Acer

From: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences | Date: 1998| Author: MICHAEL ALLABY | Copyright information

Acer (family Aceraceae) A genus of trees in which the leaves are without stipules, opposite, and entire, or often palmately lobed (but pinnate in A. negundo, box elder). Regular, pentamerous flowers are borne in ...

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