''Acer wilsonii'', (in zh, 三峡枫, meaning "

Three Gorges The Three Gorges () are three adjacent gorges along the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, in the hinterland of the People's Republic of China. With a subtropical monsoon climate, they are known for their scenery. The "Three Gorges Scenic A ...

maple"), is a species of flowering plant in the genus '' Acer'', native to southeast and south-central China. It is considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of Campbell's maple, ''

Acer campbellii ''Acer campbellii'' (Campbell's maple, 藏南枫) is a species of maple tree indigenous to mixed forests at altitudes of 1800–3700 meters in Bhutan, northern India, Myanmar, Nepal, and Vietnam, as well as southern Sichuan, southern Xizang, and ...

'' subsp. ''wilsonii'', but this is incorrect; it is in its own

species complex In biology, a species complex is a group of closely related organisms that are so similar in appearance and other features that the boundaries between them are often unclear. The taxa in the complex may be able to hybridize readily with each oth ...

. A tree typically 10 to 15m tall, it prefers to grow in forests 900 to 2000m above sea level.

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wilsonii Trees of China Endemic flora of China Plants described in 1905 {{Sapindales-stub