Acer velutinum

Acer velutinum

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Acer velutinum is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Sectio: A. sect. Acer
Species: Acer velutinum

Name

Acer velutinum Boiss., Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 28 (1846).

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Acer insigne Boiss. & Buhse, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 46 (1860), nom. superfl.
  • Acer insigne var. typica Bornm., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 643 (1905), not validly publ.
  • Acer insigne f. velutinum (Boiss.) Bornm., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 643 (1905).
  • Acer insigne var. velutinum (Boiss.) Boiss. & Buhse, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 46 (1860).
• Heterotypic.
  • Acer insigne f. glabrescens (Boiss. & Buhse) Schwer., Gartenflora 42: 267 (1893).
  • Acer insigne var. glabrescens Boiss. & Buhse, Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 46 (1860).
  • Acer insigne var. longiloba Bornm., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 643 (1905).
  • Acer insigne var. obtusiloba Freyn & Sint., Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 843 (1902).
  • Acer insigne f. perckense Schwer., Gartenflora 42: 267 (1893).
  • Acer insigne var. vanvolxemii (Mast.) Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 394 (1892).
  • Acer insigne f. wolfii (Schwer.) C.K.Schneid., Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 203 (1907).
  • Acer insigne wolfii Schwer., Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 14: 210 (1905).
  • Acer pseudoplatanus var. vanvolxemii (Mast.) Wesm., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 29: 35 (1890).
  • Acer pulchrum G.Nicholson, unknown publication (1881).
  • Acer vanvolxemii Mast., Gard. Chron., n.s., 7: 72 (1877).
  • Acer velutinum var. glabrescens (Boiss. & Buhse) E.Murray, Fl. Iranica 61: 5 (1969).
  • Acer velutinum f. glabrescens (Boiss. & Buhse) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 83 (1938).
  • Acer velutinum var. vanvolxemii (Mast.) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 84 (1938).
  • Acer velutinum f. wolfii (Schwer.) Rehder, J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 84 (1938).

Homonyms

• Acer velutinum Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 395 (1892), nom. illeg. = Acer heldreichii subsp. trautvetteri (Medw.) A.E.Murray

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Asia-Temperate Caucasus Transcaucasus (Azerbaijan, Gruziya). Western Asia Iran. Introduced into: Tadzhikistan. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Boissier, P.E. 1845 publ. 1846. Diagnoses Plantarum Orientalium Novarum. ser. 1, no. 6. 136 pp., Lipsiae [Leipzig]: B. Hermann. MDZ Reference page. 

Additional references

• Murray, E. & Rechinger K.H. 1969. Acer. Pp. 4 in Murray, A.E. & Rechinger, K.H., Aceraceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.) Flora Iranica. Vol. 61. 11 pp., 8 tab., Akademische Druck - u. Verlagsanstalt, Graz, Austria. Reference page. 
• Sabeti, H. 1976. Forests, trees and shrubs of Iran. 64 + 874 pp., Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tehran. Reference page. 
• Gelderen, D.M. van, Jong, P.C.de & Oterdoom, H.J. 1994. Maples of the world. Timber Press, Portland, Or., 458 pp. ISBN 0-88192-000-2. Reference page. 

Links

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acer velutinum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

• Crowley, D., Barstow, M. & Rivers, M.C. 2017. Acer velutinum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T193888A2289069.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2024. Acer velutinum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 5. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2024. Acer velutinum. Published online. Accessed: January 5 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Acer velutinum. Accessed: 5 January 2024.
• Hassler, M. 2024. Acer velutinum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2024. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2024 January 5. Reference page. 

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