Acer paxii

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Species: Acer paxii
Name

Acer paxii Franch., Bull. Soc. Bot. France 33: 464. 1886.
Synonyms

Heterotypic
Acer oblongum var. biauritum W.W.Sm., Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8(40): 329. 1915.
Acer oblongum var. erythrocarpum H.Lév., Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan: 252. 1917.
Acer paxii var. semilunatum W.P.Fang, Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(1): 79. 1979.

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Asia-Temperate
China
China South-Central (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan), China Southeast (Guangxi).

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References
Additional references

Gelderen, D.M. van, Jong, P.C.de & Oterdoom, H.J. 1994. Maples of the world. Timber Press, Portland, Or., 458 pp. ISBN 0-88192-000-2. Reference page.
Govaerts, R.H.A. 1995. World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2). 483, 529 pp. MIM, Deurne. ISBN 90-341-0852-X (issue 1) ISBN 90-341-0853-8 (issue 2). Reference page.
Hsu, T.Z., Chen, Y.S., Jong, P.C.de, Oterdoom, H.J. & Chang, C.S. 2008. Acer. Pp. 535 in Wu, Zh.Y. , Raven, P.H. & Hong, D.Y. (eds.), Flora of China. Volume 11: Oxalidaceae through Aceraceae. Science Press, Beijing & Missouri Botanical Garden Press, St. Louis, ISBN 978-1-930723-73-3. efloras PDF Reference page.

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Acer paxii in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 January 4. Reference page.

Tropicos.org 2020. Acer paxii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 5 Jan 2020. (treated as synonym of Acer buergerianum on the Flora of China Project page)
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Acer paxii. Published online. Accessed: 4 January 2020.

Vernacular names
English: Pax's Maple
中文: 金沙枫

Acer paxii is an Asian species of maple. It has been found only in southwestern China (Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan).[2]

Acer paxii is an evergreen tree up to 15 meters tall, with brown bark. Leaves are non-compound, leathery, up to 11 cm wide and 6 cm across, toothless, sometimes unlobed but sometimes with 3 shallow lobes.[2][3]
References

"Acer paxii". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens Kews. 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2021.
Flora of China, Acer paxii Franchet, 1886. 金沙枫 jin sha feng
Franchet, Adrien René 1887. Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France 33: 464 description in Latin, commentary in French