Acer pictum

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Acer pictum
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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. pictum
Binomial name
Acer pictum
Thunb. 1784
Synonyms [2]
List
  • Acer ambiguumDippel 1892 not Heer 1878 [3]
  • Acer dippeliiSchwer.
  • Acer latilobum(Koidz.) Koidz.
  • Acer marmoratum(G.Nicholson) H.Hara
  • Acer mayriiSchwer.
  • Acer monoMaxim.
  • Acer okamotoanumNakai
  • Kalopanax pictus(Thunb.) Nakai

Acer pictum, commonly known as yellow-paint maple, [4] is an Asian species of maple. It widespread across much of China as well as Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and eastern Russia. [5] Its natural habitat is in temperate forests.

Contents

Acer pictum is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, thin, up to 12 cm wide and 12 cm across, toothless, with 3, 5, 7, or 9 lobes. [5]

Taxonomy

Acer pictum is taxonomically complex species, showing morphological variation that corresponds to different geographic regions. Treatments of this variation have ranged from recognizing entities at the species level, to uniting them all under an undivided A. pictum. Further taxonomic study of this group is needed. [5] [6] Five subspecies are provisionally recognized in the Flora of China. [5] These are:

References

  1. ↑ Crowley, D.; Barstow, M.; Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Acer pictum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2017 e.T194704A2359246. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T194704A2359246.en .
  2. ↑ The Plant List, Acer pictum Thunb.
  3. ↑ Tropicos, Acer ambiguum Dippel
  4. ↑ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 334. ISBN   978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016– via Korea Forest Service.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Flora of China, Acer pictum Thunb. 1784. 色木枫 se mu feng
  6. ↑ Acer pictum ssp. mono Missouri Botanical Garden


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