Acer flabellatum Rehder

1980 Sino-American Botanical Expedition
to Western Hubei Province
People’s Republic of China
Acer flabellatum Rehder
Shennongjia Forest District (Sl'^O'N; 110°30/E):
SE side of watershed divide of
Changjiang (Yangtse) and Hanjiang
Rivers; near km 73 from Xingshan Xian;
vicinity of Muyuping Forest Brigade»
Elevation 1450—1600 m. Two—trunked tree
ca. 12 m tall, each trunk 30-35 cm in
diameter; shape broad conical; petioles
and samaras pink-redp young bark green.
Participants: B. Bartholomew (uc); D. E. Boufford (cm); A.
Chang (kun); Z. Cheng (wuhan inst. bot.); T. R. Dud
(na); S. A. He (kas); Y. X. Jin (wuhan inst. bot.); O. Y.
(wh); J. L. Luteyn (ny); S. A. Spongberg (a); Y. C. Ta
(pe); J. X. Wan (wuhan inst. bot.); and T. S. Ying (pe)
Expedition conducted under the auspices of Academia Sinica & the
Botanical Society of America with funding by Academia Sinica &
support from the National Geographic Society.
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