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'''''Acer davidii''''' ('''Père David's Maple'''), is a species of [[maple]] in the [[snakebark maple]] group. It is native to [[China]], from [[Jiangsu]] south to [[Fujian]] and [[Guangdong]], and west to southeastern [[Gansu]] and [[Yunnan]].<ref name=focd>Flora of China (draft): [http://web.archive.org/web/20060209210809/http://hua.huh.harvard.edu/china/mss/volume11/Aceraceae-AGH_coauthoring.htm Aceraceae]</ref>
The tree was originally discovered by Père [[Armand David]] who was in Central China as a missionary. It was re-discovered by [[Charles Maries]] during his visit to Jiangsu in 1878.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.stefandrew.com/Wildlife%20Gardening_/Latinplantnames.htm|title = Latin plant names make it abundantly clear|author= Stefan Drew |publisher = www.stefandrew.com |accessdate=19 October 2008}}</ref>
It is a small [[deciduous]] [[tree]] growing to 10–15 m tall with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter, though usually smaller and often with multiple trunks, and a spreading crown of long, arching branches. The [[bark]] is smooth, olive-green with regular narrow pale vertical stripes on young trees, eventually becoming dull grey-brown at the base of old trees. The [[leaf|leaves]] are 6–18 cm long and 4–9 cm broad, with a petiole 3–6 cm long; they are dark green above, paler below, ovate, unlobed or weakly three-lobed, with a serrated margin. They turn to bright yellow, orange or red in the autumn. The [[flower]]s are small, yellow, with five sepals and petals about 4 mm long; they are produced on arching to pendulous 7–12 cm [[raceme]]s in late spring, with male and female flowers on different racemes. The [[samara (fruit)|samara]] nutlets are 7–10 mm long and 4–6 mm broad, with a wing 2–3 cm long and 5 mm broad.<ref name=focd/><ref name=rushforth>Rushforth, K. (1999). ''Trees of Britain and Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-220013-9.</ref><ref name=gelderen>van Gelderen, C. J. & van Gelderen, D. M. (1999). ''Maples for Gardens: A Color Encyclopedia''.</ref>
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Acer davidii, Franch. Tree, to 50 ft.: branchlets glabrous: lys. ovate or oblong-ovate, 2 1/2-8 in. long, acuminate, subcordate or rounded at base, unequally crenate-serrate, green beneath and rufously villous on the veins while young, finally glabrous or nearly so: racemes slender, pendulous, glabrous: wings of fr. spreading horizontally. Cent. China. S.T.S. 1:83. J.H.S. 29:86, 90.—Handsome tree; hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, the lvs. turning bright yellow or purple in autumn. In young plants, the lvs. are often lobed at the base.
Acer davidii, Franch. Tree, to 50 ft.: branchlets glabrous: lys. ovate or oblong-ovate, 2 1/2-8 in. long, acuminate, subcordate or rounded at base, unequally crenate-serrate, green beneath and rufously villous on the veins while young, finally glabrous or nearly so: racemes slender, pendulous, glabrous: wings of fr. spreading horizontally. Cent. China.—Handsome tree; hardy at the Arnold Arboretum, the lvs. turning bright yellow or purple in autumn. In young plants, the lvs. are often lobed at the base.
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==Cultivation==
==Cultivation==
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==Cultivars==
==Varieties==
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There are two subspecies,<ref name=focd/><ref name=gelderen/> often treated as a distinct species:<ref name=rushforth/><ref name=afm>Mitchell, A. F. (1974). ''A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe''. Collins ISBN 0-00-212035-6</ref>
*''Acer davidii'' subsp. ''davidii''. '''Père David's Maple'''. Bark greenish-brown with white stripes. Shoots pinkish-green. Leaf petiole pink to red; leaf margin usually single-serrate with variably-sized serrations.
*''Acer davidii'' subsp. ''grosseri'' (Pax) de Jong. '''Hers's Maple''' (''Acer grosseri'' Pax; syn. ''Acer hersii'' Rehd.). Bark green with white to pale green stripes. Shoots green. Leaf petiole green; leaf margin more often three-lobed and double-serrate.
Along with ''[[Acer rufinerve|A. rufinerve]]'', the two subspecies of Père David's Maple are among the most commonly cultivated snakebark maples. Both are relatively hardy and fast-growing.<ref name="gelderen"/>
Among the [[cultivar]]s of ''A. davidii'' are 'Canton' (a [[Netherlands|Dutch]] cultivar with a purplish hue to its green stripes), 'George Forrest' (a [[Scotland|Scottish]] cultivar with large leaves and dark red young shoots), 'Ernest Wilson' (a specimen of which may be viewed in the [[Westonbirt Arboretum]] in [[England]]), and 'Serpentine' (a cultivar with distinctively small, narrow leaves).<ref name="gelderen"/><ref name=afm/> In some cases, these cultivars cannot be assigned to one subspecies the other but are simply considered cultivars of ''A. davidii''.<ref name="gelderen"/>
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