Acer micranthum
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The Small-flowered maple (Acer micranthum ) is a shrub or small tree of the genus of the maples in the family of Soapberry ( Sapindaceae ). The natural range is in Japan.
Description
The Small-flowered maple is an 8 meter high, heavily branched shrub or tree with reddish purple to green, low white striped bark and thin, bare and reddish stems. The leaves are deeply five-lobed, rarely siebenlappig with a long pointed lobes and serrated edge. Both leaf pages are bare, but the bottom may have armpit beards. The petiole is 2-4 inches long. The leaves turn red in autumn orange to yellow, rarely golden. The yellowish green, very small flowers are available in 3 to 5 centimeters long, terminal racemes. They bloom in May. The fruits are 1-2 inches long. The wing is spread horizontally or obtuse
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Distribution and ecology
The distribution area is located on the Japanese islands of Honshu, Kyushu and Shikoku. The species grows in cool moist forests, on fresh to moist, well drained, moderately nutrient-rich, acidic to neutral, sandy or gravelly - rich soils in full sun to light shade locations. The species is usually frost hardy.
Systematics and history of research
The Small- maple (Acer micranthum ) is a species of the genus maples ( Acer) in the family of Soapberry ( Sapindaceae ). There he is assigned to the section Macrantha. The first description was in 1845 by Philipp Franz von Siebold and Joseph Gerhard Zuccarini in the treatises of Mathematics and Physics Classe Royal Bavarian Academy of Sciences. Munich.
Use
The species is rarely used due to their impressive autumn color as ornamental tree.