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Acer gracilifolium

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Acer gracilifolium
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Pentaphylla
Series: Acer ser. Trifida
Species:
A. gracilifolium
Binomial name
Acer gracilifolium

Acer gracilifolium is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in Gansu and Sichuan Provinces in west-central China.[2]

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.[2][3]

References

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  1. ^ Crowley, D. (2020). "Acer gracilifolium". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T193592A2244501. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T193592A2244501.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Flora of China, Acer gracilifolium W. P. Fang & C. C. Fu, 1981. 长叶枫 chang ye feng". Archived from the original on 2015-09-14. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  3. ^ Fang, Wen Pei & Fu, C. C. 1981. Flora Tsinlingensis 1(3): 453, plate 195