Acer caesium

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Himalayan maple
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Acer
Series: Acer ser. Acer
Species:
A. caesium
Binomial name
Acer caesium
Wall. ex Brandis 1874
Synonyms [2]
  • Acer luteolumBorbás
  • Acer mollePax 1889 not Opiz 1824
  • Acer giraldiiPax

Acer caesium, the Himalayan maple, [3] is an Asian species of maple found in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan). [4]

Acer caesium is a tree up to 25 m (82.0 ft) tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, with 5 shallow lobes, the blade up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long, with teeth along the edges. [4] [5]

Acer caesium subspecies giraldii grows to approximately 10 m (32.8 ft) tall, and is found in north-western China. The flowers are a bluish white and born on young shoots in the spring. [6] The subspecies epithet is a patronym honoring Italian missionary Giraldi. [6]

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References

  1. Chen, Y.; Gibbs, D. & Oldfield, S. (2018). "Acer caesium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2018: e.T62937A3116837. Retrieved 23 January 2023.
  2. "Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families . Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew via The Plant List. Note that this website has been superseded by World Flora Online
  3. Sofi, P. A.; Bhat, S. A.; Masoodi, T. H.; Islam, M. A.; Bhat, G. M.; Malik, A. R. (2016). "Propagation of Himalayan maple (Acer caesium Wall.) through seed and softwood cuttings". Journal of Applied and Natural Science. 8 (3): 1235–1240. doi: 10.31018/jans.v8i3.947 .
  4. 1 2 Xu, Tingzhi; Chen, Yousheng; de Jong, Piet C.; Oterdoom, Herman John; Chang, Chin-Sung. "Acer caesium". Flora of China. Vol. 11 via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  5. Abdulla, Priscilla. "Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis". Flora of Pakistan. Missouri Botanical Garden via Tropicos.org.
  6. 1 2 Moore, D.; White, J. (2005) [1st pub. 2002]. "Maples". The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees (2nd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Timber press. p. 627. ISBN   0-88192-751-1.