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2. Acer sect. Palmata Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 6: 326. 1885.

鸡爪枫组 ji zhua feng zu

Trees or shrubs, deciduous or evergreen; terminal buds usually abortive. Leaves 3-13-lobed or undivided, margins serrate or entire. Bud scales 4-paired. Inflorescences terminal, corymbose with cincinni. Flowers 5-merous. Stamens 8. Disk extrastaminal. Nutlets elliptic-globose.

About 35 species: Bhutan, China, N India, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Nepal, SE Russia, Thailand, Vietnam; W North America; 34 species (23 endemic, two introduced) in China.


1 Leaves evergreen, entire   (2)
+ Leaves deciduous, 3-11-lobed   (10)
       
2 (1) Inflorescence corymbose-paniculate.   38 A. laevigatum
+ Inflorescence only corymbose   (3)
       
3 (2) Leaf blade abaxially light green   (4)
+ Leaf blade abaxially white mealy, gray   (7)
       
4 (3) Petioles pubescent.   43 A. pubipetiolatum
+ Petioles glabrous   (5)
       
5 (4) Leaf blade lanceolate.   44 A. fabri
+ Leaf blade oblong   (6)
       
6 (5) Leaves leathery, petiole 2-4 cm; samara 4-4.2 cm.   45 A. kwangnanense
+ Leaves papery, petiole 1-1.5 cm; samara 2.5-2.8 cm.   46 A. oligocarpum
       
7 (3) Leaf blade lanceolate, lateral veins 13-15 pairs; samara 2.2-2.4 cm.   39 A. wangchii
+ Leaf blade elliptic to oblong, lateral veins no more than 10 pairs; samara 2.8-3.2 cm   (8)
       
8 (7) Leaves papery; samara pubescent when immature.   42 A. hilaense
+ Leaves leathery or thickly leathery; samara glabrous   (9)
       
9 (8) Leaf blade 8-14 × 3.5-6 cm, thickly leathery, lateral veins 8-10 pairs.   40 A. crassum
+ Leaf blade 6-9 × 2-4 cm, leathery, lateral veins 5-7 pairs.   41 A. sino-oblongum
       
10 (1) Inflorescence corymbose; nutlet strongly veined   (11)
+ Inflorescence paniculate; nutlet usually not obviously veined   (20)
       
11 (10) Leaves usually 3- or 5-lobed   (12)
+ Leaves usually 7-13-lobed   (15)
       
12 (11) Leaves 3-lobed.   37 A. calcaratum
+ Leaves 5-lobed   (13)
       
13 (12) Petiole, pedicel, and ovary pubescent; leaf small (4.5-5.5 × 2.5-7.5 cm) and petiole short (2-4 cm), petiole and leaves villous.   17 A. pauciflorum
+ Petiole, pedicel, and ovary glabrous; leaf large (5-8 × 5-9 cm) and petiole long (3-6 cm), leaves glabrous   (14)
       
14 (13) Leaf blade 5-8 × 5-9 cm and petiole to 6 cm, relatively less flowered.   18 A. oliverianum
+ Leaf blade to 12 × 4.5-16.5 cm and petiole to 7.5 cm, relatively more flowered.   19 A. serrulatum
       
15 (11) Leaves usually 7- or 9-lobed   (16)
+ Leaves 9-, 11-, or 13-lobed   (18)
       
16 (15) Petiole and peduncle usually pubescent when young, ovary villous.   16 A. duplicatoserratum
+ Petiole, peduncle, and ovary glabrous   (17)
       
17 (16) Both surfaces of leaves glabrous; nutlet including wing 2-2.5 cm.   20 A. palmatum
+ Leaves abaxially pubescent; nutlet including wing 2.6-4 cm.   21 A. ceriferum
       
18 (15) Leaf blade 9-12 cm in diam..   13 A. japonicum
+ Leaf blade 5-10 cm in diam   (19)
       
19 (18) Leaf blade 6-10 cm in diam., usually 9-, 11-, or 13-lobed, both surfaces white tomentose; ovary white tomentose; branchlets not white mealy.   14 A. pseudosieboldianum
+ Leaf blade 5-6 cm in diam., usually 9-lobed, rarely 7- or 8-lobed, glabrous except tomentose at vein axils; ovary yellowish rough hairy; branchlets white mealy.   15 A. linganense
       
20 (10) Leaves subleathery, 3-lobed at middle, lobes triangular, margin entire or undulate   (21)
+ Leaves papery, deeply 3-, 5-, or 7-lobed, lobes ovate or lanceolate, margin serrate or serrulate, rarely entire or undulate   (22)
       
21 (20) Young branchlets, leaves abaxially, nutlets, and pedicels glabrous; samara wing including nutlet 2.5-2.8 cm, wings spreading horizontally.   35 A. tonkinense
+ Young branchlets, leaves abaxially, nutlets, and pedicels gray-yellow tomentose; samara wing including nutlet 3.5-3.8 cm, wings spreading obtusely.   36 A. fenzelianum
       
22 (20) Inflorescence paniculate-corymbose   (23)
+ Inflorescence paniculate   (24)
       
23 (22) Leaves 5-lobed.   22 A. chingii
+ Leaves 3-lobed.   23 A. confertifolium
       
24 (22) Leaves 3(or 5)-lobed   (25)
+ Leaves 5- or 7-lobed   (26)
       
25 (24) Inflorescence long paniculate with more flowers; leaf blade membranous or subleathery, 3- or 5-lobed, lobes oblong or lanceolate, apex acuminate, margin entire or apex crenulate; inflorescence 5-6 cm; disk glabrous; ovary pilose; samara wing including nutlet 2.5-3 cm.   24 A. wilsonii
+ Inflorescence shortly paniculate with less flowers; leaf blade papery, 3-lobed, lobes ovate or oblong-ovate, apex acute or oblong-acute, margin serrate; inflorescence 3-4 cm; disk pubescent; ovary pubescent; samara wing including nutlet 2-5 cm.   25 A. tutcheri
       
26 (24) Leaves subleathery   (27)
+ Leaves papery   (28)
       
27 (26) Leaves 5-lobed, rarely 7-lobed; nutlet ellipsoid, wings not recurved; sepals light green.   29 A. sinense
+ Leaves 7-lobed, rarely 5-lobed; nutlets globose, wings recurved in upper part; sepals purple.   30 A. kuomeii
       
28 (26) Nutlets strongly veined, pubescent.   26 A. erianthum
+ Nutlets not veined or not obviously veined, glabrous   (29)
       
29 (28) Ovary and disk glabrous.   27 A. flabellatum
+ Ovary hairy, disk hairy or glabrous   (30)
       
30 (29) Disk hairy; leaves abaxially pubescent when immature.   28 A. campbellii
+ Disk glabrous; leaves glabrous or pilose   (31)
       
31 (30) Leaves and petiole glabrous.   31 A. elegantulum
+ Leaf veins abaxially pilose, petiole pilose   (32)
       
32 (31) Samara 2.5-2.7 cm, spreading nearly horizontally; leaves 3- or 5-lobed.   34 A. miaoshanicum
+ Samara 2.3-2.5 cm, usually spreading at obtuse angle; leaves 5-lobed   (33)
       
33 (32) Leaf blade 10-12 × 11-14 cm, margin of lobe obtusely serrate; ovary, abaxial veins, and petiole velutinous.   32 A. pubinerve
+ Leaf blade 5-8 × 7-11 cm, margin of lobe acutely serrate; ovary, abaxial veins, and petiole villous.   33 A. kweilinense

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