List of Acer species

There are over 100 species in the genus Acer. Species with evergreen foliage are tagged #. Species and sections that are extinct are tagged with †.

Species listed by section and series

Red Snakebark Maple Acer capillipes

Amur maple Acer ginnala

Paperbark Maple Acer griseum

Acer laevigatum seeds

Nikko Maple (Acer maximowiczianum)

Montpellier Maple Acer monspessulanum

Acer davidii subsp. grosseri

Fullmoon Maple (Acer japonicum)

Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum)

Tatar maple Acer tataricum

Acer zoeschense

Section Acer

• Series Acer
  • Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis – Himalayan Maple
  • Acer giraldii Pax – Girald's Maple
  • Acer heldreichii Orph. ex Boiss. – Heldreich's Maple, Greek Maple
  • Acer pseudoplatanus L. – Sycamore, Sycamore Maple
  • Acer trautvetteri Medwed. – Red-bud Maple, Trautvetter's Maple^[1]
  • Acer vanvolxemii Masters See A. velutinum
  • Acer velutinum Boiss. – Velvet Maple
• Series Monspesulana
  • Acer granatense Boiss. – Spanish Maple^[2]
  • 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^[3]
  • Acer grandidentatum Torr. & Gray – Bigtooth Maple, Canyon Maple^[4]
  • Acer leucoderme Small – Chalk Maple^[5]
  • Acer nigrum Michx.f. – Black Maple^[6]
  • Acer skutchii Rehder – Skutch's Maple^[7]
  • Acer saccharum Marshall – Sugar Maple, Rock Maple, Hard Maple

Section † Alaskana

• †Acer alaskense Wolfe & Tanai (Late Paleocene, Matanuska River Valley, Alaska)^[8]

Section †Douglasa

• †Acer douglasense Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Cape Douglas, Alaska)^[8]

Section Ginnala

• Series Ginnala
  • Acer aidzuense Franch.^[9]
  • Acer ginnala Maxim. – Amur Maple^[10]
  • Acer semenovii Regel & Herder
  • Acer tataricum L. – Tatar Maple
• Series incertae sedis
  • †Acer ashwilli Wolfe & Tanai (Early Oligocene, Central Oregon)^[8]

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)^[8]
  • 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)^[8]

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^[11]
  • 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

• Series Macrantha
  • Acer capillipes Maxim. – Kyushu Maple
  • Acer caudatifolium Hayata – Kawakami Maple
  • Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc. – Hawthorn-leaved Maple
  • Acer davidii Franch. – David's Maple
  • Acer forrestii Diels – Forrest's Maple^[12]
  • Acer grosseri Pax – Grosser's Maple^[13]
  • Acer hersii Rehder See A. grosseri
  • Acer komarovii Pojark. See A. tschonoskii
  • Acer laxiflorum Pax^[14]
  • Acer micranthum Siebold & Zucc.
  • Acer morifolium Koidz.
  • Acer maximowiczii Pax – Maximowicz's Maple^[15]
  • 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
• Series incertae sedis
  • †Acer castorrivularis Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, Beaver Creek Flora)^[8]
  • †Acer clarnoense Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, John Day Formation)^[8]
  • †Acer dettermani Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene - Early Oligocene, Meshik Volcanics)^[8]
  • †Acer latahense Wolfe & Tanai (Early - Late Miocene, Latah, Mascall, and Succor Creek Formations)^[8]
  • †Acer palaeorufinerve Tanai & Onoe (Miocene to Pliocene, East Asia & Alaska)^[8]

Section Negundo

• Series Cissifolia
  • Acer cissifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) Koch – Vine-leaved Maple
  • Acer henryi Pax – Henry's Maple^[16]
• Series Negundo
  • 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^[17]
  • 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^[18]
  • 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^[19]
  • 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^[20]
  • Acer sunyiense Fang
  • Acer taipuense Fang
  • Acer tonkinense Lecompte
  • Acer tutcheri Duthie
  • Acer wilsonii Rehder – Wilson's Maple^[21]
  • Acer wuyuanense Fang & Wu
  • Acer yaoshanicum Fang

Section Parviflora

• Series Caudata
  • Acer caudatum Wall. – Tail-leaf Maple
  • Acer montanum Aiton See A. spicatum^[22]
  • Acer spicatum Lamarck – Mountain Maple
  • Acer ukurunduense Trautvetter & Meyer – Ukurundu Maple^[23]
• 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)^[8]
  • †Acer smileyi Wolfe & Tanai (late Oligocene-Middle Miocene; Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada)^[8]

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.^[24]
  • Acer fengii Murray^[25] - #
  • 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^[26]
  • Acer campestre L. – Field Maple
  • Acer cappadocicum Gled. – Cappadocian Maple
  • Acer lobelii Ten. – Lobel's Maple^[27]
  • Acer longipes Franch. ex Rehder
  • Acer miaotaiense P.C.Tsoong^[28]
  • 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)^[8]

Section †Rousea

• †Acer rousei Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, British Columbia)^[8]

Section Rubra

• Series Rubra
  • Acer pycnanthum K.Koch
  • Acer rubrum L. – Red Maple
  • Acer saccharinum L. – Silver Maple
• Series incertae sedis
  • †Acer kenaicum Wolfe & Tanai (Oligocene, Kenai group, Alaska)^[8]
  • †Acer taurocursum Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, Bull Run, Nevada)^[8]
  • †Acer chaneyi Knowlton (Oligocene to Miocene, Western USA)

Section †Stewarta

• †Acer hillsi Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington State)^[8]
• †Acer stewarti Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, British Columbia)^[8]

Section †Torada

• †Acer stonebergae Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington State & British Columbia)^[8]
• †Acer toradense Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington State & British Columbia)^[8]
• †Acer washingtonense Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington State)^[8]

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.

Section Wardiana

• Series Wardiana
  • Acer wardii W.W.Smith

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^[29]
• 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)^[30]

Notes

1. Sometimes considered a subspecies of A. heldreichii: A. h. subsp. trautvetteri (Medwed.) E.Murray.
2. Sometimes considered a subspecies of A. opalus: A. o. subsp. hispanicus (Pourret) E.Murray)
3. Whether this or A. barbatum is the proper name of this taxon is subject to contention, though Michaux's original material was a mix of A. saccharum and A. rubrum. It is often treated as a subspecies of A. saccharum: A. s. subsp. floridanum (Chapm.) Desmarais.
4. Sometimes treated as a subspecies of A. saccharum: A. s. subsp. grandidentatum (Torr. & Gray) Desmarais.
5. Often treated as a subspecies of A. saccharum: A. s. subsp. leucoderme (Small) Desmarais.
6. Often treated as a subspecies of A. saccharum: A. s. subsp. nigrum (Michx.f.) Desmarais.
7. Sometimes treated as a subspecies of A. saccharum: A. s. subsp. skutchii (Rehder) E.Murray.
8. Wolfe, J.A.; Tanai, T. (1987). "Systematics, Phylogeny, and Distribution of Acer (maples) in the Cenozoic of Western North America". Journal of the Faculty of Science, Hokkaido University. Series 4, Geology and mineralogy 22 (1): 1–246.
9. Sometimes considered a subspecies of A. tataricum: A. t. subsp. aidzuense (Franch.) De Jong
10. Sometimes considered a subspecies of A. tataricum: A. t. subsp. ginnala (Maxim.) Wesm.
11. Now often considered a subspecies of A. sterculiaceum: A. s. subsp. franchetii (Pax) E.Murray.
12. Now sometimes considered a subspecies of A. pectinatum: A. p. subsp. forrestii (Diels) E.Murray.
13. Now often considered a subspecies of A. davidii: A. d. subsp. grosseri (Pax) De Jong.
14. Sometimes considered a subspecies of A. pectinatum: A. p. subsp. laxiflorum (Pax) E.Murray.
15. Sometimes considered a subspecies of A. pectinatum: A. p. subsp. maximowiczii (Pax) E.Murray. Not to be confused with A. maximowiczianum Miq.
16. Sometimes treated as a subspecies of A. cissifolium: A. c. subsp. henryi (Pax) E.Murray.
17. Also "Fulmoon Maple", which is also used for A.japonicum. This is made more complex by A. japonicum var. microphyllum being a synonym of A. shirasawanum.
18. Often treated as a subspecies of A. campbellii: A. c. subsp. flabellatum (Rehder) E.Murray.
19. Sometimes treated as a subspecies of A. campbellii: A. c. subsp. oliverianum (Pax) E.Murray
20. Often treated as a subspecies of A. campbellii: A. c. subsp. sinense (Rehder) De Jong.
21. Often treated as a subspecies of A. campbellii: A. c. subsp. wilsonii (Rehder) De Jong.
22. The homonyms A. montanum Garsault and A. montanum Daléchamps ex Lam. are synonyms of A. pseudoplatanus and A. opalus respectively.
23. Sometimes classified as a subspecies of A. caudatum: A. c. subsp. ukurunduense (Trautvetter & Meyer) E.Murray.
24. Often treated as a synonym of A. oblongum
25. Possibly a synonym of either A. kwangnanense or A. paxii
26. Sometimes treated as a subspecies of A. longipes: A. l. subsp. amplum (Rehder) De Jong.
27. Sometimes treated as a subspecies of A. platanoides: A. p. subsp. lobelii (Ten.) Gams, or A. cappadocicum: A. c. subsp. lobelii (Ten.) De Jong.
28. Sometimes considered a subspecies of A. miyabei: A. m. subsp. miaotaiense (P.C.Tsoong) E.Murray.
29. van Gelderen (p. 245) concludes this is probably an aberrant A. platanoides closer to cultivar status.
30. The identity of the second parent is uncertain, with these two species cited by different authors.

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