Acer pictum subsp. mono

Acer pictum subsp. mono, commonly known as painted maple or mono maple in English,[1] itayakaede (板屋楓) or ezoitaya (蝦夷板屋) in Japan,[1] wu jiao feng (五角枫) in China,[2] or gorosoe (고로쇠) or gorosoenamu (고로쇠나무) in Korea,[3] is a species of maple.

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Acer pictum subsp. mono
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Species:
Subspecies:
A. p. subsp. mono
Trinomial name
Acer pictum subsp. mono

Description

Acer pictum subsp. mono grows 15-20m tall and a trunk that is 60–100 cm wide.[1] Its leaves have 5-7 lobes.[1][2]

Taxonomy

The tree has the following synonyms:[4]

  • Acer laetum var. parviflorum Regel
  • Acer mono Maxim. (basionym)
  • Acer pictum var. mono (Maxim.) Maxim. ex Franch.
  • Acer truncatum subsp. mono (Maxim.) A. E. Murray

Distribution

The tree is native to Japan, Korea, China, Mongolia, and the Russian Far East.[2][4]

References

  1. Tsuji, Tatsuichi; Jun Umezawa; Tako Satō (1992). Common Trees of Hokkaido (in Japanese). Sapporo: Hokkaido University Press. p. 262. ISBN 978-4-8329-1032-4.
  2. "Acer pictum subsp. mono". Flora of China. Retrieved 20 January 2010 via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  3. "고로쇠나무[painted maple,Acer mono]". Doosan Corp. Retrieved 26 September 2013.
  4. "Acer pictum subsp. mono". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 1 January 2018.


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