Family: Sapindaceae
Acer pseudoplatanus
Citation:
L., Sp. Pl. 1054 (1753).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Sycamore, maple.
Description:
Spreading tree to 30 m high (much less in S.Aust.); leaves 5-lobed to about half way to the midrib, 7-15 cm long; lobes serrate, acute.
Flowers monoecious, greenish, in pendulous panicles, produced with the new leaves; sepals 5, free; petals 5, 4-5 mm long.
Samaras glabrous; wings 3-6 cm long.
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Image source: fig 420 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Hegi (1924) Illustrierte Flora von Mittel-Europa 5, 1 :t. 180, figs 1848-9.
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Distribution:
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Grown as an ornamental and doubtfully truly naturalised in S.Aust.
S.Aust.: SL, SE. N.S.W.; Vic. native to Europe.
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Conservation status:
naturalised
Flowering time: spring.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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