Acer pseudoplatanus L.
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Authority
Gleason, Henry A. & Cronquist, Arthur J. 1991. Manual of vascular plants of northeastern United States and adjacent Canada. lxxv + 910 pp.
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Family
Sapindaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Species Description - Tall tree with rough-looking, coarsely crenate and 5- lobed lvs, the lobes and teeth never sharply acuminate; fls yellowish-green, numerous in slender drooping panicles 6–15 cm; sep and pet subequal, 4–5 mm; disk extrastaminal; style deeply cleft; mericarps 3–4 cm, somewhat distended over the seed but not reticulate, the wings diverging at an angle of 60–90°; 2n=52. Native of Europe and w. Asia, occasionally escaped from cult. May.
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Common Names
Sycamore-maple