Acer pseudosieboldianum
Leaves and inflorescences
The Korean subjects maple ( Acer pseudosieboldianum ) is a large shrub or small tree of the genus of the maples in the family of Soapberry ( Sapindaceae ). The natural range is located in Korea, China and eastern Russia.
Description
The Korean subjects Maple is an 8 meter high tree or shrub with Spreading or open crown, gray, blackish striped branches and thin, whitish -tired young shoots. The paper-like leaves are neunlappig or elflappig, 10 to 14 inches wide, with heart- shaped base. The lobes are oblong lanceolate and cut twice. The upper leaf surface is glossy dark green, the underside initially silky hairy. The petiole is 3-5 inches long. The leaves turn yellow in autumn, orange or red, and remain long on the tree. The flowers are in terminal cymes. The single flowers have creamy white petals and reddish purple sepals. They bloom from May to June. The fruits are about 3 inches long, brown or purple colored. The wing is horizontal stand-off. The fruits ripen in September. The chromosome number is.
Distribution and ecology
The distribution area is located in Korea, in the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang, Jilin and Liaoning and in Primorye in the Ussuri in Russia. The species grows in 700 to 900 meters above sea level in cool damp forests on well drained, moist to wet, moderately nutrient-rich, acidic to neutral, sandy or gravelly - rich soils in full sun to light shade locations. The species is frost hardy.
Systematics and history of research
The Korean subjects maple ( Acer pseudosieboldianum ) is a species in the genus of the maples (Acer) in the family of Soapberry ( Sapindaceae ). There he is assigned to the section Palmata, serial Palmata. The first description as a variety Acer circumlobatum var pseudosieboldianum was made in 1886 by Ferdinand Albin Pax. Botanical year in books for systematics, plant history and geography of plants Leipzig. Vladimir Komarov Leontyevich she made in Trudy Imperatorskago S. Peterburgskago Botaniceskago Sada 1904. Acta Horti Petropolitani. St. Petersburg to its own kind
Use
The species is rarely used because of their timber.