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List of Acer species

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List of Acer species

There are over 160 species in the genus Acer. Species with evergreen foliage are tagged #. Species and sections that are extinct are tagged with †.

Contents

Section Acer

  • Series Acer
  • Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis – Himalayan Maple, Girald's Maple
  • Acer heldreichii Orph. ex Boiss. (Synonyms Acer macropterum Vis., Acer visianii Nyman, Acer trautvetteri) – Greek Maple, Heldreich's Maple, Red-bud Maple, Trautvetter's Maple
  • Acer pseudoplatanus L. – Sycamore Maple, Sycamore
  • Acer vanvolxemii Masters See A. velutinum
  • Acer velutinum Boiss. – Persian Maple, Velvet Maple
  • Series Monspesulana
  • Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & Meyer – Balkan Maple
  • Acer monspessulanum L. – Montpelier Maple
  • Acer obtusifolium Sibthorp & Smith – # Syrian Maple
  • Acer opalus Miller – Italian Maple
  • Acer opulifolium Villars See A. opalus
  • Acer sempervirens L. – # Cretan Maple
  • Acer syriacum Boiss. & Gaillardot See A. obtusifolium
  • Acer trilobatum Lamb. See A. monspessulanum
  • Series Saccharodendron
  • Acer barbatum Michx. See A. floridanum
  • Acer floridanum (Chapm.) Pax – Florida Maple, Southern Sugar Maple
  • Acer grandidentatum Torr. & Gray – Bigtooth Maple, Canyon Maple
  • Acer leucoderme Small – Chalk Maple
  • Acer nigrum Michx.f. – Black Maple
  • Acer skutchii Rehder – Skutch's Maple
  • Acer saccharum Marshall – Sugar Maple, Rock Maple, Hard Maple

    • Section †Alaskana

  • †Acer alaskense Wolfe & Tanai (Late Paleocene, Matanuska River Valley, Alaska)

    • Section Cissifolia

  • Acer cissifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) Koch – Vine-leaved Maple
  • Acer henryi Pax – Henry's Maple
  • †Acer lincolnense Wolfe & Tanai (late Eocene, Beaver Creek Flora, Montana)

    • Section †Douglasa

  • †Acer douglasense Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Cape Douglas, Alaska)

    • Section Ginnala

  • Acer aidzuense Franch.
  • †Acer ashwilli Wolfe & Tanai (Early Oligocene, Central Oregon)
  • Acer ginnala Maxim. – Amur Maple
  • Acer semenovii Regel & Herder
  • Acer tataricum L. – Tatar Maple

    • Section Glabra

  • Series Arguta
  • Acer acuminatum Wall. ex D.Don
  • Acer argutum Maxim. – Deep-veined Maple
  • Acer barbinerve Maxim. – Bearded Maple
  • †Acer ivanofense Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene to Early Oligocene, Meshik Volcanics, Alakska)
  • Acer stachyophyllum Hiern – Birch-leaved Maple
  • Acer tetramerum Pax See A. stachyophyllum
  • Series Glabra
  • Acer glabrum Torr. – Douglas Maple, Rocky Mountain Maple, Greene's Maple, New Mexico Maple, Torrey Maple
  • Series incertae sedis
  • †Acer traini Wolfe & Tanai (Early to middle Miocene, Western North America)

    • Section Hyptiocarpa

  • Series Hyptiocarpa
  • Acer garrettii Craib
  • Acer pinnatinervium Merrill
  • Acer laurinum Hassk. - #

    • Section Indivisa

  • Series Indivisa
  • Acer carpinifolium Siebold & Zucc. – Hornbeam Maple

    • Section Lithocarpa

  • Series Lithocarpa
  • Acer diabolicum Blume ex Koch – Horned Maple
  • Acer franchetii Pax
  • Acer leipoense Fang & Soong
  • Acer pilosum Maxim.
  • Acer sinopurpurascens Cheng
  • Acer sterculiaceum Wall.
  • Acer villosum Wall. See A. sterculiaceum
  • Acer yangbiense Chen & Yang
  • Acer thomsonii Miquel
  • Acer kungshanense W. P. Fang & C. Y. Chang
  • Acer tsinglingense W. P. Fang & C. C. Hsieh
  • Acer lungshengense W. P. Fang & L. C. Hu
  • Series Macrophylla
  • Acer macrophyllum Pursh – Oregon Maple, Bigleaf Maple

    • Section Macrantha

  • Acer capillipes Maxim. – Kyushu Maple
  • †Acer castorrivularis Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, Beaver Creek Flora)
  • Acer caudatifolium Hayata – Kawakami Maple
  • †Acer clarnoense Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, John Day Formation)
  • Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc. – Hawthorn-leaved Maple
  • Acer davidii Franch. – David's Maple
  • Acer forrestii Diels – Forrest's Maple
  • Acer grosseri Pax – Grosser's Maple
  • †Acer dettermani Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene - Early Oligocene, Meshik Volcanics)
  • Acer hersii Rehder See A. grosseri
  • Acer komarovii Pojark. See A. tschonoskii
  • †Acer latahense Wolfe & Tanai (Early - Late Miocene, Latah, Mascall, and Succor Creek Formations)
  • Acer laxiflorum Pax
  • Acer micranthum Siebold & Zucc.
  • Acer morifolium Koidz.
  • Acer maximowiczii Pax – Maximowicz's Maple
  • †Acer palaeorufinerve Tanai & Onoe (Miocene to Pliocene, East Asia & Alaska)
  • Acer pectinatum Wall. ex Nicholson
  • Acer pensylvanicum L. – Striped Maple, Moosewood
  • Acer rubescens Hayata
  • Acer rufinerve Siebold & Zucc. – Redvein Maple
  • Acer sikkimense Miq.
  • Acer tegmentosum Maxim.
  • Acer tschonoskii Murray

    • Section Negundo

  • †Acer eonegundo Wolfe & Tanai (Middle - Late Eocene, Nevada)
  • Acer negundo L. – Box elder, Boxelder Maple, Manitoba Maple

    • Section Palmata

  • Series Palmata
  • Acer ceriferum Rehder
  • Acer circinatum Pursh – Vine Maple
  • Acer circumlobatum Maxim. See A. japonicum
  • Acer duplicatoserratum Hayata
  • Acer japonicum Thunb. – Downy Japanese Maple
  • Acer linganense Fang & Chiu
  • Acer palmatum Thunb. – Japanese Maple
  • Acer pauciflorum Fang
  • Acer pubipalmatum Fang
  • Acer pseudosieboldianum (Pax) Komarov - Korean Maple
  • Acer robustum Pax
  • Acer shirasawanum Koidz. – Shirasawa's Maple
  • Acer sieboldianum Miq. – Siebold's Maple
  • Series Penninervia
  • Acer crassum Chu & Cheng
  • Acer erythranthum Gagnep.
  • Acer eucalyptoides Fang & Wu
  • Acer fabri Hance - # Faber Maple
  • Acer hainanense Chun & Fang See A. laevigatum
  • Acer kiukiangense Hu & Cheng
  • Acer laevigatum Hu & Cheng – # Smoothbark Maple
  • Acer oligocarpum
  • Acer sino-oblongum Metcalf
  • Acer wangchii Fang
  • Series Sinensia
  • Acer calcaratum Gagnep.
  • Acer campbellii Hook.f. & Thomson ex Hiern – Campbell's Maple
  • Acer chapaense Gagnep.
  • Acer confertifolium Merril & Metcalf
  • Acer elegantulum Fang & Chiu
  • Acer erianthum Schwer.
  • Acer flabellatum Rehder
  • Acer fenzelianum Hand.-Mazz. – Fenzl's Maple
  • Acer kweilinense Fang & Fang f.
  • Acer lampingense Fang & Fang f.
  • Acer mapienense Fang
  • Acer miaoshanicum Fang
  • Acer olivaceum Fang & Chiu
  • Acer oliverianum Pax – Oliver's Maple
  • Acer schneiderianum Pax & Hoffman
  • Acer serrulatum Hayata See A. oliverianum
  • Acer shangszeense Fang & Soong
  • Acer sichourense Fang & Fang f.
  • Acer sinense Pax – Campbell's Maple
  • Acer sunyiense Fang
  • Acer taipuense Fang
  • Acer tonkinense Lecompte
  • Acer tutcheri Duthie
  • Acer wilsonii Rehder – Wilson's Maple
  • Acer wuyuanense Fang & Wu
  • Acer yaoshanicum Fang
  • Acer wardii W.W.Smith

    • Section Parviflora

  • Series Caudata
  • Acer caudatum Wall. – Tail-leaf Maple
  • Acer montanum Aiton See A. spicatum
  • Acer spicatum Lamarck – Mountain Maple
  • Acer ukurunduense Trautvetter & Meyer – Ukurundu Maple
  • Series Distyla
  • Acer distylum Siebold & Zucc. – Lime-leaved Maple
  • Series Parviflora
  • Acer nipponicum Hara – Nippon Maple
  • Series incertae sedis
  • †Acer browni Wolfe & Tanai (Early-Middle Miocene; Washington, Oregon, British Columbia)
  • †Acer smileyi Wolfe & Tanai (late Oligocene-Middle Miocene; Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada)

    • Section Pentaphylla

  • Series Pentaphylla
  • Acer pentaphyllum Diels
  • Series Trifida
  • Acer albopurpurascens Hayata See A. oblongum
  • Acer buergerianum Miq. – Trident Maple
  • Acer cinnamomifolium Hayata See A. coriaceifolium
  • Acer cordatum Pax
  • Acer coriaceifolium Lév. - # Leatherleaf Maple
  • Acer discolor Maxim.
  • Acer fengii Murray - #
  • Acer lucidum Metcalf
  • Acer oblongum Wall. ex DC. - #
  • Acer paxii Franch. - #
  • Acer shihweii Chun & Fang
  • Acer sycopseoides Chun
  • Acer yinkunii Fang
  • Acer yuii Fang

    • Section Platanoidea

  • Series Platanoidea
  • Acer ambiguum Dipp. See A. pictum
  • Acer amplum Rehder – Broad Maple
  • Acer campestre L. – Field Maple
  • Acer cappadocicum Gled. – Cappadocian Maple
  • Acer lobelii Ten. – Lobel's Maple
  • Acer longipes Franch. ex Rehder
  • Acer miaotaiense P.C.Tsoong
  • Acer miyabei Maxim. – Miyabe's Maple
  • Acer mono Maxim. – see A. pictum
  • Acer platanoides L. – Norway Maple
  • Acer nayongense Fang
  • Acer tenellum Pax
  • Acer tibetense Fang
  • Acer truncatum Bunge – Shandong Maple

    • Section Pubescentia

  • Series Pubescentia
  • Acer fedschenkoanum Krishtofovich See A. pentapomicum
  • Acer pentapomicum Stewart ex Brandis
  • Acer pubescens Franch. See A. pentapomicum
  • Acer regelii Pax See A. pentapomicum

    • Section †Republica

  • †Acer republicense Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington state)

    • Section †Rousea

  • †Acer rousei Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, British Columbia)

    • Section Rubra

  • †Acer chaneyi Knowlton (Oligocene to Miocene, Western US)
  • †Acer ferrignoi Wolfe & Tanai (Late Miocene, Oregon)
  • †Acer kenaicum Wolfe & Tanai (Oligocene, Kenai group, Alaska)
  • Acer pycnanthum K.Koch
  • Acer rubrum L. – Red Maple
  • Acer saccharinum L. – Silver Maple
  • †Acer taggarti Wolfe & Tanai (Middle Miocene, Mascall Formation, Oregon)
  • †Acer taurocursum Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, Bull Run, Nevada)
  • †Acer whitebirdense (Ashlee) Wolfe & Tanai (Middle Miocene, Northwestern USA)

    • Section †Stewarta

  • †Acer hillsi Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington State)
  • †Acer stewarti Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, British Columbia)

    • Section †Torada

  • †Acer stonebergae Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington State & British Columbia)
  • †Acer toradense Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington State & British Columbia)
  • †Acer washingtonense Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington State)

    • Section Trifoliata

  • Series Grisea
  • Acer griseum (Franch.) Pax – Paperbark Maple
  • Acer maximowiczianum Miq. – Nikko Maple
  • Acer nikoense Maxim. See A. maximowiczianum
  • Acer triflorum Komarov – Three-flowered Maple
  • Series Mandshurica
  • Acer mandshuricum Maxim. – Manchurian Maple
  • Acer sutchuenense Franch.

    • Hybrids

  • Acer × bormuelleri Borbas (A. monspessulanum × A. campestre or A. opalus)
  • Acer × boscii Spach (A. monspessulanum × A. tataricum or A. pensylvanicum × A. tataricum, possibly A. tataricum × A. campestre)
  • Acer × conspicuum van Gelderen & Otterdoom (A. davidii × A. pensylvanicum)
  • Acer × coriaceum Bosc ex Tausch (A. monspessulanum × A. opalus' ssp. obtusatum)
  • Acer × dieckii van Gelderen & Otterdoom See A. platanoides
  • Acer × durrettii Pax See A. × coriaceum
  • Acer × freemanii Murray (A. rubrum × A. saccharinum)
  • Acer × hillieri Lancaster (A. miyabei × A. cappadocicum 'Aureum')
  • Acer × hybridum Bosc See A. pseudoplatanus
  • Acer × martinii Jordan (A. monspessulanum × A. opalus)
  • Acer × pseudo-heldreichii Fukarek & Celjo (A. pseudoplatanus × A. heldreichii)
  • Acer × ramosum Jordan (A. monspessulanum × A. opalus)
  • Acer × rotundilobum Schwer. See A. × coriaceum
  • Acer × schwerinii Pax (uncertain, maybe A. crataegifolium × A. rufinerve)
  • Acer × zoeschense Pax (A. campestre × either A. cappadocicum or A. lobelii)

    • References

    List of Acer species Wikipedia
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