Acer pictum

Acer pictum
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Synonyms[3]
List
  • Acer ambiguum Dippel 1892 not Heer 1878[2]
  • Acer dippelii Schwer.
  • Acer latilobum (Koidz.) Koidz.
  • Acer marmoratum (G.Nicholson) H.Hara
  • Acer mayrii Schwer.
  • Acer mono Maxim.
  • Acer okamotoanum Nakai
  • Kalopanax pictus (Thunb.) Nakai

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]

  1. ^ Crowley, D.; Barstow, M.; Rivers, M.C. (2017). "Acer pictum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T194704A2359246. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T194704A2359246.en.
  2. ^ Tropicos, Acer ambiguum Dippel
  3. ^ The Plant List, Acer pictum Thunb.
  4. ^ English Names for Korean Native Plants (PDF). Pocheon: Korea National Arboretum. 2015. p. 334. ISBN 978-89-97450-98-5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 25 January 2016 – via Korea Forest Service.
  5. ^ a b Flora of China, Acer pictum Thunb. 1784. 色木枫 se mu feng