- Scientific Name: Acer elegantulum W.P. Fang & P.L. Chiu
- Ref: Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(1): 76. 1979.
- Synonyms:
Acer elegantulum var. macrurum W. P. Fang & P. L. Chiu;
A. olivaceum W. P. Fang & P. L. Chiu;
A. yaoshanicum W. P. Fang.
- Chinese Common Name:秀丽槭 xiù lì qì
- Family: Sapindaceae
- Genus: Acer
- Distribution: Mountains, forests, usually in valleys; 200-1400 m. S Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhejiang.
- Type: Chekiang(浙江): Changhua(昌化), 1957-05-16, Y.Y. Ho(贺贤育) 23101(Holotype: IBSC).
Trees to 15 m tall, andromonoecious. Bark on trunk dark brown, scabrous; bark on branches green. Petiole 2.8-6 cm, glabrous; leaf blade abaxially light green, adaxially green, somewhat broader than long, 5-13 × 7-16 cm, thinly papery, primary veins 5, level on both surfaces, lateral veins not distinct, adaxially glabrous, abaxially glabrous with exception of axillary tufts and pubescent or glabrous on primary veins, usually 5-lobed or rarely 7-lobed, base truncate or broadly cordate; lobes ovate or oblong, basal lobes smaller, margin serrulate, apex acute to caudate-acuminate. Inflorescence paniculate, terminal on a 2-leaved branchlet; peduncles 2-3 cm. Sepals 5, light green, ovate to oblong, ca. 2 mm. Petals 5, light green, obovate or oblong-obovate, ca. 2 mm. Stamens 8. Disk glabrous, extrastaminal. Ovary villous. Samara glabrous; nutlets convex, ca. 6 × 5 mm; wings spreading obtusely, wing including nutlet 2-2.5 cm × 8-10 mm. Fl. May, fr. Sep.(Flora of China)