Acer skutchii, often called the cloud forest sugar maple, Guatemalan maple, Mexican sugar maple, Skutch maple, or álamo plateado is a species of flowering plant in the genus Acer, native to Mexico and Guatemala.[3]
| Acer skutchii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Sapindaceae |
| Genus: | Acer |
| Section: | Acer sect. Acer |
| Series: | Acer ser. Saccharodendron |
| Species: | A. skutchii
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| Binomial name | |
| Acer skutchii | |
| Synonyms[3] | |
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Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii (Rehder) A.E.Murray | |
Taxonomy edit
In 2017, populations growing in the Mexican state of Jalisco were split off as a new species, Acer binzayedii.[4]
It is considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of the sugar maple, as Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii.
Range and habitat edit
Occurring in sheltered ravines on mountain slopes, it is found only in a few widely separated relict populations within cloud forests in Mexico and Guatemala, between 1480 and 2200 meters elevation. Populations are found in Chiapas, El Cielo Biosphere Reserve in Tamaulipas, and Sierra de las Minas in Guatemala.[5][6]
References edit
- ^ Vargas Rodríguez, Y.L., Crowley, D., Barstow, M. & Rivers, M.C. 2017. Acer skutchii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103451945A103451954. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103451945A103451954.en. Accessed on 16 January 2023.
- ^ J. Arnold Arbor. 17: 350 (1936)
- ^ a b "Acer skutchii Rehder". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
- ^ Vargas-Rodriguez, Yalma L.; Urbatsch, Lowell E.; Karaman-Castro, Vesna; Figueroa-Rangel, Blanca L. (2017). "Acer binzayedii (Sapindaceae), a new maple species from Mexico". Brittonia. 69 (2): 246–252. doi:10.1007/s12228-017-9465-5. S2CID 26618081.
- ^ Vargas-Rodriguez, Yalma L.; Platt, William J. (2012). "Remnant sugar maple (Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii) populations at their range edge: Characteristics, environmental constraints and conservation implications in tropical America". Biological Conservation. 150: 111–120. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.006.
- ^ Vargas Rodríguez, Y.L., Crowley, D., Barstow, M. & Rivers, M.C. 2017. Acer skutchii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017: e.T103451945A103451954. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103451945A103451954.en. Accessed on 09 August 2022.
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