Kurrajong family : STERCULIACEAE (DILLENIIDAE) in Australia
including: Byttneriaceae, and Lasiopetalaceae

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Brachychiton acerifolius
Illawarra Flame Tree
Nambour, October 2006

Brachychiton 'Belladonna'
Belladonna Flame Tree
Wyee, December 2006

Brachychiton bidwillii
Little Kurrajong
Photo: courtesy of
Harold McQueen
Goodna, October 2017

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 feed on plants in the family STERCULIACEAE, including:


Chaetocneme critomedia

Chaetocneme repanda

Candalides absimilis

Hypochrysops byzos

Candalides helenita

Erysichton lineatus

Hypochrysops miskini

Hypochrysops pythias

Anthene seltuttus

Phaedyma shepherdi

and the caterpillars of many Australian Moths also feed on plants in the family STERCULIACEAE, including:


Eublemma anachoresis

Chasmina pulchra

Anomis combinans

Anomis involuta

Oxyodes tricolor

Xanthodes congenita

Austrocarea iocephala

Tonica effractella

Conopomorpha cramerella

Calcarifera ordinata

Neola semiaurata

Imber tropicus

Dichocrosis clytusalis

Haritalodes obliqualis

Conogenes punctiferalis

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(updated 4 January 2013, 5 January 2024)