Acer sect. Lithocarpa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Lithocarpa
Species: †A. beckeri – A. diabolicum – †A. grantense – A. kungshanense – A. leipoense – A. lungshengense – †A. miofranchetii – A. sterculiaceum – A. sinopurpurascens – †A. palaeodiabolicum – A. thomsonii – A. tsinglingense

Name

Acer sect. Lithocarpa Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 6: 328 (1885)

• Type species: Acer diabolicum Blume ex K.Koch, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 251. (1864)

References

Primary references

• Pax, F.A. 1885. Monographie der Gattung Acer. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 6(3): 287–374. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Davis, E. 2021. Systematic Classification of Acer: A Survey of the Genus in Accordance with The Maple Society Accepted Species Names. The Maple Society Open Science Initiative. 9 pp. PDF Reference page. 
• Liu, K., Guo, C., Ren, Y., Bai, Y., Zhang, Z. & Dong, W. 2025. Phylogenomics and evolution of the Acer section Lithocarpa. Scientia Horticulturae, 341: p.113988. DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2025.113988 Reference page. 
• Tanai, T. 1983. Revisions of Tertiary Acer from East Asia. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 20(4): 291–390.  PDF Reference page. 
• Wolfe, J.A. & Tanai, T. 1987. Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America. Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and Mineralogy 22(1): 1–246.  PDF Reference page. 

Links

• 'eFloras 2008. Acer sect. Lithocarpa in Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.

• Tropicos.org 2024. Acer sect. Lithocarpa. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 3 January 2024. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acer sect. Lithocarpa in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Reference page.