Acer skutchii

Acer skutchiiClassification 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 skutchii
Name

Acer skutchii Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 350 (1936).

Typus: Guatemala: Quiché: Nebaj, beside stream in open, alt. 6200 ft, 15 Nov 1934. A.F.Skutch 1667. (Holotype A).

References
Links

Vargas Rodríguez, Y.L., Crowley, D., Barstow, M. & Rivers, M.C. 2017. Acer skutchii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. IUCN Red List Category: Critically Endangered. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103451945A103451954.en.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Acer skutchii. Published online. Accessed: 13 January 2020.

Vernacular names
Diné bizaad: Sool

Acer skutchii, called the cloud forest sugar maple, Guatemalan maple, Mexican sugar maple or Skutch maple, is a species of flowering plant in the genus Acer, native to Mexico and Guatemala.[2] It is considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of the sugar maple, Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii. Occurring in sheltered ravines on mountain slopes, it is found only in a few widely separated relict populations within cloud forests in Mexico and Guatemala.[3]

In 2017, populations growing in the Mexican state of Jalisco were split off as a new species, Acer binzayedii.[4]
References

J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 350 (1936)
"Acer skutchii Rehder". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
Vargas-Rodriguez, Yalma L.; Platt, William J. (2012). "Remnant sugar maple (Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii) populations at their range edge: Characteristics, environmental constraints and conservation implications in tropical America". Biological Conservation. 150: 111–120. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.006.
Vargas-Rodriguez, Yalma L.; Urbatsch, Lowell E.; Karaman-Castro, Vesna; Figueroa-Rangel, Blanca L. (2017). "Acer binzayedii (Sapindaceae), a new maple species from Mexico". Brittonia. 69 (2): 246–252. doi:10.1007/s12228-017-9465-5. S2CID 26618081.