Kauaʻi record · kba_plant_flindersia_brayleyana
Queensland Maple
Flindersia brayleyana
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About Queensland Maple
Queensland Maple (Flindersia brayleyana) is an introduced tree treated as naturalized on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Current extent is unassessed. Endemic to eastern Queensland rainforest, from lowlands to upland and mountain forest. On Kauaʻi it is documented as naturalized at island scale, but the reviewed sources do not quantify its present abundance, habitat occupancy, or ecological effects.
Kauaʻi evidence
Taxonomic identity, tree form, diagnostic morphology and island occurrence use the linked reviewed sources. Historical planting, cultivation, naturalization and invasive status are separate. Generated imagery is not occurrence evidence.
Names and classification
- Scientific name
- Flindersia brayleyana
- Common names
- Queensland Maple · Maple silkwood · Red beech
- Other names
- Flindersia brayleyana · Queensland maple · Maple silkwood · Red beech · Flindersia chatawayana F.M.Bailey
- Record type
- Species
Kauaʻi occurrence and status
- Kauaʻi occurrence
- Recorded on Kauaʻi
- Origin
- Introduced
- Conservation status
- Not yet assessed
- Evidence date
- 2026-10-06
- Evidence limits
- Current island-wide abundance, occupied habitat, recruitment, population trend, and ecological effects on Kauaʻi remain unassessed.
Habitat and ecology
- Habitats
- Not yet assessed
- Food and resource needs
- Not yet assessed
- Reproduction
- Small bisexual cream flowers are borne in large panicles. Mature woody capsules split into five valves and release double-winged seeds. Kauaʻi flowering times, seed dispersal distances, and seedling recruitment are not documented.
- Shelter
- Not yet assessed
- Growth form
- Tree
Threats and conservation
- Monitoring
- Not yet assessed
- Data gaps
- Current population extent and trajectory · Additional species-specific ecological and conservation sources
Process and seasonal context
- Seasonal timing
- Not yet assessed
- Seasonal description
- Queensland Maple (Flindersia brayleyana) is an introduced tree treated as naturalized on Kauaʻi by Bishop Museum’s 2025 checklist and the 2026 Smithsonian checklist. Current extent is unassessed. Endemic to eastern Queensland rainforest, from lowlands to upland and mountain forest. On Kauaʻi it is documented as naturalized at island scale, but the reviewed sources do not quantify its present abundance, habitat occupancy, or ecological effects.
Sources and further reading
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578486-1
- https://apps.lucidcentral.org/rainforest/text/entities/flindersia_brayleyana.htm
- https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:578486-1/general-information
- https://hbs.bishopmuseum.org/publications/pdf/tr75.pdf
- https://editedimages.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/Imadaetal.2025Hawaiianvascularplants.xlsx
- https://doi.org/10.5479/si.32124043