Acer pentaphyllum
| Acer pentaphyllum | |
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| Acer pentaphyllum in the Quarryhill Botanical Garden | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae[1] |
| Genus: | Acer |
| Species: | A. pentaphyllum |
| Binomial name | |
| Acer pentaphyllum Diels 1931 | |
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Acer pentaphyllum (五小叶枫 wu xiao ye feng) is a very rare, endangered maple species endemic to southwestern Sichuan in China, at altitudes of 2300–2900 meters.[2]
Acer pentaphyllum is a deciduous tree that grows to 10 meters in height. Leaves are palmately compound hairless, usually with 5 lobes but sometimes with 4 or 7. Leaflet are 5-8 × 1.5–2 cm, narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 [and more or less continuously updated since]. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/.
- 1 2 Flora of China Acer pentaphyllum Diels, Notizbl. 1931. 五小叶枫 wu xiao ye feng
- ↑ Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil 1931. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 11(103): 212
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