Acer tutcheri
| Tutcher's maple | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae[1] |
| Genus: | Acer |
| Species: | A. tutcheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Acer tutcheri Duthie 1908 | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Acer tutcheri (Tutcher's maple[3]) is a species of deciduous maple tree native to the Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, south Hunan, south Jiangxi, Taiwan and south Zhejiang provinces of southern China[4] including certain districts of Hong Kong.[3]
Acer tutcheri is found in forests between 300 and 1000 metres of altitude.[4] It is a tree up to 15 metres tall, with brown bark. The leaves are up to 9 cm long and 13 cm across, with three or occasionally five lobes. They are deciduous, hairless, thin and papery, and have teeth along the edges.[4][5]
References
- ↑ Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 [and more or less continuously updated since]. mobot.org
- ↑ The Plant List, Acer tutcheri Duthie
- 1 2 Check List of Hong Kong Plants, 7th edition (page 195)
- 1 2 3 Acer tutcheri, 岭南枫 ling nan feng, in Flora of China
- ↑ Duthie, John Firminger 1908. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1908(1): 16 description in Latin, commentary in English
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