Acer pentaphyllum

Acer pentaphyllum
Acer pentaphyllum in the Quarryhill Botanical Garden
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae[1]
Genus: Acer
Species: A. pentaphyllum
Binomial name
Acer pentaphyllum
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Acer pentaphyllum (五小叶枫 wu xiao ye feng) is a very rare, endangered maple species endemic to southwestern Sichuan, China, at altitudes of 2300–2900 meters. It is a tree that grows to 10 meters in height, with leaflet blades 5-8 × 1.5–2 cm, narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate.

References

  1. Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 [and more or less continuously updated since]. http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/.