List of Acer species
# 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 †.

## 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 Kew Botanical Garden in London, with additions from paleobotanical literature.

### Species A

* Acer acuminatum Wall. ex D.Don
* †Acer alaskense Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer amamiense Yamazaki
* Acer amplum Rehder
* Acer argutum
* †Acer ashwilli Wolfe & Tanai

### Species B

* Acer barbinerve
* †Acer beckianum Prakash & Barghoorn, 1961
* Acer brachystephyanum
* †Acer browni Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer buergerianum

### Species C

* Acer caesium
* Acer calcaratum
* Acer caloneurum
* Acer campbellii
* Acer campestre
* Acer capillipes
* Acer cappadocicum
* Acer carpinifolium
* †Acer castorrivularis Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer caudatifolium
* Acer caudatum
* Acer ceriferum
* †Acer chaneyi Knowlton
* Acer chapaense
* Acer chiangdaoense
* Acer cinerascentiforme
* Acer circinatum
* Acer cissifolium
* †Acer clarnoense Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer confertifolium
* Acer cordatum
* Acer coriaceifolium
* Acer crassum
* Acer crataegifolium

### Species D

* Acer davidii
* †Acer dettermani Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer diabolicum
* Acer discolor
* Acer distylum
* †Acer douglasense Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer duplicatoserratum

### Species E

* Acer elegantulum
* Acer emeiense
* †Acer eonegundo Wolfe & Tanai
* 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 gracilifolium
* Acer granatense
* Acer griseum
* Acer guanense
* Acer guizhouense
* Acer hainanense
* Acer heldreichii
* Acer henryi
* †Acer hillsi Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer huangpingense
* Acer hyrcanum
* †Acer ivanofense Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer japonicum
* Acer jingdongense

### Species K-O

* †Acer kenaicum Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer laevigatum
* Acer laisuense
* Acer lanpingense
* †Acer latahense Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer laurinum
* Acer lauyuense
* Acer laxiflorum
* Acer legonsanicum
* Acer leipoense
* Acer leptophyllum
* Acer leucoderme
* Acer lichuanense
* †Acer lincolnense Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer linganense
* Acer lobelii
* Acer longipedicellatum
* Acer longipes
* Acer lucidum
* Acer macrophyllum
* Acer mairei
* Acer mandshuricum
* Acer mapienense
* Acer maximowiczianum
* Acer maximowiczii
* Acer mazandaranicum
* Acer medogense
* Acer metcalfii
* Acer miaoshanicum
* Acer micranthum
* Acer mirabile
* Acer miyabei
* Acer monspessulanum
* Acer morifolium
* Acer nayongense
* Acer negundo
* Acer nigrum Acer saccharum subsp. $nigrum^{(?)}$
* Acer nipponicum Hara
* Acer oblongum
* Acer obtusifolium
* Acer okamotoi
* Acer oligocarpum
* Acer olivaceum
* Acer oliverianum
* Acer opalus

### Species P

* †Acer palaeorufinerve Tanai & Onoe
* Acer palmatum
* Acer pauciflorum
* Acer paxii
* Acer pectinatum
* Acer pehpeiense
* Acer pensylvanicum
* Acer pentaphyllum
* Acer pentapomicum
* Acer pictum
* Acer pilosum
* Acer platanoides
* Acer pluridens
* Acer poliophyllum
* Acer pseudoplatanus
* Acer pseudosieboldianum
* Acer pseudowilsonii
* Acer pubipalmatum
* Acer pycnanthum

### Species R

* †Acer republicense Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer robustum
* †Acer rousei Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer rubescens
* Acer rubronervium
* Acer rubrum
* Acer rufinerve Siebold & Zuccarini

### Species S

* Acer saccharinum Linnaeus
* Acer saccharum
* Acer salweenense
* Acer schneiderianum
* Acer sempervirens
* Acer shangszeense
* Acer shenkanense
* Acer shensiense
* Acer shihweii
* Acer shirasawanum
* Acer sichourense
* Acer sieboldianum
* Acer sikkimense
* Acer sino-oblongum
* Acer sinopurpurascens
* †Acer smileyi Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer spicatum
* †Acer spitzi Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer stachyophyllum
* Acer sterculiaceum
* †Acer stewarti Wolfe & Tanai
* †Acer stonebergae Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer sutchuenense
* Acer sycopseoides

### Species T

* †Acer taggarti Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer taipuense
* Acer tataricum
* †Acer taurocursumWolfe & Tanai
* Acer tegmentosum
* Acer tenellum
* Acer tibetense
* Acer tonkinense
* †Acer toradense Wolfe & Tanai
* †Acer traini Wolfe & Tanai
* Acer trialatum
* Acer tricaudatum
* Acer triflorum
* Acer truncatum
* Acer tschonoskii
* Acer turcomanicum
* Acer tutcheri

### Species U-Z

* Acer undulatum
* Acer velutinum
* Acer wangchii
* Acer wardii
* †Acer washingtonense Wolfe & Tanai
* †Acer whitebirdense (Ashlee) Wolfe & Tanai
* 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
   * 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 †Alaskana

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

### 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 to Early Oligocene, Meshik Volcanics, Alaska)
* Acer stachyophyllum Hiern – birch-leaved maple

### Section †Douglasa

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

### Section Ginnala

* †Acer ashwilli Wolfe & Tanai (Early Oligocene, Central Oregon)
* 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
* Series incertae sedis
   * †Acer traini Wolfe & Tanai (Early to middle Miocene, Western North America)

### 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 caudatifolium Hayata
* Acer chienii Hu & Cheng
* †Acer clarnoense Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene, John Day Formation)
* Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc.
* Acer davidii Franch.
* †Acer dettermani Wolfe & Tanai (Late Eocene - Early Oligocene, 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 to Pliocene, East Asia & Alaska)
* 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 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, Beaver Creek Flora, Montana)

### Section Palmata

* 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
* 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 (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 †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 laurinum Hassk. - #
* 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 Spicata

* Acer caudatum Wall. – tail-leaf maple
* Acer spicatum Lamarck – mountain maple
* Acer ukurunduense Trautvetter & Meyer

### Section †Stewarta

* †Acer hillsi Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington state)
* †Acer stewarti Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, British Columbia)

### Section †Spitza

* †Acer spitzi Wolfe & Tanai (Early Eocene, Washington state)

### 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 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)
