List of Acer species


There are nearly 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 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.

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U – Z

Species listed by section and series

Infrageneric classification of extant species follows The Maple Society, 2021.

Section ''Acer''

Section ''Arguta''

Acer acuminatum Wall. ex D.DonAcer argutum Maxim. – deep-veined mapleAcer barbinerve Maxim. – bearded mapleAcer stachyophyllum Hiern – birch-leaved maple

Section ''Ginnala''

Acer ginnala Maxim. – Amur mapleAcer tataricum L. – Tatar maple

Section ''Glabra''

Section ''Indivisa''

Section ''Lithocarpa''

Section ''Macrantha''

Acer capillipes Maxim.

Section ''Macrophylla''

Acer macrophyllum Pursh – Oregon maple, bigleaf maple

Section ''Negundo''

Section ''Palmata''

Section ''Parviflora''

Section ''Pentaphylla''

Section ''Platanoidea''

Section ''Pubescentia''

Section ''Rubra''

Acer laurinum Hassk. - #Acer pycnanthum K.KochAcer rubrum L. – red mapleAcer saccharinum L. – silver maple

Section ''Spicata''

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

Section †''Spitza''

Section ''Trifoliata''

file:Acer maximowiczianum0.jpg|thumb|right|Acer maximowiczianum leaves

Section ''Wardiana''

Acer wardii W.W.Smith

Hybrids

  • Acer × bormuelleri Borbas
  • Acer × boscii Spach
  • Acer × conspicuum van Gelderen & Otterdoom
  • Acer × coriaceum Bosc ex Tausch
  • Acer × dieckii van Gelderen & Otterdoom See A. platanoides
  • Acer × freemanii Murray
  • Acer × hillieri Lancaster
  • Acer × martinii Jordan
  • Acer × pseudo-heldreichii Fukarek & Celjo
  • Acer × ramosum Jordan
  • Acer × schwerinii Pax
  • Acer × zoeschense Pax

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''

Section ''Cissifolia''

Section ''Eriocarpa''

Section ''Glabra''

Section ''Macrantha''

Section ''Negundo''

  • †Acer cascadense
  • †Acer cranei
  • †Acer eonegundo
  • †Acer heterodentatum
  • †Acer knolli
  • †Acer macginitiei
  • †Acer molallense
  • †Acer negundoides
  • †''Acer sinuofluviatilis''

Section †''Republica''

Section ''Rubra''

  • †Acer kluckingi
  • †Acer ovipetrinum
  • †''Acer tigilense''

Section ''Trilobata''

''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''

''Orba'' Group

Section †''Columbiana''

  • †Acer eomedianum
  • †Acer medianum
  • †Acer niklasi
  • †Acer oligomedianum
  • †Acer powellense
  • †''Acer stockeyae''

Section †''Glabroidea''

file:Acer idahoense HT USNM P396033 v1.tif|thumb|right|Acer idahoense 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 †">extinction">† ''Alaskana''

Section †''Douglasa''

Section ''Parviflora''

Section †''Rousea''

Section †''Stewarta''

Section †''Torada''