Himalayan maple | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Acer |
Section: | Acer sect. Acer |
Series: | Acer ser. Acer |
Species: | A. caesium
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Binomial name | |
Acer caesium | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Acer caesium, the Himalayan maple, [3] is an Asian species of maple found in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and China ( Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan). [4]
Acer caesium is a tree up to 25 m (82.0 ft) tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, with 5 shallow lobes, the blade up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long, with teeth along the edges. [4] [5]
Acer caesium subspecies giraldii grows to approximately 10 m (32.8 ft) tall, and is found in north-western China. The flowers are a bluish white and born on young shoots in the spring. [6] The subspecies epithet is a patronym honoring Italian missionary Giraldi. [6]
Himalayan maple | |
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Acer |
Section: | Acer sect. Acer |
Series: | Acer ser. Acer |
Species: | A. caesium
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Binomial name | |
Acer caesium | |
Synonyms [2] | |
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Acer caesium, the Himalayan maple, [3] is an Asian species of maple found in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and China ( Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan). [4]
Acer caesium is a tree up to 25 m (82.0 ft) tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, with 5 shallow lobes, the blade up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long, with teeth along the edges. [4] [5]
Acer caesium subspecies giraldii grows to approximately 10 m (32.8 ft) tall, and is found in north-western China. The flowers are a bluish white and born on young shoots in the spring. [6] The subspecies epithet is a patronym honoring Italian missionary Giraldi. [6]