Acer fabri explained

Acer fabri, or Faber's maple, is a species of evergreen maple shrub native to Vietnam and central to southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Yunnan).^{[1] [2]}

Acer fabri is a shrub rarely more than 1 meter tall. It has with unlobed, lance-shaped leaves, unlike the multilobed leaves found on most maple species. Newly grown leaves and samaras take on a reddish hue.^{[3] [4]} It was collected by the Rev. Ernst Faber and described by Henry Fletcher Hance.

Notes and References

1. http://bay.ifas.ufl.edu/newsletters/2013/12/02/new-plant-profile-fabers-maple-acer-fabri/ University of Florida
2. Web site: Acer fabri. 2013-06-13. The Plant List . 2010.
3. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200012972 Flora of China, Acer fabri Hance, 1884. 罗浮枫 luo fu feng
4. Hance, Henry Fletcher . 1884 . A New Chinese Maple . Journal of Botany, British and Foreign . 22 . 3. 76 . description in Latin, commentary in English