Acer gracilifolium

Acer gracilifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Species: A. gracilifolium
Binomial name
Acer gracilifolium
W.P.Fang & C.C.Fu 1981

Acer gracilifolium is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in Gansu and Sichuan Provinces in west-central China.[1]

Acer gracilifolium is a small tree up to 5 meters tall with smooth brown or gray bark. Leaves are egg-shaped or oblong, non-compound, thin and papery, up to 8 cm wide and 5 cm across usually with 3 lobes, with a waxy, whitish underside.[1][2]


References

  1. 1 2 Flora of China, Acer gracilifolium W. P. Fang & C. C. Fu, 1981. 长叶枫 chang ye feng
  2. Fang, Wen Pei & Fu, C. C. 1981. Flora Tsinlingensis 1(3): 453, plate 195
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