Acer granatense

Acer granatense, the Spanish maple, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Acer, native to Spain, including the Balearic islands, and Morocco.[2] Considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of the Italian maple, Acer opalus subsp. granatense, it is often found growing on cliffs and crevices in mountainous areas.[3]

Acer granatense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Species:
A. granatense
Binomial name
Acer granatense
Synonyms[2]

Acer granatense subsp. xauense (Pau & Font Quer) Dobignard

References

  1. Elench. Pl. Nov.: 25 (1838)
  2. "Acer granatense Boiss". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. Manzano, Saúl; Carrión, José S.; López-Merino, Lourdes; González-Sampériz, Penélope; Munuera, Manuel; Fernández, Santiago; Martín-Lerma, Ignacio; Gómez Ferreras, María del Carmen (2017). "Mountain Strongholds for Woody Angiosperms During the Late Pleistocene in SE Iberia". Catena. 149: 701–712. doi:10.1016/j.catena.2016.03.008.
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