Acer skutchii, often called the cloud forest sugar maple, Guatemalan maple, Mexican sugar maple, Skutch maple, or álamo plateado is a species of flowering plant in the genus Acer, native to Mexico and Guatemala.[3]
Taxonomy
In 2017, populations growing in the Mexican state of Jalisco were split off as a new species, Acer binzayedii.[4]
It is considered by some authorities to be a subspecies of the sugar maple, as Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii.
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^Vargas-Rodriguez, Yalma L.; Urbatsch, Lowell E.; Karaman-Castro, Vesna; Figueroa-Rangel, Blanca L. (2017). "Acer binzayedii (Sapindaceae), a new maple species from Mexico". Brittonia. 69 (2): 246–252. doi:10.1007/s12228-017-9465-5. S2CID26618081.
^Vargas-Rodriguez, Yalma L.; Platt, William J. (2012). "Remnant sugar maple (Acer saccharum subsp. skutchii) populations at their range edge: Characteristics, environmental constraints and conservation implications in tropical America". Biological Conservation. 150: 111–120. doi:10.1016/j.biocon.2012.03.006.