Acer yui
| Acer yui | |
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| Acer yui seen at the Morris Arboretum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The seed was collected in the wild in Gansu Province in 2005 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Acer |
| Section: | Acer sect. Pentaphylla |
| Series: | Acer ser. Trifida |
| Species: | A. yui
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| Binomial name | |
| Acer yui W.P.Fang 1934
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Acer yui is an uncommon Asian species of maple. It has been found only in Gansu and Sichuan Provinces in western China.[3]
Acer yui is a small deciduous tree up to 7 meters tall with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, up to 7 cm wide to 2.5 cm across, thin, with 3 lobes but no teeth.[3] It is visually similar to Acer buergerianum.[4]
References
- ^ Crowley, D. (2020). "Acer yui". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T193891A2289468. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T193891A2289468.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ The Plant List, Acer yui W.P.Fang
- ^ a b Flora of China, Acer yui W. P. Fang, 1966. 川甘枫 chuan gan feng
- ^ Liu, Fu-Rong; Wang, Hai-Feng; Peng, Pei-Hao; Luo, Jian-Xun (2022-03-08). "Supplementary description of floral characters and nomenclatural note for the rare maple Acer yui W.P.Fang (Sapindaceae) from western China". Phytotaxa. 538 (3): 249–256. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.538.3.8. ISSN 1179-3163.
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