List of Acer species
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There are over 100 species in the genus
Genus
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 Acer.

Species listed by section and series

Section Acer

  • Series Acer
    • Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis – Himalayan Maple
    • Acer giraldii Pax – Girald's Maple
    • Acer heldreichii
      Acer heldreichii
      Acer heldreichii, common names Heldreich's Maple, Greek Maple, and Balkan Maple, is a species of maple.This species grows up to 50 feet, and has yellow flowers.-Subspecies:*Acer heldreichii subsp. heldreichii...

      Orph. ex Boiss. – Heldreich's Maple, Greek Maple
    • Acer pseudoplatanus L. – Sycamore, Sycamore Maple
    • Acer trautvetteri Medwed. – Red-bud Maple, Trautvetter's Maple
    • Acer vanvolxemii Masters See A. velutinum
    • Acer velutinum
      Acer velutinum
      Acer velutinum, Velvet Maple is a tree species native to Azerbaijan, Georgia and northern Iran. It grows in the moist Caspian Hyrcanian mixed forests as wells as parts of Eastern Georgia.It is a tall deciduous tree growing to over 40 m tall....

      Boiss. – Velvet Maple
  • Series Monspesulana
    • Acer granatense Boiss. – Spanish Maple
    • Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & Meyer – Balkan Maple
    • Acer monspessulanum
      Acer monspessulanum
      Montpellier Maple is a species of maple native to the Mediterranean region from Morocco and Portugal in the west, to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine in the east, and north to the Jura Mountains in France and the Eifel in Germany.-Description:...

      L. – Montpelier Maple
    • Acer obtusifolium
      Acer obtusifolium
      Acer obtusifolium, common name the Syrian Maple is a species of maple.-Description:Acer obtusifolium is an evergreen maple that forms a shrub, but can also be grown into a tree to a height of about 16 feet. It has leathery foliage varying from unlobed to tri-lobed...

      Sibthorp & Smith – # Syrian Maple
    • Acer opalus Miller – Italian Maple
    • Acer opulifolium Villars See A. opalus
    • Acer sempervirens
      Acer sempervirens
      Acer sempervirens is a species of maple native to southeastern Europe and southwestern Asia, in southern Greece and southern Turkey....

      L. – # Cretan Maple
    • Acer syriacum Boiss. & Gaillardot See A. obtusifolium
    • Acer trilobatum Lamb. See A. monspessulanum
  • Series Saccharodendron
    • Acer barbatum
      Acer floridanum
      Acer floridanum , commonly known as the Florida maple and occasionally as the southern sugar maple or hammock maple, is a tree that occurs in mesic and usually calcareous woodlands of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain in the United States, from southeastern...

      Michx. See A. floridanum
    • Acer floridanum
      Acer floridanum
      Acer floridanum , commonly known as the Florida maple and occasionally as the southern sugar maple or hammock maple, is a tree that occurs in mesic and usually calcareous woodlands of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain in the United States, from southeastern...

      (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
Extinction
In biology and ecology, extinction is the end of an organism or of a group of organisms , normally a species. The moment of extinction is generally considered to be the death of the last individual of the species, although the capacity to breed and recover may have been lost before this point...

 
Alaskana

  • Acer alaskense
    Acer alaskense
    Acer alaskense is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from a fossil leaf. The species is solely known from the Latest Paleocene sediments exposed in the Matanuska River Valley, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska...

    Wolfe
    Jack A. Wolfe
    Jack Albert Wolfe was an American paleontologist best known for his studies of Tertiary climate in western North America through analysis of fossil angiosperm leaves.-External links:...

     & Tanai
    (Late Paleocene, Matanuska River Valley
    Matanuska River
    The Matanuska River is a river, approximately 75 miles long, in Southcentral Alaska, United States. It drains a broad valley south of the Alaska Range known as the Matanuska-Susitna Valley....

    , Alaska
    Alaska
    Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

    )

Section † Douglasa

  • Acer douglasense
    Acer douglasense
    Acer douglasense is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from fossil leaves. The species is solely known from the Early Eocene sediments exposed in Katmai National Park and Preserve, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska...

    Wolfe
    Jack A. Wolfe
    Jack Albert Wolfe was an American paleontologist best known for his studies of Tertiary climate in western North America through analysis of fossil angiosperm leaves.-External links:...

     & Tanai
    (Early Eocene, Cape Douglas, Alaska)

Section Ginnala

  • Series Ginnala
    • Acer aidzuense Franch.
    • 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 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

Section Hyptiocarpa

  • Series Hyptiocarpa
    • Acer garrettii Craib
    • 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
      Acer leipoense
      Acer leipoense is a species of maple, endemic to southwestern Sichuan in southwestern China. It is an endangered species, growing at altitudes of 2,000–2,700 m....

      Fang & Soong
    • Acer pilosum Maxim.
    • Acer sinopurpurascens Cheng
    • Acer sterculiaceum Wall.
    • Acer villosum Wall. See A. sterculiaceum
    • Acer yangbiense
      Acer yangbiense
      Acer yangbiense is a species of maple with a very restricted distribution in Yunnan, China, only known from around ten specimens from a single locality in Yangbi county.It is a deciduous tree up to 20 m in height with noticeably pubescent new branchlets...

      Chen & Yang
  • Series Macrophylla
    • Acer macrophyllum Pursh – Oregon Maple, Bigleaf Maple

Section Macrantha

  • Series Macrantha
    • Acer capillipes
      Acer capillipes
      Acer capillipes , is a maple in the same taxonomic section as other snakebark maples such as A. pensylvanicum, A. davidii and A. rufinerve...

      Maxim. – Kyushu Maple
    • Acer caudatifolium Hayata – Kawakami Maple
    • Acer crataegifolium
      Acer crataegifolium
      Acer crataegifolium , is a species of maple in the snakebark maple group, native to mountains forests of central and southern Japan, on Honshū , Kyūshū and Shikoku.It is a deciduous small tree or shrub that grows to a height of 5–10 m, with a trunk up to 30 cm diameter...

      Siebold & Zucc. – Hawthorn-leaved Maple
    • Acer davidii
      Acer davidii
      Acer davidii , is a species of maple in the snakebark maple group. It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan....

      Franch. – David's Maple
    • Acer forrestii Diels – Forrest's Maple
    • Acer grosseri
      Acer davidii
      Acer davidii , is a species of maple in the snakebark maple group. It is native to China, from Jiangsu south to Fujian and Guangdong, and west to southeastern Gansu and Yunnan....

      Pax – Grosser's Maple
    • Acer hersii Rehder See A. grosseri
    • Acer komarovii Pojark. See A. tschonoskii
    • Acer laxiflorum Pax
    • Acer micranthum Siebold & Zucc.
    • Acer morifolium Koidz.
    • Acer maximowiczii Pax – Maximowicz's Maple
    • Acer pectinatum Wall. ex Nicholson
    • Acer pensylvanicum L. – Striped Maple, Moosewood
    • Acer rubescens Hayata
    • Acer rufinerve
      Acer rufinerve
      Acer rufinerve , is a maple in the snakebark maple group, related to Acer capillipes . It is native to mountains forests of Japan, on Honshū, Kyūshū and Shikoku.It is a small deciduous tree growing to a height of 8–15 m, with a trunk up to 40 cm diameter...

      Siebold & Zucc. – Redvein Maple
    • Acer sikkimense Miq.
    • Acer tegmentosum
      Acer tegmentosum
      Acer tegmentosum, Manchurian striped maple is a species of maple genus, which is natively found in the south of the Russian Far East , North-Eastern China and in Korea. Cold-hardy down to USDA zone 5a , height 10-15 m, characteristic greenish-grey bark with bright white stripes....

      Maxim.
    • Acer tschonoskii Murray

Section Negundo

  • Series Cissifolia
    • Acer cissifolium
      Acer cissifolium
      Acer cissifolium is a maple native to Japan, from southern Hokkaidō south through Honshū and Shikoku to Kyūshū....

      (Siebold & Zucc.) Koch – Vine-leaved Maple
    • Acer henryi Pax – Henry's Maple
  • Series Negundo
    • Acer negundo
      Acer negundo
      Acer negundo is a species of maple native to North America. Box Elder, Boxelder Maple, and Maple Ash are its most common names in the United States...

      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
      Acer duplicatoserratum
      Acer duplicatoserratum is a species of maple, native to southern China, including Taiwan.It is a small tree, in the same group of maples as Acer palmatum. The leaves are palmately lobed with seven to nine lobes, 2.3–10 cm long and 3–10 cm broad.There are two varieties:*Acer...

      Hayata
    • Acer japonicum
      Acer japonicum
      Acer japonicum is a species of maple native to Japan, on Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū , and also southern Korea....

      Thunb. – Downy Japanese Maple
    • Acer linganense Fang & Chiu
    • Acer palmatum
      Acer palmatum
      Acer palmatum, called Japanese Maple or Smooth Japanese Maple is a species of woody plant native to Japan, North Korea, South Korea, China, eastern Mongolia, and southeast Russia. Many different cultivars of this maple have been selected and they are grown worldwide for their attractive leaf...

      Thunb. – Japanese Maple
    • Acer pauciflorum Fang
    • Acer pubipalmatum
      Acer pubipalmatum
      Acer pubipalmatum is a species of maple....

      Fang
    • Acer pseudosieboldianum
      Acer pseudosieboldianum
      Acer pseudosieboldianum or the Korean Maple tree, also known as the Purplebloom Maple, is a species of plant that is native to the Korean peninsula, southern parts of the Russian Far East, and Northern China.-Description:...

      (Pax) Komarov - Korean Maple
    • Acer robustum Pax
    • Acer shirasawanum Koidz. – Shirasawa's Maple
    • Acer sieboldianum
      Acer sieboldianum
      Acer sieboldianum is a species of maple native to Japan and common in the forests of Hokkaidō, Honshū, Shikoku and Kyūshū Islands; in the south of the range it is restricted to mountain forests...

      Miq. – Siebold's Maple
  • Series Penninervia
    • Acer crassum Chu & Cheng
    • Acer erythranthum
      Acer erythranthum
      Acer erythranthum is a species of maple, endemic to Vietnam.-References:* World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1998. . Downloaded on 20 August 2007....

      Gagnep.
    • Acer eucalyptoides Fang & Wu
    • Acer fabri Hance - # Faber Maple
    • Acer hainanense Chun & Fang See A. laevigatum
    • Acer kiukiangense Hu & Cheng
    • Acer laevigatum
      Acer laevigatum
      Acer laevigatum , is an atypical species of maple native to southern China , northern India , northern Myanmar, Nepal, and northern Vietnam...

      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
      Acer oliverianum
      Acer oliverianum, common names Oliver's Maple and Oliver Maple, is broadleaf deciduous tree. It is a species of maple.-Description:...

      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

Section Parviflora

  • Series Caudata
    • Acer caudatum Wall. – Tail-leaf Maple
    • Acer montanum Aiton See A. spicatum
    • Acer spicatum Lamarck – Mountain Maple
    • Acer ukurunduense
      Acer ukurunduense
      Acer ukurunduense, common names Ukurundu Maple and Arahaga Maple, is a species of maple.-Description:This slow-growing deciduous tree grows from 6 to 9 metres high . The flowers are hermaphrodite and produced in May are white to near white...

      Trautvetter & Meyer – Ukurundu Maple
  • Series Distyla
    • Acer distylum Siebold & Zucc. – Lime-leaved Maple
  • Series Parviflora
    • Acer nipponicum Hara – Nippon Maple

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
      Acer oblongum
      Acer oblongum, common name Himalayan Maple, Evergreen Maple and Kashmir Maple, is a species of maple belonging to the Sapindaceae family.-Description:...

      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
      Acer lobelii
      Acer lobelii is a rare maple native to southern Italy and the western Balkans. Synonyms include Acer platanoides subsp. lobelii Gams and Acer cappadocicum subsp...

      Ten. – Lobel's Maple
    • Acer longipes Franch. ex Rehder
    • Acer miaotaiense‎ P.C.Tsoong
    • Acer miyabei
      Acer miyabei
      Acer miyabei is a species of maple native to Japan, where it occurs in Hokkaidō and the Tōhoku region in northern Honshū....

      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
      Acer truncatum
      Acer truncatum is a maple native to northern China, in the provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Nei Mongol, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, and also Korea....

      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 †Rousea

  • Acer rousei
    Acer rousei
    Acer rousei is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from a series of isolated fossil samaras. The species is solely known from the Early Eocene sediments exposed in south central British Columbia, Canada adjacent to northeast Washington State, USA...

    Wolfe
    Jack A. Wolfe
    Jack Albert Wolfe was an American paleontologist best known for his studies of Tertiary climate in western North America through analysis of fossil angiosperm leaves.-External links:...

     & Tanai
    (Early Eocene, British Columbia
    British Columbia
    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

    )

Section Rubra

  • Series Rubra
    • Acer pycnanthum K.Koch
    • Acer rubrum L. – Red Maple
    • Acer saccharinum L. – Silver Maple

Section †Stewarta

  • Acer hillsi
    Acer hillsi
    Acer hillsi is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from a single fossil samara. The species is solely known from the Early Eocene sediments exposed in south central British Columbia, Canada adjacent to northeast Washington State, USA...

    Wolfe
    Jack A. Wolfe
    Jack Albert Wolfe was an American paleontologist best known for his studies of Tertiary climate in western North America through analysis of fossil angiosperm leaves.-External links:...

     & Tanai
    (Early Eocene, Washington State)
  • Acer stewarti
    Acer stewarti
    Acer stewarti is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from a series of fossil leaves and samaras. The species is solely known from the Early Eocene sediments exposed in south central British Columbia, Canada adjacent to northeast Washington State, USA...

    Wolfe
    Jack A. Wolfe
    Jack Albert Wolfe was an American paleontologist best known for his studies of Tertiary climate in western North America through analysis of fossil angiosperm leaves.-External links:...

     & Tanai
    (Early Eocene, British Columbia
    British Columbia
    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

    )


Section †Torada

  • Acer stonebergae
    Acer stonebergae
    Acer stonebergae is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from two fossil samaras. The species is solely known from the Early Eocene sediments exposed in northeast Washington State, USA and the adjacent area of south central British Columbia, Canada...

    Wolfe
    Jack A. Wolfe
    Jack Albert Wolfe was an American paleontologist best known for his studies of Tertiary climate in western North America through analysis of fossil angiosperm leaves.-External links:...

     & Tanai
    (Early Eocene, Washington State & British Columbia
    British Columbia
    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

    )
  • Acer toradense
    Acer toradense
    Acer toradense is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from two fossil samaras. The species is solely known from the Early Eocene sediments exposed in northeast Washington State, USA and the adjacent area of south central British Columbia, Canada...

    Wolfe
    Jack A. Wolfe
    Jack Albert Wolfe was an American paleontologist best known for his studies of Tertiary climate in western North America through analysis of fossil angiosperm leaves.-External links:...

     & Tanai
    (Early Eocene, Washington State & British Columbia
    British Columbia
    British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...

    )
  • Acer washingtonense
    Acer washingtonense
    Acer washingtonense is an extinct maple species in the family Sapindaceae described from one fossil leaf and four fossil samaras. The species is solely known from the Early Eocene sediments exposed in northeast Washington State, USA...

    Wolfe
    Jack A. Wolfe
    Jack Albert Wolfe was an American paleontologist best known for his studies of Tertiary climate in western North America through analysis of fossil angiosperm leaves.-External links:...

     & Tanai
    (Early Eocene, Washington State)

Section Trifoliata

  • Series Grisea
    • Acer griseum (Franch.) Pax – Paperbark Maple
    • Acer maximowiczianum
      Acer maximowiczianum
      Acer maximowiczianum , is a species of maple widely distributed in China and Japan ....

      Miq. – Nikko Maple
    • Acer nikoense Maxim. See A. maximowiczianum
    • Acer triflorum
      Acer triflorum
      Acer triflorum is a species of maple native to hills of northern China and Korea....

      Komarov – Three-flowered Maple
  • Series Mandshurica
    • Acer mandshuricum
      Acer mandshuricum
      Acer mandshuricum , is a species of maple native to China , Korea and Russia ....

      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
    Acer × zoeschense
    Acer × zoeschense is a hybrid maple, a cross between Acer campestre , and either Acer lobelii or Acer cappadocicum . While Field Maple parentage is universally accepted, the second parent is uncertain, though the tree's extensive production of root sprouts favours A. cappadocicum over A...

    Pax (A. campestre × either A. cappadocicum or A. lobelii)
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