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Acer stachyophyllum

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Acer stachyophyllum
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A. stachyophyllum
Binomial name
Acer stachyophyllum
Hiern 1875
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Acer muliense W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu
  • Acer tetramerum Pax
  • Acer betulifolium Maxim.

Acer stachyophyllum is an Asian species of maple. It is native to China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan), Myanmar, northern India, Bhutan, and Nepal.[2]

Acer stachyophyllum is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters tall with smooth yellow-brown bark. It is dioecious, meaning that male and female flowers are on separate trees. Leaves are non-compound, up to 11 cm wide and 6 cm across, thin and papery, sometimes with no lobes but sometimes with 3.[2]

Subspecies
  • Acer stachyophyllum subsp. betulifolium (Maxim.) P.C.DeJong - Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Myanmar
  • Acer stachyophyllum subsp. stachyophyllum - Hubei, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal

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