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13. Acer sect. Trifoliata Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 6: 326. 1885.

三小叶枫组 san xiao ye feng zu

Trees or shrubs; bark sometimes exfoliating. Leaves trifoliolate, margins subentire to coarsely serrate. Bud scales 11-15-paired. Inflorescence terminal and axillary, corymbose. Flowers 5(or 6)-merous. Stamens 10-13. Disk extrastaminal. Nutlets spherically convex; parthenocarpic tendency strong.

Five species: E Asia; five species (two endemic) in China.


1 Bark yellow-brown, orange-brown, or red-brown, fissured   (2)
+ Bark gray, smooth   (3)
       
2 (1) Leaf more deeply 2- or 3-toothed; small wing and nutlet (3.2-3.8 cm); bark orange-brown or red-brown.   93 A. griseum
+ Leaf margin entire or shallowly 2- or 3-toothed; large wing and nutlet (3.5-4.5 cm); bark yellow-brown.   94 A. triflorum
       
3 (1) Young branchlets and abaxial surface of leaves pubescent.   95 A. nikoense
+ Young branchlets and abaxial surface of leaves glabrous   (4)
       
4 (3) Inflorescence usually 3-flowered; leaflets lanceolate, 5-10 × 1.5-3 cm.   96 A. mandshuricum
+ Inflorescence 20-30-flowered; leaflets oblong-lanceolate, 7-14 × 2-4 cm.   97 A. sutchuenense

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