Acer velutinum Boiss.
First published in Diagn. Pl. Orient. 6: 28 (1846)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Transcaucasus to N. Iran. It is a tree and grows primarily in the temperate biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Iran, Transcaucasus
Introduced into:
Tadzhikistan
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Acer insigne Boiss. & Buhse in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 46 (1860), nom. superfl.
- Acer insigne var. typica Bornm. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 643 (1905), not validly publ.
- Acer insigne f. velutinum (Boiss.) Bornm. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 643 (1905)
- Acer insigne var. velutinum (Boiss.) Boiss. & Buhse in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 46 (1860)
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Acer insigne f. glabrescens (Boiss. & Buhse) Schwer. in Gartenflora 42: 267 (1893)
- Acer insigne var. glabrescens Boiss. & Buhse in Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 12: 46 (1860)
- Acer insigne var. longiloba Bornm. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 5: 643 (1905)
- Acer insigne var. obtusiloba Freyn & Sint. in Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 2: 843 (1902)
- Acer insigne f. perckense Schwer. in Gartenflora 42: 267 (1893)
- Acer insigne var. vanvolxemii (Mast.) Pax in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 394 (1892)
- Acer insigne f. wolfii (Schwer.) C.K.Schneid. in Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 203 (1907)
- Acer insigne wolfii Schwer. in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 14: 210 (1905)
- Acer pseudoplatanus var. vanvolxemii (Mast.) Wesm. in Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 29: 35 (1890)
- Acer pulchrum G.Nicholson in unknown publication (1881)
- Acer vanvolxemii Mast. in Gard. Chron., n.s., 7: 72 (1877)
- Acer velutinum var. glabrescens (Boiss. & Buhse) E.Murray in Fl. Iranica 61: 5 (1969)
- Acer velutinum f. glabrescens (Boiss. & Buhse) Rehder in J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 83 (1938)
- Acer velutinum var. vanvolxemii (Mast.) Rehder in J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 84 (1938)
- Acer velutinum f. wolfii (Schwer.) Rehder in J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 84 (1938)
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.
- Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1981). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 6: 1-725. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Ovchinnikov, P.N. (ed.) (1981). Flora Tadzhikskoi SSR 6: 1-725. Izd-vo Akademii nauk SSSR, Moskva.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 1965 | Aucher-Eloy [4293] | K000640800 | isotype | Yes | |
| Aug 1, 1965 | Bornmüller, J. [6534] | K000640801 | Unknown type material | 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 Living Collection Database
- Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/
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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
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Kew Science Photographs
- Copyright applied to individual images