Acer tutcheri

Acer tutcheri
Scientific classification Edit this 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. tutcheri
Binomial name
Acer tutcheri
Subspecies[1]
  • Acer tutcheri subsp. formosanum A.E.Murray
  • Acer tutcheri subsp. tutcheri
Synonyms[1]

Acer oliverianum var. tutcheri (Duthie) F.P.Metcalf ex Krüssm.

Acer tutcheri, or Tutcher's maple,[2] is a species of deciduous maple tree native to the Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, south Hunan, south Jiangxi, and south Zhejiang provinces of southern China,[3] as well as Taiwan and certain districts of Hong Kong.[2]

Acer tutcheri is found in forests between 300 and 1000 metres elevation.[3] 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.[3][4]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are accepted.[1]

  • Acer tutcheri subsp. formosanum A.E.Murray – Taiwan
  • Acer tutcheri subsp. tutcheri – southern China

References

  1. ^ a b c "Acer tutcheri Duthie". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c Acer tutcheri, 岭南枫 ling nan feng, in Flora of China
  4. ^ Duthie, John Firminger 1908. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1908(1): 16 description in Latin, commentary in English
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