Acer pictum

Acer pictum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Platanoidea
Species:
A. pictum
Binomial name
Acer pictum
Thunb. 1784
Synonyms
List
  • Acer ambiguum Dippel 1892 not Heer 1878
  • Acer dippelii Schwer.
  • Acer latilobum (Koidz.) Koidz.
  • Acer marmoratum (G.Nicholson) H.Hara
  • Acer mayrii Schwer.
  • Acer mono Maxim.
  • Acer okamotoanum Nakai
  • Kalopanax pictus (Thunb.) Nakai

Acer pictum, commonly known as yellow-paint maple, is an Asian species of maple. It widespread across much of China as well as Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and eastern Russia. Its natural habitat is in temperate forests.

Acer pictum is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, thin, up to 12 cm wide and 12 cm across, toothless, with 3, 5, 7, or 9 lobes.

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