Acer calcaratum, D. Boufford 44165--China. Yunnan. Bu Long Net. Res. on XK15. DSC03104 (121).JPG
Acer calcaratum Gagnep. belongs to the Sapindaceae family. Flora of the World contains 1 recorded occurrence of this taxon, distributed across 1 country.
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Sapindales
Family
Sapindaceae
Genus
Acer
Specific Epithet
calcaratum
Authorship
Gagnep.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 2.9
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
IUCN Red List
EDGE score
0.7
Global rank
#67,605 of 335,497
Top 21%
Extinction probability
23%
Location
China, Yunnan, Menghai Xian.
21.578611, 100.333333
Location Remarks
Xishuangbanna Daizuzi-Zhizhou; west of Bulongshan-Xiang along the Nanmei-he (Nanmei River) on county road K15. Mixed broadleaved evergreen and deciduous forest (appears uncut) with diverse mixture of trees, many more than 30 m tall, and tree ferns; trees with many epiphytes (mostly pteridophytes) and lianas and climbing Araceae. 1120-1130 m. elev.
Collectors
David E. Boufford, Sharon R. Christoph, Christopher Davidson, Xin-Han Huang, Zhuo Zhou
Notes
At edge of forest on slope above stream and beside road. Tree ca. 20 m tall; fruit pendulous, immature, pale green.
