List of Acer species

The following is a list of accepted species ordered alphabetically. Living species are from the Plants of the World Online database, which is maintained by Kew Botanical Garden in London, with additions of extinct species from paleobotanical literature. A • Acer acuminatum • Acer acutum • †Acer alaskense • Acer albopurpurascens • †Acer alvordense • Acer amamiense • Acer amplum • Acer argutum • †Acer ashwilli • †Acer axelrodi B • Acer barbinerve • †Acer beckeri • †Acer becki • †Acer beckianum • Acer binzayedii • †Acer bolanderi • †Acer bosrivularis • Acer brevipes • †Acer browni • Acer buergerianum C • †Acer cadaver • Acer caesium • Acer calcaratum • Acer campbellii • Acer campestre • Acer capillipes • Acer cappadocicum • Acer carpinifolium • †Acer cascadense • †Acer castorrivularis • Acer caudatifolium • Acer caudatum • †Acer chaneyi • Acer chiangdaoense • Acer chienii • Acer chingii • Acer chunii • Acer cinerascentiforme • Acer circinatum • Acer cissifolium • †Acer clarnoense • †Acer collawashense • Acer confertifolium • Acer cordatum • Acer coriaceifolium • Acer × coriaceum • †Acer cranei • Acer crassum • Acer crataegifolium • †Acer crookense • †Acer cuprovallis D • Acer davidii • †Acer dettermani • Acer diabolicum • Acer distylum • †Acer douglasense • Acer duplicatoserratum E • †Acer elkanum • †Acer elwyni • †Acer eomedianum • Acer elegantulum • †Acer eonegundo • Acer erianthum • Acer erythranthum • †Acer ezoanum F • Acer fabri • Acer fenzelianum • †Acer ferrignoi • Acer floridanum • †Acer florissanti • Acer forrestii • Acer × freemanii • Acer fulvescens G • †Acer glabroides • Acer glabrum • Acer gracilifolium • Acer granatense • Acer grandidentatum • †Acer grantense • Acer griseum H • Acer heldreichii • Acer henryi • †Acer heterodentatum • Acer hilaense • †Acer hillsi • †Acer hueberi • Acer hyrcanum I • †Acer idahoense • Acer insulare • Acer iranicum • †Acer ivanofense J • Acer × jakelyanum • Acer japonicum • Acer jarbidgianum K • †Acer kenaicum • †Acer kluckingi • †Acer knolli • Acer × koenighoferae • Acer komarovii • Acer kungshanense • Acer kuomeii • Acer kwangnanense • Acer kweilinense L • Acer laevigatum • †Acer latahense • Acer laurinum • Acer laxiflorum • Acer leipoense • Acer leptophyllum • Acer leucoderme • †Acer lincolnense • Acer lobelii • Acer longipes • Acer lucidum • Acer lungshengense M • †Acer macginitiei • Acer macrophyllum • †Acer manchesteri • Acer mandshuricum • Acer mapienense • Acer × martini • Acer maximowiczianum • Acer maximowiczii • Acer mazandaranicum • †Acer medianum • †Acer megasamarum • Acer metcalfii • †Acer meyeri • Acer miaoshanicum • Acer micranthum • †Acer milleri • †Acer minutifolium • Acer miyabei • †Acer molallense • Acer monspessulanum • †Acer montanense • Acer morifolium N • †Acer negundoides • Acer negundo • Acer nigrum • †Acer niklasi • Acer nipponicum O • Acer oblongum • Acer obtusifolium • Acer okamotoanum • Acer oligocarpum • †Acer oligomedianum • Acer oliverianum • Acer opalus • †Acer orbum • †Acer oregonianum • Acer orthocampestre • Acer × osmastonii • †Acer osmonti • †Acer ovipetrinum P • Acer paihengii • †Acer palaeorufinerve • Acer palmatum • Acer pauciflorum • Acer paxii • Acer pectinatum • Acer pensylvanicum • Acer pentaphyllum • Acer pentapomicum • Acer pictum • Acer pilosum • Acer platanoides • Acer poliophyllum • †Acer powellense • †Acer postense • †Acer protomiyabi • †Acer princetonese • Acer pseudoplatanus • Acer pseudosieboldianum • Acer pseudowilsonii • Acer pubinerve • Acer pubipetiolatum • Acer pycnanthum R • Acer × ramosum • †Acer republicense • Acer robustum • †Acer rousei • Acer rubrum • Acer rufinerve S • Acer saccharinum • Acer saccharum (sugar maple) • †Acer salmonense • †Acer schorni • Acer × schwerinii • †Acer scottiae • Acer sempervirens • †Acer septilobatum • Acer serrulatum • Acer shangszeense • Acer shenkanense • Acer shenzhenensis • Acer shihweii • Acer shirasawanum • Acer sieboldianum • Acer sikkimense • Acer sino-oblongum • Acer sinopurpurascens • †Acer sinuofluviatilis • Acer skutchii • †Acer smileyi • Acer sosnowskyi • Acer spicatum • †Acer spitzi • Acer stachyophyllum • Acer sterculiaceum • †Acer stewarti • †Acer stockeyae • †Acer stonebergae • Acer sutchuenense • Acer sycopseoides T • †Acer taggarti • Acer tataricum • Acer tataricum subsp. aidzuense • Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala • Acer tataricum subsp. semenovii • Acer tataricum subsp. tataricum • Acer tataricum subsp. theiferum • †Acer taurocursum • Acer tegmentosum • Acer tenellum • Acer tenuifolium • Acer thomsonii • Acer tibetense • †Acer tiffneyi • †Acer tigilense • Acer tonkinense • †Acer toradense • †Acer traini • Acer triflorum • Acer truncatum • Acer tschonoskii • Acer tsinglingense • Acer tutcheri • †Acer tyrellense U – Z • Acer ukurunduense • Acer undulatum • Acer × varbossanium • Acer velutinum • Acer wangchii • Acer wardii • †Acer washingtonense • †Acer wehri • †Acer whitebirdense • Acer wilsonii • Acer yangbiense • Acer yinkunii • Acer yui • Acer zarei ==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 • Acer heldreichii 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 • Acer monspessulanum L. • Acer obtusifolium Sibthorp & Smith • Acer opalus Miller • Acer sempervirens L. • Acer undulatum Pojark • Series Saccharodendron • Acer binzayedii Vargas-Rodriguez • Acer floridanum (Chapm.) Pax • Acer grandidentatum Torr. & Gray • Acer leucoderme Small • Acer nigrum Michx.f. • Acer saccharum Marshall • Acer skutchii Rehder Section Arguta • Acer acuminatum Wall. ex D.Don • Acer argutum Maxim. – deep-veined maple • Acer barbinerve Maxim. – bearded maple • Acer stachyophyllum Hiern – birch-leaved maple Section Ginnala '') '') • Acer ginnala Maxim. – Amur maple • Acer tataricum L. – Tatar maple Section Glabra • Series Glabra • Acer glabrum Torr. – Douglas maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple Section Indivisa • Series Indivisa • Acer carpinifolium 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 '') • Acer capillipes Maxim. • †Acer castorrivularis Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, Beaver Creek Flora) • Acer metcalfii Rehder • Acer micranthum Siebold & Zucc. • Acer morifolium Koidz. • Acer pectinatum Wall. ex Nicholson • Acer pensylvanicum L. • Acer rubescens Hayata • Acer rufinerve Siebold & Zucc. • Acer sikkimense Miq. • Acer tegmentosum Maxim. • Acer tschonoskii Murray Section Macrophylla • Acer macrophyllum Pursh – Oregon maple, bigleaf maple Section Negundo • Series Negundo • Acer negundo L. – box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple • Series Cissifolia • Acer cissifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) Koch • Acer henryi Pax Section Palmata '') '' seeds '') • Series Palmata • Acer amoenum (Carriere) Hara • Acer anhweiense Fang & Fang f. • Acer calcaratum Gagnep. • Acer campbellii Hook.f. & Thomson ex Hiern – Campbell's maple • Acer chingii Hu • Acer circinatum Pursh – vine maple • Acer confertifolium Merril & Metcalf • Acer duplicatoserratum Hayata • Acer elegantulum Fang & Chiu • Acer erianthum Schwer. • Acer fenzelianum Hand.-Mazz. – Fenzl's maple • Acer flabellatum Rehder • Acer heptaphlebium Gagnepain • Acer japonicum Thunb. – downy Japanese maple • Acer kuomeii Fang & Fang f. • Acer kweilinense Fang & Fang f. • Acer miaoshanicum Fang • Acer oliverianum 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 • Acer sieboldianum 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 • Acer laevigatum 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 • Acer nipponicum Hara – Nippon maple 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 • Acer campestre L. – field maple • Acer cappadocicum Gled. – Cappadocian maple • Acer chunii Fang • Acer divergens Koch ex Pax • Acer fulvescens Rehder in Sargent • Acer lobelii Ten. – Lobel's maple • Acer longipes Franch. ex Rehder • Acer miaotaiense P.C.Tsoong • Acer miyabei Maxim. – Miyabe's maple • Acer okamotoanum Nakai • Acer pictum Thunberg • Acer platanoides L. – Norway maple • Acer shenkanense Fang ex Fu • Acer tenellum Pax • Acer tibetense Fang • Acer truncatum Bunge – Shandong maple • Acer turkestanicum Pax in Engler Section Pubescentia • Series Pubescentia • Acer pentapomicum Stewart ex Brandis • Acer pilosum Maximowicz Section Rubra • Acer laurinum Hassk. - # • Acer pycnanthum K.Koch • Acer rubrum L. – red maple • Acer saccharinum L. – silver maple Section Spicata • Acer caudatum Wall. – tail-leaf maple • Acer spicatum Lamarck – mountain maple • Acer ukurunduense Trautvetter & Meyer Section †Spitza • †Acer spitzi Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington state) Section Trifoliata '') '' leaves • Series Emeiensia • Acer sutchuenense Franch. • Series Grisea • Acer griseum (Franch.) Pax – paperbark maple • Acer maximowiczianum Miq. – Nikko maple • Acer triflorum Komarov – three-flowered maple • Series Mandshurica • Acer mandshuricum 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) ==Fossil Sections==

A number of fossil sections were suggested by paleobotanists Jack Wolfe and Toshimasa Tanai in their 1987 revision of the North American fossil Acer record. Macrantha Group Section Arguta • †Acer ivanofense (Late Eocene to Early Oligocene, Meshik Volcanics, Alaska) Section Cissifolia • †Acer lincolnense (late Eocene, Beaver Creek Flora, Montana) Section Eriocarpa '' leaf • †Acer chaneyi (Oligocene to Miocene, Western US) • †Acer ezoanum • †Acer ferrignoi (Late Miocene, Oregon) • †Acer kenaicum (Oligocene, Kenai group, Alaska) • †Acer taggarti (Middle Miocene, Mascall Formation, Oregon) • †Acer taurocursum (Late Eocene, Bull Run, Nevada) • †Acer whitebirdense (Middle Miocene, Northwestern USA) Section Glabra • †Acer traini (Early to middle Miocene, Western North America) Section Macrantha • †Acer castorrivularis • †Acer clarnoense (Late Eocene, John Day Formation) • †Acer dettermani (Late Eocene - Early Oligocene, Meshik Volcanics) • †Acer latahense (Early - Late Miocene, Latah, Mascall, and Succor Creek Formations) • †Acer palaeorufinerve (Miocene to Pliocene, East Asia & Alaska) Section Negundo '' samara • †Acer cascadense (Oligocene, Blue Mountains, Oregon) • †Acer cranei (Early Oligocene, Central Oregon) • †Acer eonegundo (Middle - Late Eocene, Nevada) • †Acer heterodentatum (Early-Middle Miocene, Alaska & Oregon) • †Acer knolli (Miocene, Latah Formation) • †Acer macginitiei (Late Eocene, Montana - Colorado) • †Acer molallense (Oligocene or Early Miocene, Oregon) • †Acer negundoides (Early - Late Eocene, Pacific Coast & Great Basin) • †Acer sinuofluviatilis (Early Oligocene, Central Oregon) Section †Republica • †Acer republicense (Early Eocene, Washington state) Section Rubra • †Acer kluckingi (Early Oligocene, Central Oregon) • †Acer ovipetrinum (Early Oligocene, Central Oregon) • †Acer tigilense (Late Oligocene - Middle Miocene, Russia, Alaska, Pacific Northwest) Section Trilobata • †Acer ashwilli (Early Oligocene, Central Oregon) Macrophylla Group Section Acer Series Acer • †Acer montanense • †Acer postense Series Saccharodendron • †Acer bolanderi • †Acer collawashense • †Acer minutifolium • †Acer schorni • †Acer tyrellense Section Lithocarpa • Acer beckeri • Acer grantense Section Macrophylla • Acer alvordense • Acer busamarum • Acer megasamarum • Acer oregonianum • Acer osmonti • Acer salmonense Section †Princetona • †Acer princetonese Section †Spitza • Acer spitzi Orba Group Section †Columbiana • †Acer eomedianum • †Acer medianum • †Acer niklasi • †Acer oligomedianum • †Acer powellense • †Acer stockeyae Section †Glabroidea '' holotype • †Acer becki • †Acer bosrivularis • †Acer cadaver • †Acer crokense • †Acer cuprovallis • †Acer elkoanum • †Acer elwyni • †Acer florissanti • †Acer glabroides • †Acer idahoense • †Acer jarbidgianum • †Acer meyeri • †Acer milleri • †Acer wehri Section Orba • †Acer orbum Platanoidea Group Section Campestria '' • †Acer protomiyabi • †Acer septilobatum • †Acer tiffneyi Section †Manchesteria • †Acer axelrodi • †Acer manchesteri Section Platanoidea • †Acer hueberi • †Acer scottiae Spicata Group ====Section † Alaskana==== • †Acer alaskense (Late Paleocene, Matanuska River Valley, Alaska) Section †Douglasa • †Acer douglasense (Early Eocene, Cape Douglas, Alaska) Section Parviflora • †Acer browni (Early-Middle Miocene; Washington, Oregon, British Columbia) • †Acer smileyi (late Oligocene-Middle Miocene; Alaska, Idaho, Oregon, Nevada) Section †Rousea • †Acer rousei (Early Eocene, British Columbia) Section †Stewarta • †Acer hillsi (Early Eocene, Washington state) • †Acer stewarti (Early Eocene, British Columbia) Section †Torada • †Acer stonebergae (Early Eocene, Washington State & British Columbia) • †Acer toradense (Early Eocene, Washington State & British Columbia) • †Acer washingtonense (Early Eocene, Washington State) ==Notes==