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Acer taurocursum

Acer taurocursum is an extinct maple species known only from a single fossil samara found in Late Eocene lakebed sediments in Nevada, US. It is not a living plant, so it is not grown and has no care requirements.

Family
Sapindaceae (Soapberry & maple family)

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Acer taurocursum is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from a single fossil samara found in Late Eocene

lakebed sediments exposed in the state of Nevada, US. It is one of several extinct species placed in the living section Rubra.

Other Acer plants

Tapering Leaf Maple · Acer alaskense · Himalayan Maple · Acer amamiense · Broad Maple · Deep-veined Maple · Acer ashwilli · Bearded maple · Jalisco Maple · Acer brevipes · Acer browni · Trident maple

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Acer taurocursum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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