Acer fabri, or Faber's maple, is a species of evergreen maple shrub native to Vietnam and central to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).[2][3]
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Acer |
Section: | Acer sect. Palmata |
Series: | Acer ser. Penninervia |
Species: | A. fabri
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Binomial name | |
Acer fabri Hance 1884
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Acer fabri is a shrub rarely more than 1 meter tall. It has with unlobed, lance-shaped leaves, unlike the multilobed leaves found on most maple species. Newly grown leaves and samaras take on a reddish hue.[2][4][5] It was collected by the Rev. Ernst Faber and described by Henry Fletcher Hance.[5]
References
edit- ^ The Plant List, Acer fabri Hance
- ^ a b University of Florida
- ^ The Plant List (2010). "Acer fabri". Retrieved 2013-06-13.
- ^ Flora of China, Acer fabri Hance, 1884. 罗浮枫 luo fu feng
- ^ a b Hance, Henry Fletcher (1884). "A New Chinese Maple". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 22 (3): 76. description in Latin, commentary in English