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
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Binomial name | |
Acer pictum Thunb. 1784
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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 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]