Acer miaotaiense

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Acer miaotaiense
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Platanoidea
Species:
A. miaotaiense
Binomial name
Acer miaotaiense
P.C.Tsoong

Acer miaotaiense (syn. Acer miyabei subsp. miaotaiense (P.C.Tsoong) E.Murray) is a species of maple endemic to China. It grows in mixed forests of southeastern Gansu, southwestern Henan, northwestern Hubei, southern Shaanxi, and Zhejiang. [2]

It is a medium-sized deciduous tree growing to 25 m tall, with rough, grey-brown bark. The leaves are three-lobed, 4–9 cm long and 5–8 cm broad, with a 6–7 cm long petiole; the petiole bleeds white latex if cut. The flowers are produced in spring at the same time as the leaves open, yellow-green, in erect corymbs. The fruit is a samara with two winged seeds aligned at 180°, each seed 8 mm wide, flat, with a 2 cm wing. [2]

It is closely related to Acer miyabei from Japan, [2] and Acer campestre from Europe. [3] It is a rare tree, considered "Vulnerable" by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Crowley, D. (2020). "Acer miaotaiense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 Tingzhi Xu; Yousheng Chen; Piet C. de Jong; Herman John Oterdoom & Chin-Sung Chang. "Acer miaotaiense P. C. Tsoong, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew. 1954: 83. 1954". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  3. Rushforth, K. (1999). Trees of Britain and Europe. Collins ISBN   0-00-220013-9.