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3. Acer sect. Oblonga (Hu & W. C. Cheng) Delendick, Brittonia. 34: 83. 1982.

全缘叶枫组 quan yuan ye feng zu

Acer subsect. Oblonga Hu & W. C. Cheng, Bull. Fan Mem. Inst. Biol., n.s., 1: 200. 1948.

Trees, mostly evergreen, andromonoecious. Leaves undivided or 3-lobed, margins mostly entire, sometimes serrate. Bud scales 4-8-paired. Inflorescences corymbose, terminal and axillary. Flowers 5-merous. Stamens 8. Disk extrastaminal. Nutlets keeled convex.

Fifteen species: China, Himalayas, Japan, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam; 14 species (12 endemic) in China.


1 Leaves usually 3-lobed   (2)
+ Leaves usually not lobed, sometimes 3-lobed in young shoots   (8)
       
2 (1) Leaves deeply 3-lobed, middle lobe oblong-lanceolate.   47 A. yui
+ Leaves shallowly 3-lobed, middle lobe ovate, triangular, or triangular-ovate   (3)
       
3 (2) Leaf lateral lobes nearly same size as middle lobe.   48 A. buergerianum
+ Leaf lateral lobes usually smaller than middle lobe (sometimes with unlobed leaves on same tree)   (4)
       
4 (3) Lateral lobes long, apex acuminate   (5)
+ Lateral lobes small, apex obtuse   (6)
       
5 (4) Leaf central lobe apically acuminate, lateral lobes triangular, petiole 2-5 cm.   49 A. paxii
+ Leaf lobes apically acute, petiole 2.5-9 cm.   50 A. shihweii
       
6 (4) Margin of leaf lobe serrulate.   51 A. cordatum
+ Margin of leaf lobe entire   (7)
       
7 (6) Branchlets, inflorescence, and petioles densely pubescent; leaf margin reflexed, abaxially pubescent.   52 A. sycopseoides
+ Branchlets and petioles glabrous, inflorescence hairy when immature; leaf margin not reflexed, abaxially glabrous.   53 A. paihengii
       
8 (1) Young branchlets, petioles, and leaves abaxially pubescent.   54 A. coriaceifolium
+ Young branchlets, petioles, and leaves abaxially usually glabrous   (9)
       
9 (8) Leaves papery   (10)
+ Leaves thickly leathery or subleathery   (11)
       
10 (9) Leaf base cordate, abaxially light green, usually serrulate in upper part; samara purple-red when young.   51 A. cordatum
+ Leaf base rounded, abaxially pale white, margin entire or undulate; samara green when young.   55 A. gracilifolium
       
11 (9) Leaf blade ovate, apex obtuse.   56 A. poliophyllum
+ Leaf blade oblong, oblong-ovate, or lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate   (12)
       
12 (11) Samara less than 2 cm; leaf blade lanceolate or oblong, apex acuminate or acute   (13)
+ Samara usually 2-3 cm; leaf blade oblong, apex usually acute   (14)
       
13 (12) Leaf blade 8-14 × 2.5-5 cm.   57 A. albopurpurascens
+ Leaf blade 3.5-4.5 × 1.5-2 cm.   58 A. yinkunii
       
14 (12) Leaves adaxially shiny, abaxially conspicuously pale white, margin slightly reflexed.   59 A. lucidum
+ Leaves adaxially not shiny and deep green, abaxially light green or pale green, margin not reflexed.   60 A. oblongum

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