Re: Kurrajong


>This Kurrajong business is becoming really involved! I don't know
>the Asteratrichion discolor, but it does seem strange if it is known as >
>Currajong (considering that it sounds like a native name and the languages in
>Tasmania and around Sydney would have been entirely distinct). Any comment on
>that, Gay or someone who knows Tassie flora?
>
>The Kurrajong which grows over a wide area from Victoria up to Queensland
>(including a short distance from
>our family's N.S.W. farm) is Brachychiton populneum.

        I have *another* query about the bottle tree.  When I was wandering
around the net researching Kurrajong/Currajong I noticed that about half
the sites list the species as B.populneum;  the other half list it as
B.populneus.  I even looked in my two garden encyclopedia's, Taylor's and
Wyman's.  Taylor's calls it B.populneum, Wyman says B.populneus!  I'm
almost sure that I learned it as B.populneus in plant ID class(approx.
circa 1980).  If only I'd studied latin in high school instead of german.
I know there's a rule that would clear this up.  Nick Turland, perhaps,
could enlighten?
Jerry Heverly, Oakland, CA
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