Acer duplicatoserratum

taxobox
name = "Acer duplicatoserratum"
status_system = IUCN2.3
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
unranked_ordo = Rosids
ordo = Sapindales
familia = Sapindaceae
genus = "Acer"
species = "A. duplicatoserratum"
binomial = "Acer duplicatoserratum"
binomial_authority = Hayata|

"Acer duplicatoserratum" is a species of maple, native to southern China, including Taiwan.Flora of China (draft): [http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume11/Aceraceae-AGH_finishing.htm "Acer"] ]

It is a small tree, in the same group of maples as "Acer palmatum". The leaves are palmately lobed with seven to nine lobes, 2.3–10 cm long and 3–10 cm broad.

There are two varieties:
*"Acer duplicatoserratum" var. "duplicatoserratum". Taiwan, endemic; listed as Vulnerable. [Pan, F. J. (1998). [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/36476/all "Acer duplicatoserratum"] . Downloaded on 20 August 2007.] Leaf petioles always pubescent.
*"Acer duplicatoserratum" var. "chinense" C.S.Chang. Mainland China, in Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, southern Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, and Zhejiang. Leaf petioles only pubescent when young, becoming hairless.

The taxonomic status of the species and its close relatives remains unresolved, and it is possible the species may be relegated to synonymy within "Acer ceriferum" in the future.

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