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|familia=Aceraceae
|genus=Acer
|species=capillipes
|common_name=Red Snakebark Maple, Kyushu Maple
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'''''Acer capillipes''''' ('''Kyushu Maple''' or '''Red Snakebark Maple'''), is a maple in the same [[taxon]]omic section as other [[snakebark maple]]s such as ''[[Acer pensylvanicum|A. pensylvanicum]]'', ''[[Acer davidii|A. davidii]]'' and ''[[Acer rufinerve|A. rufinerve]]''. It is native to mountainous regions in [[Japan]], on central and southern [[Honshū]] ([[Fukushima Prefecture]] southwards), [[Kyūshū]] and [[Shikoku]] islands, usually growing alongside mountain streams.<ref name=kanagawa>Kanagawa Prefecture trees and shrubs: [http://www.geocities.jp/greensv88/jumoku-zz-hosoekaede.htm ''Acer capillipes''] (in Japanese; [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.geocities.jp/greensv88/jumoku-zz-hosoekaede.htm&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation]). [http://www.webcitation.org/5klXvdknH Archived] 2009-10-24.</ref><ref name=tsukuba>Flowers of University of Tsukuba: [http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~algae/FUT/hosoekaede/index.html ''Acer capillipes''] (in Japanese; [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.biol.tsukuba.ac.jp/~algae/FUT/hosoekaede/index.html&sa=X&oi=translate& google translation])</ref><ref name=grin>Germplasm Resources Information Network: [http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?1103 ''Acer capillipes'']</ref>

[[Image:Acer capillipes (Snakebark maple).jpg|thumb|left|Bark]]
It is a small [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 10–15 m (rarely to 20 m) tall with a trunk up to 70 cm diameter, though usually smaller and often with multiple trunks, and a spreading crown of long, slender branches. The [[bark]] is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow vertical white stripes and small horizontal brownish [[lenticel]]s; it retains its pattern to the base even on old trees. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 10–15 cm long and 6-12 cm broad, with three or five lobes, the basal lobes of five-lobed leaves being small; they have a serrated margin, conspicuous veining, and a reddish 4–8 cm petiole. They are matt to sub-shiny green in summer, turning to bright yellow, orange or red in the autumn. The [[flower]]s are small, greenish-yellow, produced on 8–10 cm [[raceme]]s in late spring, erect at first but becoming pendulous, with male and female flowers on different racemes. The [[samara (fruit)|samara]] nutlets are 5 mm long, with a 2 cm long wing.<ref name=kanagawa/><ref name=tsukuba/><ref name=gelderen>van Gelderen, C. J. & van Gelderen, D. M. (1999). Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia</ref><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref>

It can be distinguished from the related ''[[Acer rufinerve]]'', with which it sometimes grows, by the reddish petioles, the hairless or only thinly hairy leaves (contrasting with the rufous hairs on the underside of ''A. rufinerve'' leaves), and in flowering later in spring well after the leaves appear.<ref name=kanagawa/>

It is grown as an [[ornamental tree]] for its striped bark and good autumn foliage. When grown together with its close relatives, it may be distinguished from them by the additional presence of small, rust-orange spots on the bark.<ref name=gelderen/> [[Hybrid (biology)|Hybrids]] with ''A. davidii'' are frequent in cultivation.<ref name=rushforth/>

:''More information about this species can be found on the [[Acer|genus page]].''

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==References==
<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->

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