Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Acer negundo L., Sp. Pl. 1056 (1753) – as Negundo
Vernacular Name(s):
Ash-leaved maple; Box elder; Ghost tree
Description
Dioecious tree to c. 17 m high, deciduous, very widespreading; trunk becoming stout and gnarled. Shoots glaucous, glabrous. Lvs compound; leaflets 3–5–(7); petioles to 12 cm long. Leaflets very variable in shape and size, petiolulate or sessile; terminal leaflet usually to 15 × 8 cm, ovate; lateral leaflets often lanceolate-ovate, remaining hairy on veins below and sometimes on midrib above, coarsely crenate-serrate, sometimes lobulate; apex acute to acuminate. Fls appearing before lvs. ♂ infl. corymbose; pedicels long, filamentous, hairy, pendulous, pinkish. Sepals and petals 0.5–1 mm long, hairy or nearly glabrous. Stamens prominently exserted; filaments very short; anthers 2–4 mm long. ♀ infl. a pendulous raceme; pedicels very slender. Samara wings c. 2.5 cm long, broad, ± incurved, diverging at an acute angle. Seed c. 1.5 cm long, narrow.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Phenology
Flowering: Sep.–Nov.
Bibliography
Edwards, R. 2008: Lincoln University campus – a guide to some of the trees currently growing there. Lincoln University, Lincoln.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
