Acer amplum

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Species: Acer amplum
Subspecies: A. a. subsp. amplum – A. a. subsp. bodinieri – A. a. subsp. catalpifolium – A. a. subsp. tientaiense
Name

Acer amplum Rehder in Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 1(1): 86. 1911.
Synonyms

Homotypic
Acer longipes subsp. amplum (Rehder) de Jong in D.M. van Gelderen, P.C. de Jong & H.J. Oterdoom, Maples of the World 218. 1994.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Asia-Temperate
Regional: China
China South-Central (Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan, Yunnan), China Southeast (Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang).
Continental: Asia-Tropical
Regional: Indo-China
Vietnam.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page.
Hsu, T.Z., Chen, Y.S., Jong, P.C.de, Oterdoom, H.J. & Chang, C.S. 2008. Acer. Pp. 537 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 11: Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-930723-73-3. efloras PDF Reference page.

Links

Oldfield, S., Gibbs, D. & Chen, Y. 2018. Acer amplum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T193515A2240947.en..
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acer amplum in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 January 5. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Acer amplum. Published online. Accessed: 5 January 2020.

Acer amplum is an Asian species of maple found in Vietnam and China.[2]

Acer amplum is a tree up to 25 meters tall with smooth brown or gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, heart-shaped, sometimes unlobed but other times with 3 or 5 lobes, the blade up to 25 cm long and about the same distance in width.[2][3]

Subspecies

Acer amplum subsp. amplum - Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang
Acer amplum subsp. bodinieri (H.Lév.) Y.S.Chen - Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Yunnan, Vietnam
Acer amplum subsp. catalpifolium (Rehder) Y.S.Chen - Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan
Acer amplum subsp. tientaiense (C.K.Schneid.) Y.S.Chen - Fujian, Jiangxi, Zhejiang

References

The Plant List, Acer amplum Rehder
Rehder, Alfred 1911. in Sargent, Charles Sprague, Plantae Wilsonianae an enumeration of the woody plants collected in Western China for the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University during the years 1907, 1908 and 1910 1: 86-88 description in Latin, commentary in English
Flora of China, Acer amplum Rehder in Sargent, 1911. 阔叶枫 kuo ye feng