Acer caesium

Acer caesium is an Asian species of maple found in India, Pakistan, Nepal, and China (Gansu, Henan, Hubei, Ningxia, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan ).[2]

Himalayan Maple
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Acer
Series: Acer ser. Acer
Species:
A. caesium
Binomial name
Acer caesium
Wall. ex Brandis 1874
Synonyms[1]
  • Acer luteolum Borbás
  • Acer molle Pax 1889 not Opiz 1824
  • Acer giraldii Pax

Acer caesium is a tree up to 25 meters tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, with 5 shallow lobes, the blade up to 10 cm long, with teeth along the edges.[2][3]

References
  1. "Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  2. Xu, Tingzhi; Chen, Yousheng; de Jong, Piet C.; Oterdoom, Herman John; Chang, Chin-Sung. "Acer caesium". Flora of China. 11 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  3. Abdulla, Priscilla. "Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis". Flora of Pakistan. Missouri Botanical Garden – via Tropicos.org.


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