Species of maple
| Acer sterculiaceum
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| Acer sterculiaceum subsp. franchetii
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Scientific classification 
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Plantae
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Tracheophytes
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Angiosperms
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Eudicots
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Rosids
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Sapindales
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Sapindaceae
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Acer
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Acer sect. Lithocarpa
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| Species:
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A. sterculiaceum
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| Binomial name
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Acer sterculiaceum
Wall. 1830 not K. Koch 1869
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| Synonyms[1]
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- 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.
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Acer sterculiaceum, commonly known as Franchet’s maple[2] or Himalayan maple,[citation needed] is a species of maple tree in the soapberry family. It is indigenous to Bhutan, northern India, and southwestern and central China (Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan).[3]
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.[3][2]
- 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
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