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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. Palmata |
| Series: | Acer ser. Palmata |
| Species: | A. tutcheri |
| Binomial name | |
| Acer tutcheri Duthie | |
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Acer oliverianum var. tutcheri (Duthie) F.P.Metcalf ex Krüssm. | |
Acer tutcheri, or Tutcher's maple, is a species of deciduous maple tree native to the Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, south Hunan, south Jiangxi, and south Zhejiang provinces of southern China, as well as Taiwan and certain districts of Hong Kong.
Acer tutcheri is found in forests between 300 and 1000 metres elevation. It is a tree up to 15 metres tall, with brown bark. The leaves are up to 9 cm long and 13 cm across, with three or occasionally five lobes. They are deciduous, hairless, thin and papery, and have teeth along the edges.
Subspecies
Two subspecies are accepted.
- Acer tutcheri subsp. formosanum A.E.Murray – Taiwan
- Acer tutcheri subsp. tutcheri – southern China
References
- ^ "Acer tutcheri Duthie". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ "Check List of Hong Kong Plants, 7th edition (page 195)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-04-07. Retrieved 2014-04-14.
- ^ Acer tutcheri, 岭南枫 ling nan feng, in Flora of China
- Duthie, John Firminger 1908. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1908(1): 16 description in Latin, commentary in English
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