Acer sikkimense Miq.
First published in Arch. Néerl. Sci. Exact. Nat. 2: 481 (1867)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Nepal to China (Yunnan) and N. Myanmar. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Assam, China South-Central, East Himalaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet
Synonyms
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acer hookeri Miq. in Arch. Néerl. Sci. Exact. Nat. 2: 471 (1867)
- Acer hookeri var. majus Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 216 (1886)
- Acer hookeri f. majus (Pax) Schwer. in Gartenflora 42: 229 (1893)
- Acer hookeri var. normale Schwer. in Gartenflora 42: 229 (1893), not validly publ.
- Acer hookeri var. orbiculare W.P.Fang & Y.T.Wu in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(1): 83 (1979)
- Acer medogense T.Z.Hsu & Z.K.Zhou in Acta Bot. Yunnan. 19: 29 (1997)
- Acer pluridens T.Z.Hsu & H.Sun in Acta Bot. Yunnan. 19: 31 (1997)
- Acer sikkimense subsp. hookeri (Miq.) Wesm. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 29: 44 (1890)
- Acer sikkimense f. rufinerve A.E.Murray in Kalmia 8: 10 (1977)
- Acer sikkimense var. serrulatum Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 215 (1886)
- Acer sikkimense f. serrulatum (Pax) Schwer. in Gartenflora 42: 229 (1893)
- Acer sikkimense f. subintegrum Schwer. in Gartenflora 42: 229 (1893)
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. (2001). Flora of Bhutan 2: 1-1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
- Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar. Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Hara, H., Stearn, W.T. & Williams, H.J. (1978). An Enumeration of the Flowering Plants of Nepal 1: 1-154. Trustees of British Museum, London.
- Wu, Z. & Raven, P.H. (eds.) (2008). Flora of China 11: 1-622. Science Press (Beijing) & Missouri Botanical Garden Press (St. Louis).
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Jan 1, 1966 | H., J.D. [4], Sikkim | K000640946 | Yes | ||
H., J.D. [113], Sikkim | K000640947 | Yes | |||
Griffith [930] | K000640945 | Yes | |||
Jan 8, 1966 | H., J.D. [s.n.], Sikkim | Acer hookeri | K000640941 | holotype | Yes |
Griffith [s.n.] | Acer hookeri | K000640942 | Yes | ||
H., J.D. [s.n.], Sikkim | Acer hookeri | K000640943 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [109] | Acer hookeri | K000640940 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0