Acer fabri, or Faber's maple, is a species of evergreen maple shrub native to Vietnam and central to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).[2][3]

Acer fabri
Botanical illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Palmata
Series: Acer ser. Penninervia
Species:
A. fabri
Binomial name
Acer fabri
Hance 1884
Synonyms[1]
  • Acer fargesii (H.J.Veitch) Rehder
  • Acer prainii H.Lév.
  • Acer reticulatum Champ. ex Benth.

Acer fabri is a shrub rarely more than 1 meter tall. It has with unlobed, lance-shaped leaves, unlike the multilobed leaves found on most maple species. Newly grown leaves and samaras take on a reddish hue.[2][4][5] It was collected by the Rev. Ernst Faber and described by Henry Fletcher Hance.[5]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Acer fabri Hance
  2. ^ a b University of Florida
  3. ^ The Plant List (2010). "Acer fabri". Retrieved 2013-06-13.
  4. ^ Flora of China, Acer fabri Hance, 1884. 罗浮枫 luo fu feng
  5. ^ a b Hance, Henry Fletcher (1884). "A New Chinese Maple". Journal of Botany, British and Foreign. 22 (3): 76. description in Latin, commentary in English