Acer tutcheri

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
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
Duthie 1908
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Acer bicolor var. serratifolium (W.P.Fang) W.P.Fang
  • Acer oliverianum var. tutcheri (Duthie) F.P.Metcalf ex Krüssm.
  • Liquidambar edentata Merr.

Acer tutcheri is found in forests between 300 and 1000 metres of altitude.[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]

References
  1. The Plant List, Acer tutcheri Duthie
  2. "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. 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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