Acer sino-oblongum

Acer sino-oblongum, the south China maple, is a species of evergreen maple tree native to China's Guangdong Province and Hong Kong.[2]

South China maple
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
(unranked):
Angiosperms
(unranked):
Eudicots
(unranked):
Rosids
Order:
Sapindales
Family:
Sapindaceae[1]
Genus:
Acer
Species:
A. sino-oblongum
Binomial name
Acer sino-oblongum
F.P.Metcalf 1932

Acer sino-oblongum is a short tree up to 7 meters tall. The leaves are elliptical and waxy, unlobed and untoothed unlike the multi-lobed leaves found on most maples. The tree occurs naturally in coastal evergreen forests.[2][3]

References
  1. Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 [and more or less continuously updated since]. mobot.org
  2. Flora of China, Acer sino-oblongum F. P. Metcalf, 1932. 滨海枫 bin hai feng
  3. Metcalf, Franklin Post 1932. Lingnan Science Journal 11(2): 202–203


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