There are over 160 species in the

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'' Acer''. Species with evergreen foliage are tagged #. Species and sections that are extinct are tagged with †.

Species A-Z

The following is a list of species ordered alphabetically. This is as accepted in September 2015 by the Plant List, which is maintained by

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in London, with additions from paleobotanical literature.

Species A

*'' Acer acuminatum'' *†'' Acer alaskense'' *'' Acer amamiense'' *'' Acer amplum'' *'' Acer argutum'' *†'' Acer ashwilli''

Species B

*'' Acer barbinerve'' *†'' Acer beckianum'' *'' Acer brachystephyanum'' *†'' Acer browni'' *'' Acer buergerianum''

Species C

*'' Acer caesium'' *'' Acer calcaratum'' *'' Acer caloneurum'' *'' Acer campbellii'' *''

Acer campestre ''Acer campestre'', known as the field maple, is a flowering plant species in the family Sapindaceae. It is native to much of continental Europe, Britain, southwest Asia from Turkey to the Caucasus, and north Africa in the Atlas Mountains. It has ...

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Acer capillipes ''Acer capillipes'' (Kyushu maple or red snakebark maple; ja, ホソエカエデ, translit=hosoekaede), is a maple in the same taxonomic section as other snakebark maples such as ''Acer pensylvanicum, A. pensylvanicum'', ''Acer davidii, A. david ...

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Acer cappadocicum ''Acer cappadocicum'', the Cappadocian maple, is a maple native to Asia, from central Turkey (ancient Cappadocia) east along the Caucasus, the Himalayas, to southwestern China.Mitchell, A. F. (1974). ''A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and No ...

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Acer carpinifolium ''Acer carpinifolium'' (hornbeam maple; Japanese: チドリノキ ''Chidorinoki'' "zigzag tree") is a species of maple native to Japan, on the islands of Honshū, Kyūshū, and Shikoku, where it grows in woodlands and alongside streams in mounta ...

'' *†'' Acer castorrivularis'' *'' Acer caudatifolium'' *'' Acer caudatum'' *'' Acer ceriferum'' *†'' Acer chaneyi'' *'' Acer chapaense'' *'' Acer chiangdaoense'' *'' Acer cinerascentiforme'' *''

Acer circinatum ''Acer circinatum'', the vine maple, is a species of maple native to western North America. Description It most commonly grows as a large shrub growing to around tall, but it will occasionally form a small to medium-sized tree, exceptionally ...

'' *'' Acer cissifolium'' *†'' Acer clarnoense'' *'' Acer confertifolium'' *'' Acer cordatum'' *'' Acer coriaceifolium'' *'' Acer crassum'' *'' Acer crataegifolium''

Species D

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Acer davidii ''Acer davidii'', or Père David's maple, 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.Flora of China (draft)Aceraceae/ref> The ...

'' *†'' Acer dettermani'' *'' Acer diabolicum'' *'' Acer discolor'' *'' Acer distylum'' *†'' Acer douglasense'' *''

Acer duplicatoserratum ''Acer duplicatoserratum'' is a species of maple, native to southern and eastern mainland China (Anhui, Fujian, Guizhou, Henan, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Shandong, Zhejiang) and Taiwan. ''Acer duplicatoserratum'' is a small tree, in the s ...

Species E

*'' Acer elegantulum'' *'' Acer emeiense'' *†'' Acer eonegundo'' *'' Acer erianthum'' *'' Acer erythranthum'' *'' Acer eucalyptoides'' *†'' Acer ezoanum''

Species F-J

*'' Acer fabri'' *'' Acer fengii'' *'' Acer fenzelianum'' *'' Acer foveolatum'' *†'' Acer ferrignoi'' Wolfe & Tanai *'' Acer forrestii'' *'' Acer garrettii'' *'' Acer ginnala'' *''

Acer glabrum ''Acer glabrum'' is a species of maple native to western North America, from southeastern Alaska, British Columbia and western Alberta, east to western Nebraska, and south through Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Colorado to Californi ...

'' *'' Acer gracilifolium'' *'' Acer granatense'' *''

Acer griseum ''Acer griseum'', the paperbark maple or blood-bark maple, is a species of flowering plant in the family Sapindaceae, native to central China.Flora of China (draft)''Acer griseum''/ref> ''Acer griseum'' is found in the Chinese provinces of Ga ...

'' *'' Acer guanense'' *'' Acer guizhouense'' *'' Acer hainanense'' *''

Acer heldreichii ''Acer heldreichii'' is a species of maple in the flowering plant family Sapindaceae. Commonly called Balkan maple, Greek maple, Heldreich's maple, or mountain maple the species is native to the Balkan Peninsula east along the southern and easte ...

'' *'' Acer henryi'' *†'' Acer hillsi'' Wolfe & Tanai *'' Acer huangpingense'' *'' Acer hyrcanum'' *†'' Acer ivanofense'' Wolfe & Tanai *''

Acer japonicum ''Acer japonicum'', Fullmoon Maple, Downy Japanese-Maple ( ja, はうちは楓, translit=hauchiwakaede), is a species of maple native to Japan, on Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū (Nagasaki Prefecture), and also southern Korea.Kanagawa Prefecture ...

'' *'' Acer jingdongense''

Species K-O

*†'' Acer kenaicum'' Wolfe & Tanai *''

Acer laevigatum ''Acer laevigatum'', the smooth maple or Nepal maple, is an atypical species of maple native to southern China (Guizhou, Hong Kong, Hubei, Shanxi, Sichuan, Xizang, Yunnan), northern India (Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim), northern Myanmar, Nepal, and ...

'' *'' Acer laisuense'' *'' Acer lanpingense'' *†'' Acer latahense'' Wolfe & Tanai *''

Acer laurinum ''Acer laurinum'' is an evergreen Asian tree in the family Sapindaceae. It is the only member of its genus with native populations in the Southern Hemisphere, with a distribution encompassing Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Laos ( Kh ...

'' *'' Acer lauyuense'' *'' Acer laxiflorum'' *'' Acer legonsanicum'' *'' Acer leipoense'' *'' Acer leptophyllum'' *'' Acer lichuanense'' *†'' Acer lincolnense'' Wolfe & Tanai *'' Acer linganense'' *''

Acer lobelii Acer may refer to: * ''Acer'' (plant), the genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples * Acer Inc., a computer company in Taiwan ** Acer Laboratories Incorporated, a subsidiary company of Acer, Inc., that designs and manufactures integrate ...

'' *'' Acer longipedicellatum'' *'' Acer longipes'' *'' Acer lucidum'' *''

Acer macrophyllum ''Acer macrophyllum'', the bigleaf maple or Oregon maple, is a large deciduous tree in the genus '' Acer''. It is native to western North America, mostly near the Pacific coast, from southernmost Alaska to southern California. Some stands are a ...

'' *'' Acer mairei'' *''

Acer mandshuricum ''Acer mandshuricum'', the Manchurian maple, is a species of maple native to China (southeastern Gansu, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, southern Shaanxi), Korea and Russia (Primorsky Krai). Description ''Acer mandshuricum'' is a slender deciduou ...

'' *'' Acer mapienense'' *'' Acer maximowiczianum'' *'' Acer maximowiczii'' *'' Acer mazandaranicum'' *'' Acer medogense'' *'' Acer metcalfii'' *'' Acer miaoshanicum'' *'' Acer micranthum'' *'' Acer mirabile'' *'' Acer miyabei'' *''

Acer monspessulanum ''Acer monspessulanum'', the Montpellier maple, is a species of maple native to the Mediterranean region from Morocco and Portugal in the west, to Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, and Israel in the east, and north to the Jura Mountains in France and the ...

'' *'' Acer morifolium'' *'' Acer nayongense'' *'' Acer negundo'' *''

Acer nigrum ''Acer nigrum'', the black maple, is a species of maple closely related to '' A. saccharum'' (sugar maple), and treated by some authors as a subspecies of it, as ''Acer saccharum'' subsp. ''nigrum''. Identification can be confusing due to the ...

'' ''Acer saccharum'' subsp. ''nigrum''^(?) *''

Acer nipponicum ''Acer nipponicum'', occasionally called the Nippon maple, is a species of maple native to Japan. It belongs to the ''Acer'' section ''Parviflora''. Description and range ''Acer nipponicum'' is a medium-sized deciduous tree, growing to between < ...

'' Hara *'' Acer oblongum'' *'' Acer obtusifolium'' *'' Acer okamotoi'' *'' Acer oligocarpum'' *'' Acer olivaceum'' *''

Acer oliverianum ''Acer oliverianum'', common names Oliver's maple and Oliver maple, is broadleaf deciduous tree. It is a species of maple. Description ''Acer oliverianum'' has a smooth bark that is jade green in colour, with fine white waxy stripes. It grows up ...

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Acer opalus ''Acer opalus'', the Italian maple, is a species of maple native to the hills and mountains of southern and western Europe, from Italy to Spain and north to southern Germany, and also in northwest Africa in Morocco and Algeria.Flora Europaea''Ac ...

Species P

*†'' Acer palaeorufinerve'' *'' Acer palmatum'' *'' Acer pauciflorum'' *'' Acer paxii'' *'' Acer pectinatum'' *'' Acer pehpeiense'' *'' Acer pensylvanicum'' *'' Acer pentaphyllum'' *'' Acer pentapomicum'' *''

Acer pictum ''Acer pictum'', commonly known as yellow-paint maple, is an Asian species of maple. It widespread across much of China as well as Korea, Japan, Mongolia, and eastern Russia. Its natural habitat is in temperate forests. ''Acer pictum'' is a deci ...

'' *'' Acer pilosum'' *'' Acer platanoides'' *'' Acer pluridens'' *'' Acer poliophyllum'' *'' Acer pseudoplatanus'' *'' Acer pseudosieboldianum'' *'' Acer pseudowilsonii'' *'' Acer pubipalmatum'' *''

Acer pycnanthum ''Acer pycnanthum'', the Japanese red maple, (, ''hananoki'', or , ''hanakaede'', meaning "flower maple") is a species of maple native to Japan, and introduced to Korea. A tree usually about 20m, reaching 30m, it prefers to grow in relict mountai ...

Species R

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Acer republicense ''Acer republicense'' 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 northeast Washington state, United States. It is the only ...

'' *'' Acer robustum'' *†'' Acer rousei'' *'' Acer rubescens'' *'' Acer rubronervium'' *''

Acer rubrum ''Acer rubrum'', the red maple, also known as swamp maple, water maple, or soft maple, is one of the most common and widespread deciduous trees of eastern and central North America. The U.S. Forest Service recognizes it as the most abundant nati ...

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Acer rufinerve ''Acer rufinerve'', the grey-budded snake-bark-maple, redvein maple or Honshū maple ( Japanese: ウリハダカエデ ''urihadakaede'', "melon-skin maple"), is a species of tree in the snakebark maple group, related to '' Acer capillipes'' (Kyus ...

Species S

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Acer saccharinum ''Acer saccharinum'', commonly known as silver maple, creek maple, silverleaf maple, soft maple, large maple, water maple, swamp maple, or white maple, is a species of maple native to the eastern and central United States and southeastern Can ...

'' *'' Acer saccharum'' *'' Acer salweenense'' *'' Acer schneiderianum'' *''

Acer sempervirens ''Acer sempervirens'', the Cretan maple, is a species of maple native to southern Greece and southern Turkey.Med-Checklist''Acer sempervirens''/ref> ''Acer sempervirens'' is an evergreen or semi-evergreen shrub or small tree, one of the very fe ...

'' *'' Acer shangszeense'' *'' Acer shenkanense'' *'' Acer shensiense'' *'' Acer shihweii'' *'' Acer shirasawanum'' *'' Acer sichourense'' *''

Acer sieboldianum ''Acer sieboldianum'' (Siebold's maple; ja, コハウチワカエデ, translit=kohauchiwakaede) 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 ...

'' *'' Acer sikkimense'' *'' Acer sino-oblongum'' *'' Acer sinopurpurascens'' *†'' Acer smileyi'' *''

Acer spicatum ''Acer spicatum'', the mountain maple, dwarf maple, moose maple, or white maple, is a species of maple native to northeastern North America from Saskatchewan to Newfoundland, and south to Pennsylvania. It also grows at high elevations in the sout ...

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Acer spitzi ''Acer spitzi'' 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 northeast Washington state, United States. It is the only speci ...

'' *'' Acer stachyophyllum'' *'' Acer sterculiaceum'' *†'' Acer stewarti'' *†''

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, United States, and the adjacent area ...

'' *'' Acer sutchuenense'' *'' Acer sycopseoides''

Species T

*†'' Acer taggarti'' *'' Acer taipuense'' *'' Acer tataricum'' *†'' Acer taurocursum'' *'' Acer tegmentosum'' *'' Acer tenellum'' *'' Acer tibetense'' *'' Acer tonkinense'' *†''

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, United States, and the adjacent area o ...

'' *†'' Acer traini'' *'' Acer trialatum'' *'' Acer tricaudatum'' *''

Acer triflorum ''Acer triflorum'', the three-flowered maple, is a species of maple native to hills of northeastern China (Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning) and Korea. It is a deciduous tree that reaches a height of about but is usually smaller.Xu, T.-z., Chen, ...

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Acer truncatum ''Acer truncatum'', the Shantung maple, Shandong maple, or purpleblow maple, is a maple native to northern China, in the provinces of Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Jilin, Liaoning, Inner Mongolia, Shaanxi, Shandong, Shanxi, and to Korea. It is a ...

'' *'' Acer tschonoskii'' *''

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'' *'' Acer tutcheri''

Species U-Z

*'' Acer undulatum'' *'' Acer velutinum'' *'' Acer wangchii'' *'' Acer wardii'' *†''

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, United State ...

'' *†'' Acer whitebirdense'' *'' Acer wuyishanicum'' *'' Acer wuyuanense'' *'' Acer yangbiense'' *'' Acer yaoshanicum'' *'' Acer yinkunii'' *'' Acer yui''

Species listed by section and series

Infrageneric classification of extant species follows The Maple Society (E. Davis), 2021.

Section ''Acer''

* Series ''Acer'' ** '' Acer caesium'' Wall. ex Brandis ** ''

'' Orph. ex Boiss. ** '' Acer pseudoplatanus'' L. ** '' Acer sosnowskyi'' Duloch ** '' Acer velutinum'' Boiss. ** '' Acer yangbiense'' Chen & Yang * Series ''Monspessulana'' ** '' Acer granatense'' Boissier ** '' Acer hyrcanum'' Fisch. & Meyer ** '' Acer iranicum'' Mohtashamian & Rastegar ** '' Acer mazandaranicum'' H.Zare & Assad ** ''

'' L. ** '' Acer obtusifolium'' Sibthorp & Smith ** ''

'' Miller ** ''

'' L. ** '' Acer undulatum'' Pojark * Series ''Saccharodendron'' ** '' Acer binzayedii'' Vargas-Rodriguez ** '' Acer floridanum'' (Chapm.) Pax ** ''

Acer grandidentatum ''Acer grandidentatum'', commonly called bigtooth maple, is a species of maple native to interior western North America. It occurs in scattered populations from western Montana to central Texas in the United States and south to Coahuila in northe ...

'' Torr. & Gray ** '' Acer leucoderme'' Small ** ''

'' Michx.f. ** '' Acer saccharum'' Marshall ** '' Acer skutchii'' Rehder

Section †''Alaskana''

* †'' Acer alaskense'' Wolfe &

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Late Paleocene The Thanetian is, in the ICS Geologic timescale, the latest age or uppermost stratigraphic stage of the Paleocene Epoch or Series. It spans the time between . The Thanetian is preceded by the Selandian Age and followed by the Ypresian Age (p ...

, Matanuska River Valley,

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Section ''Arguta''

* '' Acer acuminatum'' Wall. ex D.Don * '' Acer argutum'' Maxim. – deep-veined maple * '' Acer barbinerve'' Maxim. – bearded maple * †'' Acer ivanofense'' Wolfe & Tanai (

Late Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', "d ...

Early Oligocene The Rupelian is, in the geologic timescale, the older of two ages or the lower of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/ Series. It spans the time between . It is preceded by the Priabonian Stage (part of the Eocene) and is followed by the Chattian ...

, Meshik Volcanics, Alaska) * '' Acer stachyophyllum'' Hiern – birch-leaved maple

Section †''Douglasa''

* †'' Acer douglasense'' Wolfe &

( Early Eocene, Cape Douglas, Alaska)

Section ''Ginnala''

* †'' Acer ashwilli'' Wolfe &

(

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) * '' Acer ginnala'' Maxim. – Amur maple * '' Acer tataricum'' L. – Tatar maple

Section ''Glabra''

* Series ''Glabra'' ** ''

'' Torr. – Douglas maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple * Series ''

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'' ** †'' Acer traini'' Wolfe & Tanai ( Early to middle Miocene, Western North America)

Section ''Indivisa''

* Series ''Indivisa'' ** ''

'' Siebold & Zucc. – hornbeam maple

Section ''Lithocarpa''

* Series ''Lithocarpa'' ** '' Acer diabolicum'' Blume ex Koch – horned maple ** '' Acer kungshanense'' W. P. Fang & C. Y. Chang ** '' Acer leipoense'' Fang & Soong ** '' Acer lungshengense'' W. P. Fang & L. C. Hu ** '' Acer sinopurpurascens'' Cheng ** '' Acer sterculiaceum'' Wall. – Franchet’s maple, Himalayan maple ** '' Acer thomsonii'' Miquel ** '' Acer tsinglingense'' W. P. Fang & C. C. Hsieh

Section ''Macrantha''

* ''

'' Maxim. * †'' Acer castorrivularis'' Wolfe & Tanai (

, Beaver Creek Flora) * '' Acer caudatifolium'' Hayata * '' Acer chienii'' Hu & Cheng * †'' Acer clarnoense'' Wolfe & Tanai (

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) * '' Acer crataegifolium'' Siebold & Zucc. * ''

'' Franch. * †'' Acer dettermani'' Wolfe & Tanai (

, Meshik Volcanics) * '' Acer forrestii'' Diels * '' Acer hookeri'' Miq. * '' Acer insulare'' Makino * '' Acer kawakamii'' Koidz. * '' Acer komarovii'' Pojark in Komarov * †'' Acer latahense'' Wolfe & Tanai ( Early - Late Miocene, Latah, Mascall, and Succor Creek Formations) * '' Acer laxiflorum'' Pax in Engler * '' Acer maximowiczii'' Pax * '' Acer metcalfii'' Rehder * '' Acer micranthum'' Siebold & Zucc. * '' Acer morifolium'' Koidz. * †'' Acer palaeorufinerve'' Tanai & Onoe (

Miocene The Miocene ( ) is the first epoch (geology), geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma). The Miocene was named by Scottish geologist Charles Lyell; the name comes from the Greek words (', "less") and (', "new") and mea ...

Pliocene The Pliocene ( ; also Pleiocene) is the epoch in the geologic time scale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 * '' Acer pectinatum'' Wall. ex Nicholson * '' Acer pensylvanicum'' L. * '' Acer rubescens'' Hayata * ''

'' Siebold & Zucc. * '' Acer sikkimense'' Miq. * '' Acer tegmentosum'' Maxim. * '' Acer tschonoskii'' Murray

Section ''Macrophylla''

* ''

'' Pursh – Oregon maple, bigleaf maple

Section ''Negundo''

* Series ''Negundo'' ** †'' Acer eonegundo'' Wolfe & Tanai (Middle - Late Eocene, Nevada) ** '' Acer negundo'' L. – box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple * Series ''Cissifolia'' ** '' Acer cissifolium'' (Siebold & Zucc.) Koch ** '' Acer henryi'' Pax ** †'' Acer lincolnense'' Wolfe & Tanai (

late Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', "d ...

, Beaver Creek Flora, Montana)

Section ''Palmata''

* Series ''Palmata'' ** ''

Acer amoenum ''Acer palmatum'', commonly known as Japanese maple, palmate maple, or smooth Japanese maple (Japanese: ''irohamomiji'', , or ''momiji'', (栴), is a species of woody plant native to Japan, Korea, China, eastern Mongolia, and southeast Russia. ...

'' (Carriere) Hara ** '' Acer anhweiense'' Fang & Fang f. ** '' Acer calcaratum'' Gagnep. ** '' Acer campbellii'' Hook.f. & Thomson ex Hiern – Campbell's maple ** '' Acer chingii'' Hu ** ''

'' Pursh – vine maple ** '' Acer confertifolium'' Merril & Metcalf ** ''

'' Hayata ** '' Acer elegantulum'' Fang & Chiu ** '' Acer erianthum'' Schwer. ** '' Acer fenzelianum'' Hand.-Mazz. – Fenzl's maple ** '' Acer flabellatum'' Rehder ** '' Acer heptaphlebium'' Gagnepain ** ''

'' Thunb. – downy Japanese maple ** '' Acer kuomeii'' Fang & Fang f. ** '' Acer kweilinense'' Fang & Fang f. ** '' Acer miaoshanicum'' Fang ** ''

'' Pax – Oliver's maple ** '' Acer osmastonii'' Gamble ** '' Acer palmatum'' Thunb. – Japanese maple ** '' Acer pauciflorum'' Fang ** '' Acer pseudosieboldianum'' (Pax) Komarov - Korean maple ** '' Acer pseudowilsonii'' Y.S.Chen ** '' Acer pubinerve'' Rehder ** '' Acer pubipalmatum'' Fang ** '' Acer robustum'' Pax ** '' Acer serrulatum'' Hayata ** '' Acer shirasawanum'' Koidz. – Shirasawa's maple ** ''

'' Miq. – Siebold's maple ** '' Acer sinense'' Pax – Campbell's maple ** '' Acer takesimense'' Nakai ** '' Acer tenuifolium'' (Koidzumi) Koidzumi ** '' Acer tonkinense'' Lecompte ** '' Acer tutcheri'' Duthie ** '' Acer wangchii'' Fang ** '' Acer wilsonii'' Rehder – Wilson's maple * Series ''Penninervia'' ** '' Acer cordatum'' Pax ** '' Acer crassum'' Chu & Cheng ** '' Acer erythranthum'' Gagnep. ** '' Acer fabri'' Hance ** '' Acer hilaense'' Hu & Cheng ** '' Acer kwangnanense'' Hu & Cheng ** ''

'' Hu & Cheng – # smoothbark maple ** '' Acer oligocarpum'' ** '' Acer pubipetiolatum'' Hu & W.C.Cheng ** '' Acer sino-oblongum'' Metcalf ** '' Acer wangchii'' Fang

Section ''Parviflora''

* Series ''Distyla'' ** '' Acer distylum'' Siebold & Zucc. – lime-leaved maple * Series ''Parviflora'' ** ''

'' Hara – Nippon maple * Series ''

'' ** †'' Acer browni'' Wolfe &

( Early- Middle Miocene;

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) ** †'' Acer smileyi'' Wolfe &

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late Oligocene The Chattian is, in the geologic timescale, the younger of two ages or upper of two stages of the Oligocene Epoch/ Series. It spans the time between . The Chattian is preceded by the Rupelian and is followed by the Aquitanian (the lowest stage ...

- Middle Miocene;

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Section ''Pentaphylla''

* Series ''Pentaphylla'' ** '' Acer pentaphyllum'' Diels * Series ''Trifida'' (syn Section ''integrifolia'') ** '' Acer albopurpurascens'' Hayata ** '' Acer buergerianum'' Miq. – trident maple ** '' Acer chiangdaoense'' Santisuk ** '' Acer coriaceifolium'' Lév. - # leatherleaf maple ** '' Acer gracilifolium'' Fang & Fu ** '' Acer lucidum'' Metcalf ** '' Acer oblongum'' Wall. ex DC. - # ** '' Acer paihengii'' Fang ** '' Acer paxii'' Franch. - # ** '' Acer poliophyllum'' Fang & Wu ** '' Acer shihweii'' Chun & Fang ** '' Acer sycopseoides'' Chun ** '' Acer wangchii'' Fang ** '' Acer yinkunii'' Fang ** '' Acer yui'' Fang

Section ''Platanoidea''

* Series ''Platanoidea'' ** '' Acer acutum'' Fang ** '' Acer amplum'' Rehder – broad maple ** ''

'' L. – field maple ** ''

'' Gled. – Cappadocian maple ** '' Acer chunii'' Fang ** '' Acer divergens'' Koch ex Pax ** '' Acer fulvescens'' Rehder in Sargent ** ''

'' Ten. – Lobel's maple ** '' Acer longipes'' Franch. ex Rehder ** '' Acer miaotaiense'' P.C.Tsoong ** '' Acer miyabei'' Maxim. – Miyabe's maple ** '' Acer okamotoanum'' Nakai ** ''

'' Thunberg ** '' Acer platanoides'' L. – Norway maple ** '' Acer shenkanense'' Fang ex Fu ** '' Acer tenellum'' Pax ** '' Acer tibetense'' Fang ** ''

'' Bunge – Shandong maple ** ''

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'' Pax in Engler

Section ''Pubescentia''

* Series ''Pubescentia'' ** '' Acer pentapomicum'' Stewart ex Brandis ** '' Acer pilosum'' Maximowicz

Section †''Republica''

* †''

'' Wolfe &

( Early Eocene,

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)

Section †''Rousea''

* †'' Acer rousei'' Wolfe &

( Early Eocene,

)

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) * ''

'' Hassk. - # * ''

'' K.Koch * ''

'' L. – red maple * ''

'' L. – silver maple * †'' Acer taggarti'' Wolfe & Tanai (Middle Miocene, Mascall Formation, Oregon) * †'' Acer taurocursum'' Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, Bull Run,

) * †'' Acer whitebirdense'' (Ashlee) Wolfe & Tanai (Middle Miocene, Northwestern USA)

Section ''Spicata''

* '' Acer caudatum'' Wall. – tail-leaf maple * ''

'' Lamarck – mountain maple * '' Acer ukurunduense'' Trautvetter & Meyer

Section †''Stewarta''

* †'' Acer hillsi'' Wolfe & Tanai ( Early Eocene,

) * †'' Acer stewarti'' Wolfe & Tanai ( Early Eocene,

)

Section †''Spitza''

* †''

'' Wolfe & Tanai ( Early Eocene,

)

Section †''Torada''

* †''

'' Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington State & British Columbia) * †''

'' Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington State)

Section ''Trifoliata''

'' Acer maximowiczianum'' leaves * Series ''Emeiensia'' ** '' Acer sutchuenense'' Franch. * Series ''Grisea'' ** ''

'' (Franch.) Pax – paperbark maple ** '' Acer maximowiczianum'' Miq. – Nikko maple ** ''

'' Komarov – three-flowered maple * Series '' Mandshurica'' ** ''

'' Maxim. – Manchurian maple

Section ''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'' *'' Acer × freemanii'' Murray (''A. rubrum'' × ''A. saccharinum'') *'' Acer × hillieri'' Lancaster (''A. miyabei'' × ''A. cappadocicum'' 'Aureum') *'' Acer × martinii'' Jordan (''A. monspessulanum'' × ''A. opalus'') *'' Acer × pseudo-heldreichii'' Fukarek & Celjo (''A. pseudoplatanus'' × ''A. heldreichii'') *'' Acer × ramosum'' Jordan (''A. monspessulanum'' × ''A. opalus'') *'' Acer × schwerinii'' Pax (uncertain, maybe ''A. crataegifolium'' × ''A. rufinerve'') *'' Acer × zoeschense'' Pax (''A. campestre'' × either ''A. cappadocicum'' or ''A. lobelii'')The identity of the second parent is uncertain, with these two species cited by different authors.

Notes

References

* * * *{{cite web, last=Xu , first=Ting-zhi , author2=Chen Yousheng , author3=Piet C. de Jong , author4=Herman J. Oterdoom , author5=Chin-Sung Chang , title=Aceraceae , work=Flora of China , access-date=2008-05-28 , url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=10005 *List Acer Acer species