Acer sterculiaceum

Acer sterculiaceum
Acer sterculiaceum subsp. franchetii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Genus:	Acer
Species:	A. sterculiaceum
Binomial name
Acer sterculiaceum Wall. 1830 not K. Koch 1869
Synonyms[1]
List Acer villosum Wall. 1830 not J. Presl & C. Presl 1822 Acer franchetii Pax Acer huianum W.P.Fang & C.C.Hsieh Acer kungshanense W.P.Fang & C.Y.Chang Acer kungshanense var. acuminatilobum (W.P.Fang & Chow) W.P.Fang Acer lungshengense W.P.Fang & L.C.Hu Acer schoenermarkiae Pax Acer schoenermarkiae var. oxycolpum Hand.-Mazz. Acer tsinglingense W.P.Fang & C.C.Hsieh Acer platanifolium Griff. 1848 not Stokes 1812 Acer thomsonii Miq.

Acer sterculiaceum (Franchet’s maple, Himalayan maple, 苹婆枫) is a species of maple tree in the sandalwood family. It is indigenous to Bhutan, northern India, and southwestern and central China (Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan).^[2]

Acer sterculiaceum grows at altitudes of 1,800–3,100 metres (5,900–10,200 ft). It is a tree up to 20 meters tall with dark gray or grayish-brown bark. Leaves are palmately lobed, usually with 3 or 5 lobes but occasionally 7. Leaves are up to 20 cm long, thick and a bit leathery, dark green and hairless on the top, lighter green and woolly on the underside.^[2][3]

Subspecies^[1]

• Acer sterculiaceum subsp. franchetii (Pax) A.E.Murray - central and southwestern China
• Acer sterculiaceum subsp. sterculiaceum - Yunnan, Tibet, Bhutan, India
• Acer sterculiaceum subsp. thomsonii (Miq.) A.E.Murray - northern India

References

1. The Plant List, Acer sterculiaceum Wall.
2. Flora of China, Acer sterculiaceum Wallich, 1830. 苹婆枫 ping po feng
3. Douglas Justice, 2010. Qingling maple, Acer tsinglingense, or Franchet's maple, Acer sterculiaceum subsp. franchetii. Arnoldia 68(2):57-58

External links

• Encyclopedia of Life
• Plants for a Future
• Media related to Acer sterculiaceum at Wikimedia Commons