Acer fabri

Acer fabri (Faber's maple) is a species of evergreen maple shrub native to Vietnam and central to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).[3][4]

Faber's maple
Botanical illustration
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A. fabri
Binomial name
Acer fabri
Hance 1884
Synonyms[2]
  • Acer fargesii (H.J.Veitch) Rehder
  • Acer prainii H.Lév.
  • Acer reticulatum Champ. ex Benth.

Acer fabri is a shrub rarely more than 1 meter tall. It has with unlobed, lance-shaped leaves, unlike the multilobed leaves found on most maple species. Newly grown leaves and samaras take on a reddish hue.[3][5][6]

References

  1. Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 [and more or less continuously updated since]. mobot.org
  2. The Plant List, Acer fabri Hance
  3. University of Florida
  4. The Plant List (2010). "Acer fabri". Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  5. Flora of China, Acer fabri Hance, 1884. 罗浮枫 luo fu feng
  6. Hance Henry Fletcher (1884). "A New Chinese Maple". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 22 (3): 76. description in Latin, commentary in English


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