青榨枫(原亚种) qing zha feng (yuan ya zhong)

Acer cavaleriei H. Léveillé; A. davidii var. acuminatifolium W. P. Fang; A. davidii var. glabrescens Pax; A. davidii var. grandifolium S. Y. Liang & Y. Q. Huang; A. davidii var. tomentellum Schwerin; A. davidii var. zhanganense S. Z. He & Y. K. Li; A. laxiflorum Pax var. integrifolium W. P. Fang; A. rubronervium Y. K. Li; A. sikkimense Miquel subsp. davidii (Franchet) Wesmael.

Leaf blade ovate or ovate-oblong, 8-12 cm, base subcordate or rounded, margin serrate with unequal crenations, blade not lobed or slightly 3-lobed; lobes apically obtuse. Inflorescence terminal, racemose, 20-30-flowered. Fl. Apr, fr. Sep. 2n = 26.

Mixed forests; 1000-3000 m. Anhui, Fujian, SE Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Ningxia, S Shaanxi, Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Myanmar].

One of us (Chang) considers this taxon, with 20-30 flowers per inflorescence, to be distributed only in certain areas of China, such as Fujian, SE Gansu, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Jiangsu, Ningxia, Sichuan, and Yunnan.