Acer sinense
Acer sinense in Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Palmata
Series: Acer ser. Palmata
Species:
A. sinense
Binomial name
Acer sinense
Synonyms[2]
List
    • Acer bicolor F.Chun
    • Acer bicolor var. serratifolium (W.P.Fang) W.P.Fang
    • Acer brachystephanum T.Z.Hsu
    • Acer campbellii subsp. sinense (Pax) P.C.de Jong
    • Acer prolificum W.P.Fang & M.Y.Fang
    • Acer sinense var. undulatum W.P.Fang & Y.T.Wu
    • Acer sunyiense W.P.Fang
    • Acer wilsonii var. longicaudatum (W.P.Fang) W.P.Fang

Acer sinense is a species of flowering plant in the maple genus Acer, native to southeast and south-central China.[2] A small (typically 3 to 5 m tall) tree rarely reaching 15 m, it prefers to grow in forested valleys 500 to 2500 m above sea level.[3]

It is a highly morphologically variable species, leading to some taxonomic confusion. Some authorities consider it to be a subspecies of Campbell's maple, Acer campbellii subsp. sinense, but this is incorrect; it is in its own species complex.[4] Good traits to distinguish it from members of the Acer wilsonii species complex are that its inflorescence is a compound corymbose panicle with 60 to 70 flowers, with pedicels that are 5 to 6 mm long, its ovaries are pilose, appearing white, and its nutlet is nearly glabrous, and convex, without any veins.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Hooker's Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1897 (1889)
  2. 1 2 "Acer sinense Pax". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "中华枫 zhong hua feng". Flora of China. efloras.org. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. 1 2 Eom, Hyun Joo; de Jong, Piet C.; Chang, Chin-Sung (December 2011). "A reappraisal of the Acer wilsonii complex and Related Species in China" (PDF). Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy. 41 (4): 329–337. doi:10.11110/kjpt.2011.41.4.329. Retrieved 19 November 2020. key … based on the number of leaf lobes: 3-lobed (A. wilsonii coml[p]ex), 5-lobed (A. sinense complex), and 7-lobed taxa (A. campbellii complex)
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