Acer sinense

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]

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
Species:
A. sinense
Binomial name
Acer sinense
Synonyms[2]

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 pillose, appearing white, and its nutlet is nearly glabrous, and convex, without any veins.[4]

References
  1. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1897 (1889)
  2. "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. 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)
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