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11. Acer sect. Lithocarpa Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 6: 328. 1885.

坚果枫组 jian guo feng zu

Trees, dioecious, very occasionally monoecious. Leaves 3- or 5-lobed, sometimes undivided, margins remotely dentate to serrulate. Bud scales 8-12-paired. Inflorescences axillary from leafless buds, racemose. Flowers 5-merous, unisexual. Stamens usually 8. Disk amphistaminal.

About nine species: E, S, and SE Asia; eight species (six endemic) in China.


1 Leaf blade abaxially pale white to pale gray, margin entire or remotely toothed with a few sinuous teeth; fruiting pedicels slender, 2.5-4 cm; infructescence 10-32 cm   (2)
+ Leaf blade abaxially light green, margin toothed or rarely entire; fruiting pedicels relatively thick, 0.7-2(-4) cm; infructescence 7-12(-16) cm   (3)
       
2 (1) Leaf blade 9-11 × 11-12 cm, abaxially very sparsely pubescent on veins and veinlets, though hairs not detectable by touch, 3-lobed, base rounded; nutlets 3.5-4.3 × 0.8-1.3 cm.   84 A. leipoense
+ Leaf blade 10-20 × 11-25 cm, very densely pubescent and hairs easily detectable by touch, 5-lobed, base cordate; nutlets 4.7-5.5 × 1.4-1.7 cm.   85 A. yangbiense
       
3 (1) Samara 8-12 cm; leaf blade 3-lobed or unlobed, margin usually entire.   86 A. thomsonii
+ Samara 3.5-6.5 cm; leaf blade 3- or 5-lobed, lobes toothed   (4)
       
4 (3) Flowers purple-red; leaf blade 5-lobed, rarely 3-lobed, lobes triangular, very remotely dentate or entire.   87 A. sinopurpurascens
+ Flowers green; leaf blade 3-, 5-, or 7-lobed, margin toothed   (5)
       
5 (4) Leaf blade 3-, 5-, or 7-lobed, lobes obtuse.   88 A. sterculiaceum
+ Leaf blade 3-lobed, lobes acute   (6)
       
6 (5) Leaf blade small, papery, secondary veins 9-11 pairs; infructescence 4-5 cm, pedicel slender; nutlets irregularly convex.   91 A. tsinglingense
+ Leaf blade large, leathery or subleathery, secondary veins 14-24 pairs; infructescence 7-12 cm; pedicel stout; nutlets distinctly convex   (7)
       
7 (6) Leaf blade subleathery, margin crenate, abaxially densely yellowish pilose; infructescence 7-9 cm; samara wing including nutlet 4-4.5 cm, yellowish pilose.   89 A. kungshanense
+ Leaf blade leathery, margin undulate or crenate, abaxially glabrous; infructescence ca. 12 cm; samara wing including nutlet 6-6.5 cm, glabrous.   90 A. lungshengense

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