Acer calcaratum, D. Boufford 44165--China. Yunnan. Bu Long Net. Res. on XK15. DSC03104 (121).JPG
Native to Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
China, Yunnan, Menghai Xian. (Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture, Menghai County)
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.
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%
