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Species of maple From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Acer pictum, commonly known as yellow-paint maple,[4] is an Asian species of maple. It widespread across much of China as well as Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and eastern Russia.[5] Its natural habitat is in temperate forests.
Acer pictum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Acer |
Section: | Acer sect. Platanoidea |
Species: | A. pictum |
Binomial name | |
Acer pictum Thunb. 1784 | |
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Acer pictum is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, thin, up to 12 cm wide and 12 cm across, toothless, with 3, 5, 7, or 9 lobes.[5]
Acer pictum is taxonomically complex species, showing morphological variation that corresponds to different geographic regions. Treatments of this variation have ranged from recognizing entities at the species level, to uniting them all under an undivided A. pictum. Further taxonomic study of this group is needed.[5][6] Five subspecies are provisionally recognized in the Flora of China.[5] These are:
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