Botanical Name |
Common name |
Distribution |
Character & Comments |
NO |
A.&ssp.caudatum |
Aoba
(like a tail) |
E. Himalayas to SE, Asia
|
Leaves 5-lobed, 7-12cm across
almost orbicular (not so long as wide)
|
701 |
A.calcaratum |
(spurred) |
Sikkim, India |
Leaves 3-lobed,
20-25cm long, 7.5-11cm wide
|
702 |
A.&ssp.campbellii |
(after Campbell) |
Darjeeling, Sikkim
the Himalayas, Nepal |
Leaves young leaves bronze-red soon turning
to olive-green, 5-7-lobed, palmate |
703 |
A.eucalyptoides |
(like eucalyptus) |
Xizang (Tibet)
|
Leaves unlobed, oblong-elliptic
samaras yellow-green |
704 |
A.oligocarpum |
(with few fruits) |
S. Xizang (Tibet) |
Leaves entire, unlobed,
with shortly acuminate mucros, few veined |
705 |
A.laevigatum |
(smooth) |
SE.Asia, Sichuan, Nepal |
ever green, unlobed, coriaceous
1000-2000m |
706 |
A.wardii |
(after F. Kingdon Ward) |
Upper Burma
E.Xizang, Assam |
similar to Sect.Palmata, but having two
pairs of bud scales and extrastaminal discs |
707 |
A.&ssp.pectinatum |
(like a comb) |
Himalayas, Bhutan
Nepal, Upper Burma |
distinctive fiery red petioles |
708 |
A.&ssp.sikkimense |
(from Sikkim) |
E. Himalayas, Sikkim
Bhutan, Assam, N.Burma |
beautiful species of snakebark maple
Leaves ovate, 8-15cm long, 5-10cm wide |
709 |
A.acuminatum |
(tapering gradually
or abruptly) |
W. Himalayas in Nepal
W. Pakistan, Kashmir
|
can be confused with some species of Sect.
Macrantha, but lacks the striped bark |
710 |
A.stachyophyllum
(A. tetramerum) |
(Spike-leaved) |
Himalayas
from Sikkim to Hubei |
Leaves ovate, unlobed to 3-5-lobed |
711 |
A.&ssp.caesium |
(bluish) |
India, Kashmir, Nepal |
Leaves 5-lobed, thin,15-28cm wide |
712 |
A.velutinum |
Velvet maple |
Caucasus, N. Iran
|
25m tall, leaf huge, turn
yellow
roadside trees in Russia |
713 |
A.&ssp.hyrcanum |
Balkan-Ahorn |
Turkey, Iran, Lebanon |
5 lobed, leathery, leaflobe rounded
petioles long |
714 |
A.&ssp.
monspessulanum |
Montpellier Maple |
W. Asia, Iran
|
leathery leaves, semi-evergreen or
deciduous, 3 lobed, obtuse, turn yellow
|
715 |
ssp.persicum |
(from Persia) |
Central Iran |
Leaves 3-lobed, up to 3 cm wide |
716 |
ssp.assyriacum |
(from the ancient
empire of Assyria) |
W. Iran, N. Iraq
|
Leaves dentate on sterile shoots
It is known only in herbaria. |
717 |
ssp.cinerascens |
(grayish) |
Iraq, Lebanon, W. Iran
|
Leaves grayish green
Bark olive-green with blackish spotting |
718 |
ssp.ibericum |
(from Iberia) |
N. & NE. Iran
|
Small tree up to 8 m, Trunk with gray bark. |
719 |
A.oblongum |
Flying moth tree
Kusunoha kaede |
Himalayas
Nepal, Kashmir |
ever green, unlobed, coriaceous |
720 |
A.&ssp.sterculiaceum |
(with leaves like Sterculia)
the Roman god of manuring |
W. Himalayas, Sikkim
Kashmir, Nepal |
Leaves 3-5-lobed, 14-20cm across
young leaves almost tomentose on both sides |
721 |
ssp.franchetii |
(after Franchet) |
China, Xizang (Tibet) |
deciduous, Leaves 5-lobed, 9-15 cm long
when young yellowish pubescent |
722 |
ssp.thomsonii |
(after Thomas Thomson) |
Himalayas, Sikkim
Assam, Bhutan |
Leaves huge, 15-30cm across, 3-5-lobed |
723 |
A.&ssp.cappadocicum |
Cappadocian maple
Kolchischer Ahorn |
Caucasus, Iran
Himalayas |
like A.mono, milky sap, for park and garden
samaras spreading at s wide angle |
724 |
ssp.sinicum |
(Chinese) |
Himalayas, China |
the lobes are more pointed, the petioles
somewhat longer than ssp. cappadocicum |
725 |
A.platanoides
ssp.turkestanicum |
(from Turkestan) |
Turkestan,
Tien-shan, Pamu-Alai |
It is similar to No.925, but smaller.
It is based on the study of the herbarium. |
726 |
A.tibetense |
(from Tibet) |
SE. Xizang (Tibet) |
a tree with 5-lobed leaves
found in the Rangto Valley and Zayul |
727 |
A.pentapomicum |
(from Five Rivers) |
N.W.Himarayas, Kashmir
Afghanistan, W. Pakistan
|
looking like small, gnarled, shrubby trees
Leaves 3 lobed, thick
Fruits often parthenocarpic |
728 |
A.tataricum
ssp.semenovii |
(after Semenova) |
Tien-shan, Afghanistan |
Flowers pale green, Much smaller leaves
2-3cm long 1-2cm wide |
729 |