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Acer palmatum
| Description | Acer palmatum, commonly known as red emperor maple, palmate maple, Japanese maple or smooth Japanese-maple (Japanese: irohamomiji, イロハモミジ, or momiji, 紅葉), is a species of woody plant native to Japan, Korea, China, eastern Mongolia, and southeast Russia. Many different cultivars of this maple have been selected and they are grown worldwide for their large variety of attractive forms, leaf shapes, and spectacular colors. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_palmatum, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Plantae : Tracheophyta : Magnoliopsida : Sapindales : Sapindaceae : Acer : Acer palmatum | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Generic Name | Acer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Acer palmatum C.P.Thunberg ex A.Murray | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Japanese Maple, Palmen-ahorn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acer_palmatum |
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Acer palmatum amoenum variety | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
References
| A. Murray (1784) In: L., Syst. Veg., ed. 14: 911 - via Catalogue of Life |
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
