Acer sinense

Species of plant in the genus Acer

Acer sinense

Acer sinense in Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Clade:  | Rosids
Order:  | Sapindales
Family:  | Sapindaceae
Genus:  | Acer
Section:  | Acer sect. Palmata
Series:  | Acer ser. Palmata
Species:  |

A. sinense

Binomial name
Acer sinense

Pax[1]

Synonyms[2]

List

*     * Acer bicolor F.Chun
* Acer bicolor var. serratifolium (W.P.Fang) W.P.Fang
* Acer brachystephanum T.Z.Hsu
* Acer campbellii subsp. sinense (Pax) P.C.de Jong
* Acer prolificum W.P.Fang & M.Y.Fang
* Acer sinense var. undulatum W.P.Fang & Y.T.Wu
* Acer sunyiense W.P.Fang
* Acer wilsonii var. longicaudatum (W.P.Fang) W.P.Fang

Acer sinense is a species of flowering plant in the maple genus Acer, native to southeast and south-central China.[2] A small (typically 3 to 5 m tall) tree rarely reaching 15 m, it prefers to grow in forested valleys 500 to 2500 m above sea level.[3]

It is a highly morphologically variable species, leading to some taxonomic confusion. Some authorities consider it to be a subspecies of Campbell's maple, Acer campbellii subsp. sinense, but this is incorrect; it is in its own species complex.[4] Good traits to distinguish it from members of the Acer wilsonii species complex are that its inflorescence is a compound corymbose panicle with 60 to 70 flowers, with pedicels that are 5 to 6 mm long, its ovaries are pilose, appearing white, and its nutlet is nearly glabrous, and convex, without any veins.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Hooker's Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1897 (1889)
2. ^ a b "Acer sinense Pax". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
3. ^ "中华枫 zhong hua feng". Flora of China. efloras.org. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
4. ^ a b Eom, Hyun Joo; de Jong, Piet C.; Chang, Chin-Sung (December 2011). "A reappraisal of the Acer wilsonii complex and Related Species in China" (PDF). Korean Journal of Plant Taxonomy. 41 (4): 329–337. doi:10.11110/kjpt.2011.41.4.329. Retrieved 19 November 2020. "key … based on the number of leaf lobes: 3-lobed (A. wilsonii coml[p]ex), 5-lobed (A. sinense complex), and 7-lobed taxa (A. campbellii complex)"

Taxon identifiers

Acer sinense|

* Wikidata: Q3281171
* Wikispecies: Acer sinense
* BOLD: 102190
* CoL: 94K8
* EPPO: ACRSI
* FNA: 200013102
* FoC: 200013102
* GBIF: 7263062
* GRIN: 413074
* iNaturalist: 544386
* IPNI: 781512-1
* IUCN: 194730
* NCBI: 291223
* Open Tree of Life: 49703
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781512-1
* Tropicos: 200297
* WFO: wfo-0000515113