''Acer pictum'', commonly known as yellow-paint maple, is an Asian species of
maple
''Acer'' () is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated since http ...
. It widespread across much of China as well as Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and eastern Russia.
[Flora of China, ''Acer pictum'' Thunb. 1784. 色木枫 se mu feng ]
/ref> Its natural habitat is in temperate forests.
''Acer pictum'' is a deciduous tree up to 20 meters tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, thin, up to 12 cm wide and 12 cm across, toothless, with 3, 5, 7, or 9 lobes.[
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Taxonomy
''Acer pictum'' is taxonomically complex species, showing morphological variation that corresponds to different geographic regions. Treatments of this variation have ranged from recognizing entities at the species level, to uniting them all under an undivided ''A. pictum''. Further taxonomic study of this group is needed.[''Acer pictum'' ssp. ''mono'']
Missouri Botanical Garden Five subspecies are provisionally recognized in the Flora of China.[ These are:
*''Acer pictum'' subsp. ''macropterum'' - China
* ''Acer pictum'' subsp. ''mono'' - China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and east Russia
*''Acer pictum'' subsp. ''pictum'' - Japan and Korea
*''Acer pictum'' subsp. ''pubigerum'' - China
*''Acer pictum'' subsp. ''tricuspis'' - China
File:Acer pictum Japan.jpg, A sapling of ''Acer pictum'' in the wild
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Plants described in 1784
Flora of temperate Asia
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