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Eulogy for Acer ...
For an all too brief period each autumn the woods of
North America and the Orient, and many gardens
throughout the temperate world, are ablaze with
scarlet, gold, and yellow when maples, the most
spectacular of all trees, adorn the countryside.
Maples delight the eye, provide one of nature's
finest sweets, and hold their own as timber with
even the mighty oaks. Throughout the ages people
have been enchanted with this magnificent and
versatile genus of trees known as Acer.
(Oterdoom 1994 : 15)
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(Hajime Hayashida)
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Morphology and systematics of the genus Acer
(Sapindaceae), incl. infrageneric classification
morphology
systematics
genus
Acer
Sapindaceae
IG classification
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Acer = ???
- a Taiwan-based computer company
- a genus of trees and shrubs
- Armored Combat Engineer Robot, by Mesa Robotics
- Australian Council for Educational Research
- David Acer, Canadese stand-up comedian
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Acer etymology
ac- = pointed
akros (Greek) = pointed
acer (Latin) = sharp
e.g.
Acanthus
Actinoscirpus = sedge with star-shaped inflorescence
Acer = pointed leaves ? or : extremely hard wood ? (spears !)
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Classification
APG II 2003
Angiosperm
Phylogeny Group
BA
MC
euDC
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Classification
APG II 2003
Angiosperm
Phylogeny Group
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order Sapindales
9 families
460 genera
5670 species
trees with pinnate leaves
noxious secondary metabolites
(www.mobot.org/MOBOT/Research/APweb)
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Sapindaceae sensu lato :
phylogeny
area
(after Harrington et al. 2005, Syst.Bot. 30) APWeb 2007
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Genera in Sapindaceae
Sapindus mukorossi Soapberry tree
Dodonaea viscosa Hop bush
Koelreuteria paniculata Golden rain tree
Litchi sinensis Leechee
Nephelium lappaceum Rambutan
Xanthoceras sorbifolium Yellow horn
Aesculus
Acer
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Sapindus
marginatus
leaves and flowers
(Zomlefer 1994)
S 5
P 5
A 8
disc
G (3)
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Sapindaceae fruits
(Zomlefer 1994)
Koelreuteria elegans
Sapindus marginatus
Dodonaea viscosa Thouinia discolor
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Acer fruits
samarae often in threes
Pax 1885 :
- Acer negundo
- Acer platanoides
- Acer pseudoplatanus
- Acer rubrum
- Acer spicatum
- Acer tataricum
van Gelderen 1994 :
- Acer macrophyllum
Deng, Wei & Fan 2003 :
- Acer trialatum (= Acer buergerianum)
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Floral diagram
Serjania
(Eichler 1875)
S 5
P 5
disc
A 8
G (3)
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Aesculus pavia : leaves decussate, 5-palmate
(Zomlefer 1994)
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Aesculus hippocastanum :
floral structures & diagram
(Graf 1975) S 5
P 5
A 8
G (3)
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Acer campestre
(Ross-Craig 1979)
leaves decussate
leaves palmately 5-lobed
S 5
P 5
disc
A 8
G (2)
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Acer pseudoplatanus
S 5
P 5
disc
A 8
G (2)
(Eichler 1875)
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The genus Acer
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Acer area
(Krüssmann 1976)
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Linnaeus 1753, Species Plantarum
9 species :
Acer tataricum
Acer pseudoplatanus (lectotype)
Acer rubrum
Acer saccharinum
Acer platanoides
Acer pensylvanicum
Acer campestre
Acer monspessulanum
Acer negundo
van Gelderen, de Jong & Oterdoom 1994,
Maples of the World :
16 sections (+ 11 subsections)
124 species (+ 67 subspecies)
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Acer leaves
Acer negundo Acer pectinatum Acer cordatum
Acer griseum
Acer laevigatum
Acer carpinifolium
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Acer leaves, unlobed
(Hajime Hayashida)
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Acer carpinifolium, leaves unlobed
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Acer maximowiczianum, leaves trifoliolate
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Semophylesis of the leaves
(Oterdoom & de Jong 1994)
Dipteronia Acer
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Dipteronia : leaves decussate, imparipinnate
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Acer pentaphyllum : leaves decussate, 5-palmate
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Acer pubipalmatum : seedling leaves 5-palmate
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Fruits of
Dipteronia sinensis
& Acer
parthenocarpy !
(de Jong 1994)
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Semophylesis of the
inflorescences
(Oterdoom & de Jong 1994)
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Flowering
types
(de Jong 1994)
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Flowering of
Acer pseudoplatanus
duodichogamy
(Oterdoom & de Jong 1994)
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Flower types
MacLeod (1894) was the first to
discover that the ovaries in
male flowers, produced before
a female phase, were more
radically reduced than those
produced in male flowers
following the female phase.
De Jong (1976) called these
two types male I and male II,
respectively.
(de Jong 1994 : 95)
Julius MacLeod (Oostende 1857 - Gent 1919)
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Flowers of A. pseudoplatanus & A. platanoides
staminate flower pistillate flower
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Acer rubrum : dioecy, pistillate flowers
(Zomlefer 1994)
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Acer rubrum, pistillate flowers
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Acer rubrum : dioecy, staminate flowers
(Zomlefer 1994)
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Acer rubrum, staminate flowers
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Acer negundo, pistillate & staminate flowers
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Acer flowers : some more data
terminal flower : S 5
P 5
A 10
G (2)
lateral flower : S 5
P 5
A 8
G (2)
smallest flower : 4-5 mm diam.
Acer micranthum
(in section Macrantha ! )
largest flower : > 10 mm diam.
Acer macrophyllum
flowers 6-merous :
Acer macrophyllum
Acer griseum
flowers 4-merous :
Acer carpinifolium
Acer cissifolium
Acer henryi
Acer tetramerum
(= A. stachyophyllum)
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Winter buds
In a seasonal climate
buds are surrounded and protected by bud scales,
against unfavourable conditions
Number and shape and colour
may be useful in recognizing sections
Scale buds = reduced leaves (cataphylls), but ...
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Winter buds : Aesculus parviflora
bud scale = petiole of leaf, petiole base broadly sessile !
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Winter buds : Acer rufinerve (sect. Macrantha)
2 pairs of scales
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Winter buds : Acer negundo (sect. Negundo)
2-3 pairs of scales
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Winter buds :
Acer negundo
(sect. Negundo)
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Winter buds : Acer shirasawanum (sect. Palmata)
March April
4 pairs of scales
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Winter buds : Acer buergerianum (sect. Trifida)
7 pairs of scales
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Winter buds : Acer macrophyllum
(sect. Macrophylla)
c. 7 pairs of scales
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Winter buds : Acer opalus (sect. Monspessulana)
c. 10 pairs of scales
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Winter buds : Acer maximowiczianum (sect. Grisea)
> 10 pairs of scales
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Winter buds : Acer sutchuenense
(ser. Mandshurica)
(Koen Camelbeke)
> 10 pairs of scales
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Winter buds :
Acer
sterculiaceum
subsp.
franchetii
(Pax 1902)
c . 10 pairs of scales
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End of part 1