudrenia hermanniifolia Crinkle-leaved Firebush Perth, September 2007	Keraudrenia integrifolia Common Firebush Perth, September 2007
Rulingia dasyphylla Kerrawang Wyee, February 2008	Rulingia laxophylla Yellow Creeper Uluru, December 2008	Sterculia foetida Java Olive Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson Port Douglas, September 2008	Sterculia quadrifida Peanut Tree Photo: courtesy of Donald Simpson Magnetic Island, June 2005

The caterpillars of many Australian butterflies and moths feed on plants in the family STERCULIACEAE, including: Chasmina pulchra Anomis combinans Anomis involuta Oxyodes tricolor Conogenes punctiferalis Dichocrosis clytusalis Tonica effractella Conopomorpha cramerella Xanthodes congenita Chaetocneme critomedia Chaetocneme repanda Hypochrysops miskini Hypochrysops byzos Hypochrysops pythias Candalides helenita Candalides absimilis Erysichton lineata Anthene seltuttus ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Australian butterflies Plant Classes Australian moths