Tropicos | Name

Acer L.

Published In: Species Plantarum 2: 1054. 1753. (1 May 1753) (Sp. Pl.)

Project Name Data (Last Modified On 6/2/2011)

Acceptance : Accepted

Project Data (Last Modified On 6/3/2011)

General/Distribution: A genus of about 120 species; represented in Pakistan by 8 species of which 2 are cultivated.

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1.	Leaves pinnately compound, usually trifoliolate

1.	Leaves simple, entire or lobed

2.	Leaves unlobed, ovate-lanceolate, persistent

2.	Leaves palmately lobed, deciduous

3.	Leaf margin entire, lobes 5-7; petiole sap milky

4.	Primary lobes of leaves rounded to acute, margin often ciliate

4.	Primary lobes of leaves acuminate, margin not ciliate

5.	Trees tall; twigs stout, 5-8 mm thick. Leaves mostly 5-lobed, 8-15 cm across. Inflorescence terminal

5.	Trees small; twigs 2-5 mm thick. Leaves mostly 3-lobed, 4-8 cm across. Inflorescence lateral

3.	Leaf margin serrate; lobes 3-5; petiole sap clear

6.	Leaf lobes triangular, acute or blunt; margins subentire to remotely crenate-subserrate

6.	Leaf lobes caudate-acuminate; margins acutely serrate

Lower Taxa

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