Acer tutcheri
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Acer |
| Section: | Acer sect. Palmata |
| Series: | Acer ser. Palmata |
| Species: | A. tutcheri
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| Binomial name | |
| Acer tutcheri Duthie (1908)
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| Synonyms[1][2] | |
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Acer oliverianum var. tutcheri (Duthie) F.P.Metcalf ex Krüssm. (1959) | |
Acer tutcheri, or Tutcher's maple,[3] is a species of deciduous maple tree native to the Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, south Hunan, south Jiangxi, and south Zhejiang provinces of southern China,[4] as well as Taiwan and certain districts of Hong Kong.[3]
Acer tutcheri is found in forests between 300 and 1000 metres elevation.[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]
Subspecies
[edit]Two subspecies are accepted.[1]
- Acer tutcheri subsp. formosanum A.E.Murray – Taiwan
- Acer tutcheri subsp. tutcheri – southern China
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Acer tutcheri Duthie". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ The Plant List, Acer tutcheri Duthie
- ^ a b "Check List of Hong Kong Plants, 7th edition (page 195)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- ^ a b c Acer tutcheri, 岭南枫 ling nan feng, in Flora of China
- ^ Duthie, John Firminger 1908. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1908(1): 16 description in Latin, commentary in English
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