Acer rufinerve | |
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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. Macrantha |
Species: | A. rufinerve
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Binomial name | |
Acer rufinerve | |
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Acer rufinerve, the grey-budded snake-bark-maple,[4] redvein maple or Honshū maple (Japanese: ウリハダカエデ urihadakaede, "melon-skin maple"), is a species of tree in the snakebark maple group, related to Acer capillipes (Kyushu maple). It is native to mountain forests of Japan, on Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku.[5][6][7][8]
The Latin and English names rufinerve and "redvein" refer to the reddish down on the veins. The Japanese name urihadakaede (melon-skin) refers to the bark pattern.[5][6][7][9]