Acer pectinatum
Species of maple
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Acer pectinatum is an Asian species of maple that is native to the Himalayas and nearby mountains in southwestern China, Myanmar, and the northeastern part of the Indian Subcontinent.[4] It is a spreading deciduous tree up to 20 m (66 ft) tall in the wild,[5] with brown bark. The leaves are non-compound, leathery, up to 10 cm wide and 8 cm across, toothless, usually with 5 lobes but sometimes 3, the lobes toothed along the edges.[4] The leaves of mature trees turn brilliant shades of yellow and orange before falling off in autumn.[5]
| Acer pectinatum | |
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| Acer pectinatum ssp. forrestii, branchlets and autumn leaves with reflecting water in the background | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Acer |
| Section: | Acer sect. Macrantha |
| Species: | A. pectinatum |
| Binomial name | |
| Acer pectinatum Wall. ex G. Nicholson 1881 not Wall. ex Pax 1886[2] | |
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Subspecies
- Acer pectinatum subsp. forrestii (Diels) A.E.Murray - Sichuan, Yunnan
- Acer pectinatum subsp. laxiflorum (Pax) A.E.Murray - Sichuan, Yunnan
- Acer pectinatum subsp. maximowiczii (Pax) A.E.Murray - see Acer maximowiczii
- Acer pectinatum subsp. pectinatum - Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar, Nepal
- Acer pectinatum subsp. taronense (Hub.-Mor.) A.E.Murray - Sichuan, Tibet, Yunnan, Bhutan, Assam, Myanmar
