''Acer yangbiense'' is a 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 ...

with a very restricted distribution in

Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is ...

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

, only known from around ten specimens from a single locality on the western slope of Mount Cangshan in

Yangbi County Yangbi Yi Autonomous County () is a county of the Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture located in the west of Yunnan Yunnan , () is a landlocked Provinces of China, province in Southwest China, the southwest of the People's Republic of China. Th ...

.Y.S.Chen & Q.E.Yang. 2002. ''Acer yangbiense'' (Aceraceae), a new species from Yunnan, China. Novon 296-299
includes line drawings on page 297 and photos on page 298 ''Acer yangbiense'' is a

deciduous In the fields of horticulture and Botany, the term ''deciduous'' () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...

tree In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, usually supporting branches and leaves. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only woody plants with secondary growth, plants that are ...

up to in height with noticeably pubescent new branchlets. The leaves are five-lobed and large, up to 20 cm long and 25 cm across, again with clear pubescence on the veins on the underside of the leaves.Flora of China, ''Acer yangbiense'' Y. S. Chen & Q. E. Yang, 2003. 漾濞枫 yang bi feng
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photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Yunnan in 2002line drawings for Flora of China
yangbiense Plants described in 2003 Endemic flora of Yunnan Trees of China Endangered plants {{Sapindales-stub