Acer caudatifolium

Acer caudatifolium is an Asian species of maple, found only in Taiwan.[2] The species is sometimes confused with another Taiwanese tree, Acer morrisonense. This species has been known to reach 20 metres tall. Leaves are non-compound, the blade narrowly ovate, up to 11 cm long by 4.5 cm wide, with serrate margins but no lobes.[2][3][4]

Acer caudatifolium
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Macrantha
Species:
A. caudatifolium
Binomial name
Acer caudatifolium
Hayata 1911
Synonyms[1]
List
  • Acer capillipes subsp. insulare (Makino) A.E.Murray
  • Acer insulare Makino
  • Acer kawakamii Koidz.
  • Acer kawakamii var. taitonmontanum (Hayata) H.L.Li
  • Acer ovatifolium Koidz.
  • Acer pectinatum subsp. formosanum A.E.Murray
  • Acer taiton-montanum Hayata

References
  1. The Plant List, Acer caudatifolium Hayata
  2. Flora of China, Acer caudatifolium Hayata, J. Coll. Sci. Imp. Univ. Tokyo. 30(1): 65. 1911. 尖尾枫 jian wei feng
  3. Hayata, Bunzô 1911. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 30(1): 65 description in Latin, commentary in English
  4. Makino, Tomitarô 1910. Botanical magazine, Shokubutsugaku zasshi 24: 293-294 in English as Acer insulare


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