Acer sinense

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
Section:	Acer sect. Palmata
Series:	Acer ser. Palmata
Species:	A. sinense
Binomial name
	Acer sinense; Pax
Synonyms
	List Acer bicolor F.Chun; Acer bicolor var. serratifolium (W.P.Fang) W.P.Fang; Acer brachystephanum T.Z.Hsu; Acer campbellii subsp. sinense (Pax) P.C.de Jong; Acer prolificum W.P.Fang & M.Y.Fang; Acer sinense var. undulatum W.P.Fang & Y.T.Wu; Acer sunyiense W.P.Fang; Acer wilsonii var. longicaudatum (W.P.Fang) W.P.Fang; ;

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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]

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

References

^ Hooker's Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1897 (1889)
^ ^a ^b "Acer sinense Pax". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ "中华枫 zhong hua feng". Flora of China. efloras.org. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
^ ^a ^b 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)

[1] Hooker's Icon. Pl. 19: t. 1897 (1889)

[781512-1-2] "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.

[Eom_key-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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