Global InformationAcer pentaphyllum information
| Acer pentaphyllum | |
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| Acer pentaphyllum in the Quarryhill Botanical Garden | |
Conservation status
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 Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Acer |
| Section: | Acer sect. Pentaphylla |
| Series: | Acer ser. Pentaphylla |
| Species: | A. pentaphyllum
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| Binomial name | |
| Acer pentaphyllum Diels 1931
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Acer pentaphyllum (五小叶槭 wu xiao ye qi) is a very rare, endangered maple species endemic to southwestern Sichuan in China, at altitudes of 2300–2900 meters.[2]
Acer pentaphyllum is a deciduous tree that grows to 10 meters in height. Leaves are palmately compound hairless, usually with 5 lobes but sometimes with 4 or 7. Leaflet are 5-8 × 1.5–2 cm, narrowly lanceolate or lanceolate.[2][3]
- ^ Barstow, M.; Wang, K.; Crowley, D. (2019). "Acer pentaphyllum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T193850A2285958. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T193850A2285958.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ a b Flora of China Acer pentaphyllum Diels, Notizbl. 1931. 五小叶枫 wu xiao ye feng
- ^ Diels, Friedrich Ludwig Emil 1931. Notizblatt des Botanischen Gartens und Museums zu Berlin-Dahlem 11(103): 212