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.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
- †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. 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
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 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
- Acer caudatifolium Hayata
- Acer chienii Hu & Cheng
- Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc.
- Acer davidii Franch.
- Acer forrestii Diels
- Acer hookeri Miq.
- Acer insulare Makino
- Acer kawakamii Koidz.
- Acer komarovii Pojark in Komarov
- Acer laxiflorum Pax in Engler
- Acer maximowiczii Pax
- 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 Koch
- * Acer henryi Pax
Section ''Palmata''
- Series Palmata
- * Acer amoenum 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 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
- * 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
- * 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
Section ''Trifoliata''
- Series Emeiensia
- * Acer sutchuenense Franch.
- Series Grisea
- * Acer griseum 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
- 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
''Macrantha'' Group
Section ''Arguta''
- †''Acer ivanofense''
Section ''Cissifolia''
- †''Acer lincolnense''
Section ''Eriocarpa''
- †Acer chaneyi
- †Acer ezoanum
- †Acer ferrignoi
- †Acer kenaicum
- †Acer taggarti
- †Acer taurocursum
- †''Acer whitebirdense''
Section ''Glabra''
- †''Acer traini''
Section ''Macrantha''
- †Acer castorrivularis
- †Acer clarnoense
- †Acer dettermani
- †Acer latahense
- †''Acer palaeorufinerve''
Section ''Negundo''
- †Acer cascadense
- †Acer cranei
- †Acer eonegundo
- †Acer heterodentatum
- †Acer knolli
- †Acer macginitiei
- †Acer molallense
- †Acer negundoides
- †''Acer sinuofluviatilis''
Section †''Republica''
- †''Acer republicense''
Section ''Rubra''
- †Acer kluckingi
- †Acer ovipetrinum
- †''Acer tigilense''
Section ''Trilobata''
- †''Acer ashwilli''
''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''
- †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''
- †''Acer alaskense''
Section †''Douglasa''
- †''Acer douglasense''
Section ''Parviflora''
- †Acer browni
- †''Acer smileyi''
Section †''Rousea''
- †''Acer rousei''
Section †''Stewarta''
- †Acer hillsi
- †''Acer stewarti''
Section †''Torada''
- †Acer stonebergae
- †Acer toradense
- †''Acer washingtonense''