Acer yui

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Acer yui
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Acer yui seen at the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The seed was collected in the wild in Gansu Province in 2005
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Pentaphylla
Series: Acer ser. Trifida
Species:
A. yui
Binomial name
Acer yui
W.P.Fang 1934
Synonyms [2]
  • Acer buergerianum subsp. yui(W.P.Fang) A.E.Murray
  • Acer yui var. leptocarpumW.P.Fang & Y.T.Wu

Acer yui is an uncommon Asian species of maple. It has been found only in Gansu and Sichuan Provinces in western China. [3]

Acer yui is a small deciduous tree up to 7 meters tall with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, up to 7 cm wide to 2.5 cm across, thin, with 3 lobes but no teeth. [3] It is visually similar to Acer buergerianum. [4]

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References

  1. Crowley, D. (2020). "Acer yui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T193891A2289468. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T193891A2289468.en . Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. The Plant List, Acer yui W.P.Fang
  3. 1 2 Flora of China, Acer yui W. P. Fang, 1966. 川甘枫 chuan gan feng
  4. Liu, Fu-Rong; Wang, Hai-Feng; Peng, Pei-Hao; Luo, Jian-Xun (2022-03-08). "Supplementary description of floral characters and nomenclatural note for the rare maple Acer yui W.P.Fang (Sapindaceae) from western China". Phytotaxa. 538 (3): 249–256. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.538.3.8. ISSN   1179-3163.