Acer tutcheri explained

Acer tutcheri, or Tutcher's maple,^[1] is a species of deciduous maple tree native to the Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, south Hunan, south Jiangxi, and south Zhejiang provinces of southern China,^[2] 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.^[3]

Subspecies

Two subspecies are accepted.

• Acer tutcheri subsp. formosanum – Taiwan
• Acer tutcheri subsp. tutcheri – southern China

External links

• line drawing for Flora of China, figure 558, drawings 2 + 3 at top and left

Notes and References

1. Web site: Check List of Hong Kong Plants, 7th edition (page 195) . 2014-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090407080820/http://www.hkherbarium.net/herbarium/PDF/Eng%20part%202_Dicots.pdf . 2009-04-07 . dead .
2. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200013136 Acer tutcheri, 岭南枫 ling nan feng, in Flora of China
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11624765#page/19/mode/1up Duthie, John Firminger 1908. Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1908(1): 16