# Acer caesium

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Species of plant

Himalayan maple Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Clade: Rosids Order: Sapindales Family: Sapindaceae Genus: Acer Section: Acer sect. Acer Series: Acer ser. Acer Species: A. caesium Binomial name Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis 1874 Synonyms[2] Acer luteolum Borbás Acer molle Pax 1889 not Opiz 1824 Acer giraldii Pax

***Acer caesium***, the **Himalayan maple**,[3] is an Asian species of [maple](/source/Maple) found in [India](/source/India), [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan), [Nepal](/source/Nepal), and [China](/source/China) ([Gansu](/source/Gansu), [Henan](/source/Henan), [Hubei](/source/Hubei), [Ningxia](/source/Ningxia), [Shaanxi](/source/Shaanxi), [Sichuan](/source/Sichuan), [Tibet](/source/Tibet), [Yunnan](/source/Yunnan)).[4]

*Acer caesium* is a tree up to 25 m (82.0 ft) tall, with gray bark. Leaves are non-compound, with 5 shallow lobes, the blade up to 10 cm (3.9 in) long, with teeth along the edges.[4][5]

*Acer caesium* subspecies *giraldii* grows to approximately 10 m (32.8 ft) tall, and is found in north-western China. The flowers are a bluish white and born on young shoots in the spring.[6] The subspecies epithet is a patronym honoring Italian missionary Giraldi.[6]

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-IUCN_1-0)** Chen, Y.; Gibbs, D.; Oldfield, S. (2018). ["*Acer caesium*"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/62937/3116837). *[IUCN Red List of Threatened Species](/source/IUCN_Red_List)*. **2018** e.T62937A3116837. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T62937A3116837.en](https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T62937A3116837.en).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["*Acer caesium* Wall. ex Brandis"](http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-2615430). *[World Checklist of Selected Plant Families](/source/World_Checklist_of_Selected_Plant_Families)*. [Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew](/source/Royal_Botanic_Gardens%2C_Kew) – via [The Plant List](/source/The_Plant_List). Note that this website has been superseded by [World Flora Online](/source/World_Flora_Online)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Sofi, P. A.; Bhat, S. A.; Masoodi, T. H.; Islam, M. A.; Bhat, G. M.; Malik, A. R. (2016). ["Propagation of Himalayan maple (Acer caesium Wall.) through seed and softwood cuttings"](https://doi.org/10.31018%2Fjans.v8i3.947). *Journal of Applied and Natural Science*. **8** (3): 1235–1240. [doi](/source/Doi_(identifier)):[10.31018/jans.v8i3.947](https://doi.org/10.31018%2Fjans.v8i3.947).

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-e_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-e_4-1) Xu, Tingzhi; Chen, Yousheng; de Jong, Piet C.; Oterdoom, Herman John; Chang, Chin-Sung. ["*Acer caesium*"](http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012936). *Flora of China*. Vol. 11 – via eFloras.org, [Missouri Botanical Garden](/source/Missouri_Botanical_Garden), St. Louis, MO & [Harvard University Herbaria](/source/Harvard_University_Herbaria), Cambridge, MA.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** Abdulla, Priscilla. ["*Acer caesium* Wall. ex Brandis"](https://www.tropicos.org/Name/200123?projectid=32). *Flora of Pakistan*. [Missouri Botanical Garden](/source/Missouri_Botanical_Garden) – via [Tropicos](/source/Tropicos).org.

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Trees2005_6-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Trees2005_6-1) Moore, D.; White, J. (2005) [1st pub. 2002]. "Maples". *The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees* (2nd ed.). Portland, Oregon: Timber press. p. 627. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-88192-751-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-88192-751-1).

## External links

- ["Acer caesium"](https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Acer+caesium). *[Plants for a Future](/source/Plants_for_a_Future)*.

- [line drawing for Flora of Pakistan](http://www.tropicos.org/Image/100164439)

- [line drawing for Flora of China](http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=110313&flora_id=2)

Taxon identifiers Acer caesium Wikidata: Q6760145 Wikispecies: Acer caesium BOLD: 102167 CoL: 64FFJ Ecocrop: 2743 EoL: 2888945 EPPO: ACRCE FNA: 200012936 FoC: 200012936 GBIF: 3768231 GRIN: 1089 iNaturalist: 437204 IPNI: 56619-1 IUCN: 62937 NCBI: 171881 Open Tree of Life: 74337 PfaF: Acer caesium Plant List: kew-2615430 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781246-1 Tropicos: 200123 WFO: wfo-0000514024

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