Acer tutcheri

Tutcher's maple
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]

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

  1. ↑ Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 [and more or less continuously updated since]. mobot.org
  2. ↑ The Plant List, Acer tutcheri Duthie
  3. 1 2 Check List of Hong Kong Plants, 7th edition (page 195)
  4. 1 2 3 Acer tutcheri, 岭南枫 ling nan feng, in Flora of China
  5. ↑ Duthie, John Firminger 1908. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1908(1): 16 description in Latin, commentary in English


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