"P van Rijckevorsel" wrote in message
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Mexico, Morocco and Israel all have maples
The southernmost that Acer reaches is in the Americas and SE Asia,
in both continents it occurs in tropical circumstances.
PvR

Yes, I knew that Acer is represented in Mexico, but the southernmost limits
of the genus is not far south of the border with the US. The species
represented in Mexico by big-toothed maple (_Acer grandidentatum var.
brachypterum_), boxelder (Acer negundo, at least two varieties), and maybe
by Rocky Mtn. maple (Acer glabrum). I am familiar with all three species in
the field and none occurs in tropical habitats. All are restricted to
temperate environments well above (elevationally-speaking) the tropical
zones.

Hold on, I just searched the NYBG holdings in Mexico and I see that one of
the varieties of A. negundo is an A. n. orizabensis, which I presume came
from the vicinity of Mt. Orizaba, which is well south of the US border. I
stand corrected on that one, however, I suspect it was collected at high
elevations in a temperate habitat.

Thanks!

Frank


Frank Reichenbacher schreef
Israel has maples? That's neat. Do you know the Latin names and
distributions by any chance? I live in Arizona, USA, where the southern
limit of the distributions of North American maples is reached just south
of
our border with Mexico on the north-facing slopes of 2000+ m mountains.
I'd
be interested in the Middle East counterparts. Does Morocco have maples?

Frank

"Iris Cohen" wrote
Somebody from Israel wrote to rec.gardens asking for the ID of a tree.
All
he gave us to go on was a drawing of a samara. I first thought of maples
(there are 2 in Israel), but come to find out it is Tipuana tipu, common
name
Pride of Bolivia (although it comes from eastern SA). Belongs to the
Papilionaceae, with yellow pea flowers, & is widely planted in warm
countries. Anybody know if there are any other Papilionaceae that produce
samaras or keys? I thought they all stuck to pods. Never too old to learn
something new, as Laun (?) says.
Iris,