This work is the result of a joint effort of the members of the Maple Society Species Group, improved and corrected thanks to the input of several maple specialists and maple growers.
Needless to say, as soon as a names list is published, it becomes outdated. Moreover, taxonomy and the defining of groups is – in part – a subjective process: there will always be a discussion about this or that name. But most importantly, an accepted names list is finally available.
Of course we always remain open to comments and improvements to the list. This will never be a static document, so regular updates will be published whenever needed.
A copy of the list of accepted names is also available for download: List of most currently accepted names in the genus Acer.
Species | Authority |
Acer acuminatum | Wallich ex D. Don (1825) |
Acer acutum | Fang (1932) |
Acer albopurpurascens | Hayata (1911) |
Acer amamiense | T. Yamaz (2000) |
Acer amoenum | (Carriere) Hara (1954) |
Acer amoenum var. amoenum | |
Acer amoenum var. matsumurae | Koidzumi (1911) |
Acer amoenum var. nambuanum | (Koidz) K. Ogata (1965) |
Acer amplum | Rehder in Sargent (1911) |
Acer amplum subsp. amplum | |
Acer amplum subsp. bodinieri | (H. Lev.) Y. S. Chen |
Acer amplum subsp. catalpifolium | (Rehder) Chen (2008) |
Acer amplum subsp. tientaiense | (C. K. Schneider) Y. S. Chen |
Acer anhweiense | Fang & Fang f. (1966) |
Acer argutum | Maximowicz (1867) |
Acer barbinerve | Maximowicz (1867) |
Acer binzayedii | Vargas-Rodriguez (2017) |
Acer buergerianum | Miquel (1865) |
Acer buergerianum var. buergerianum | |
Acer buergerianum var. formosanum | (Hayata) Murray & Lauener (1967) |
Acer buergerianum var. horizontale | Metcalf (1942) |
Acer buergerianum var. jiujiangense | Yu (1943) |
Acer buergerianum var. kaiscianense | Fang (1939) |
Acer buergerianum var. yentangense | Fang (1966) |
Acer caesium | Wallich ex Brandis (1874) |
Acer caesium subsp. caesium | |
Acer caesium subsp. giraldii | (Pax) Murray (1969) |
Acer calcaratum | Gagnepain (1948) |
Acer campbellii | Hooker & Thomson ex Hiern in Hooker f. (1875) |
Acer campestre | L. (1753) |
Acer capillipes | Maximowicz (1867) |
Acer cappadocicum | Gleditsch (1785) |
Acer cappadocicum subsp. sinicum | (Rehder) Handel-Mazzetti (1933) |
Acer carpinifolium | Siebold & Zuccarrini (1845) |
Acer caudatum | Wallich (1830) |
Acer chiangdaoense | Santisuk (1992) |
Acer chienii | Hu & Cheng (1948) |
Acer chingii | Hu (1930) |
Acer chunii | Fang (1937) |
Acer chunii subsp. chunii | |
Acer chunii subsp. dimorphophyllum | Fang (1979) |
Acer circinatum | Pursh (1814) |
Acer cissifolium | (Siebold & Zuccarini) K. Koch (1864) |
Acer confertifolium | Merrill & Metcalf (1937) |
Acer cordatum | Pax (1889) |
Acer cordatum var. cordatum | |
Acer cordatum var. dimorphifolium | (F.P Metcalf) Y.S.Chen (2008) |
Acer coriaceifolium | Leveille (1912) |
Acer crassum | Hi & Cheng (1948) |
Acer crataegifolium | Siebold & Zuccarrini (1845) |
Acer davidii | Franchet (1885) |
Acer davidii subsp. davidii | |
Acer davidii subsp. grosseri | (Pax) de Jong |
Acer diabolicum | Blume ex Koch (1864) |
Acer distylum | Siebold & Zuccarini (1845) |
Acer divergens | Koch ex Pax (1886) |
Acer duplicatoserratum | Hayata (1911) |
Acer elegantulum | Fang & Chiu (1979) |
Acer erianthum | Schwerin (1901) |
Acer erythranthum | Gagnepain (1948) |
Acer fabri | Hance (1884) |
Acer fenzelianum | Handel-Mazzetti (1933) |
Acer flabellatum | Rehder (1911) |
Acer floridanum | (Chapman) Pax (1886) |
Acer forrestii | Diels (1912) |
Acer fulvescens | Rehder in Sargent (1911) |
Acer glabrum | Torrey (1828) |
Acer glabrum var. diffusum | (Greene) F. Smiley (1921) |
Acer glabrum var. douglasii | (Hooker) Wesmael (1890) |
Acer glabrum var. glabrum | |
Acer glabrum var. neomexicanum | (Greene) Kearney & Peebles (1939) |
Acer gracilifolium | Fang & Fu (1981) |
Acer granatense | Boissier (1838) |
Acer grandidentatum | Nutt. in Torrey & Gray (1838) |
Acer griseum | (Franchet) Pax (1933) |
Acer heldreichii | Orphanides ex Boissier (1856) |
Acer heldreichii subsp. heldreichii | |
Acer heldreichii subsp. trautvetteri | (Medvedev) Murray (1982) |
Acer henryi | Pax (1889) |
Acer heptaphlebium | Gagnepain (1948) |
Acer hilaense | Hu & Cheng (1948) |
Acer hookeri | Miquel (1867) |
Acer hyrcanum | Fischer & Meyer (1837) |
Acer hyrcanum subsp. hyrcanum | |
Acer hyrcanum subsp. intermedium | (Pancic) Bornmuller (1894) |
Acer hyrcanum subsp. keckianum | (Pax) Yaltirik (1967) |
Acer hyrcanum subsp. reginae-amaliae | (Orphanides ex Boissier) Murray (1970) |
Acer hyrcanum subsp. sphaerocarpum | Yaltrick (1967) |
Acer hyrcanum subsp. stevenii | (Pojarkova) Murray (1969) |
Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum | (Boissier & Balansa) Yaltirik (1967) |
Acer insulare | Makino (1910) |
Acer iranicum | Mohtashamian & Rastegar (2020) |
Acer japonicum | Thunberg ex Murray (1784) |
Acer kawakamii | Koidzumi (1911) |
Acer komarovii | Pojark in Komarov (1949) |
Acer kungshanense | Fang & Chang (1966) |
Acer kuomeii | Fang & Fang f. (1966) |
Acer kwangnanense | Hu & Cheng (1948) |
Acer kweilinense | Fang & Fang f. (1966) |
Acer laevigatum | Wallich (1830) |
Acer laevigatum var. laevigatum | |
Acer laevigatum var. salweenense | (W. W. Smith) J. M. Cowan ex Fang (1939) |
Acer laurinum | Hasskarl (1843) |
Acer laxiflorum | Pax in Engler (1902) |
Acer leipoense | Fang & Soong (1966) |
Acer leucoderme | Small (1895) |
Acer lobelii | Tenore (1819) |
Acer longipes | Franchet ex Rehder (1905) |
Acer lucidum | Metcalf (1932) |
Acer lungshengense | Fang & Hu (1966) |
Acer macrophyllum | Pursh (1814) |
Acer mandshuricum | Maximowicz (1867) |
Acer maximowiczianum | Miquel (1867) |
Acer maximowiczii | Pax (1897) |
Acer mazandaranicum | H. Zare & Assadi (2008) |
Acer metcalfii | Rehder (1933) |
Acer miaoshanicum | Fang (1966) |
Acer miaotaiense | Tsoong (1954) |
Acer micranthum | Siebold & Zuccarini (1845) |
Acer miyabei | Maximowicz (1888) |
Acer miyabei f. miyabei | |
Acer miyabei f. shibatai | (Nakai) Hara (1951) |
Acer monspessulanum | L. (1753) |
Acer monspessulanum subsp. assyriacum | (Pojarkova) Rechinger f. (1969) |
Acer monspessulanum subsp. cinerascens | (Bossier) Yaltirik (1967) |
Acer monspessulanum subsp. ibericum | Yaltirick (1967) |
Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum | (Bossier) Bornmuller (1914) |
Acer monspessulanum subsp. monspessulanum | |
Acer monspessulanum subsp. oksalianum | Yaltirick (1967) |
Acer monspessulanum subsp. persicum | (Pojarkova) Rechinger f. (1969) |
Acer monspessulanum subsp. turcomanicum | (Pojarkova) Murray (1969) |
Acer morifolium | Koidzumi (1914) |
Acer negundo | L. (1753) |
Acer negundo var arizonicum | Sargent (1919) |
Acer negundo subsp. californicum | (Torrey & Grey) Wesmael (1890) |
Acer negundo subsp. mexicanum | (DC.) Wesmael (1890) |
Acer negundo subsp. negundo | |
Acer negundo var. texanum | Pax (1886) |
Acer nigrum | (Michaux f.) Desmarais (1952) |
Acer nipponicum | Hara (1938) |
Acer oblongum | Wallich ex DC. (1824) |
Acer oblongum var. itoanum | (Hayata) Li (1952) |
Acer oblongum var. oblongum | |
Acer oblongum var. omeiense | Fang & Soong (1979) |
Acer obtusifolium | Sibthorp & Smith (1809) |
Acer okamotoanum | Nakai (1917) |
Acer oligocarpum | Fang & Hu (1979) |
Acer oliverianum | Pax (1889) |
Acer opalus | P. Miller (1768) |
Acer opalus subsp. obtusatum | (Willdenow) Gams (1925) |
Acer opalus subsp. opalus | |
Acer osmastonii | Gamble (1908) |
Acer paihengii | Fang (1966) |
Acer palmatum | Thunberg ex Murray (1784) |
Acer pauciflorum | Fang (1932) |
Acer paxii | Franchet (1886) |
Acer pectinatum | Wallich ex Nicholson (1881) |
Acer pectinatum subsp. pectinatum | |
Acer pectinatum subsp. taronense | (Handel-Mazzeti) Murray (1977) |
Acer pensylvanicum | L. (1753) |
Acer pentaphyllum | Diels (1931) |
Acer pentapomicum | Stewart ex Brandis (1874) |
Acer pictum | Thunberg ex Murray (1784) |
Acer pictum subsp. dissectum | (Wesm) H. Ohashi (1993) |
Acer pictum subsp. dissectum f. connivens | (G. Nicholson) H. Ohashi (1993) |
Acer pictum subsp. dissectum f. piliferum | (K. Ogata) H. Ohashi (1993) |
Acer pictum subsp. glaucum | (Koidz) H. Ohashi (1993) |
Acer pictum subsp. macropterum | (W.P.Fang) H. Ohashi (1993) |
Acer pictum subsp. mayrii | (Schwerin) H. Ohashi (1993) |
Acer pictum subsp. mono | (Maximowicz) H. Ohashi (1993) |
Acer pictum subsp. pictum | |
Acer pictum subsp. pictum f. pulvigerum | (K. Ogata) H. Ohashi (1993) |
Acer pictum subsp. pubigerum | (W.P.Fang) Y.S.Chen (2008) |
Acer pictum subsp. savatieri | (Pax) H. Ohashi (1993) |
Acer pictum subsp. taishakuense | (Ogata) H. Ohashi (1993) |
Acer pilosum | Maximowicz (1880) |
Acer pilosum var. pilosum | |
Acer pilosum var. stenolobum | (Rehder) Fang (1966) |
Acer platanoides | L. (1753) |
Acer poliophyllum | Fang & Wu (1979) |
Acer pseudoplatanus | L. (1753) |
Acer pseudosieboldianum | (Pax) Komarov (1904) |
Acer pseudowilsonii | Y. S. Chen (2010) |
Acer pubinerve | Rehder (1907) |
Acer pubipalmatum | Fang (1932) |
Acer pubipetiolatum | Hu & W.C. Cheng (1948) |
Acer pubipetiolatum var. pingpienense | Fang &Hu (1966) |
Acer pubipetiolatum var. pubipetiolatum | |
Acer pycnanthum | Koch (1864) |
Acer rubescens | Hayata (1911) |
Acer rubrum | L. (1753) |
Acer rubrum var. drummondii | (Nuttall) Sargent (1884) |
Acer rubrum var. rubrum | |
Acer rufinerve | Siebold & Zuccarini (1845) |
Acer saccharinum | L. (1753) |
Acer saccharum subsp. ozarkense | Murray (1978) |
Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum | Marshall (1785) |
Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum var. rugelii | (Pax) Rehder (1900) |
Acer saccharum subsp. saccharum var. schneckii | Rehder (1913) |
Acer sempervirens | L. (1767) |
Acer serrulatum | Hayata (1911) |
Acer shenkanense | Fang ex Fu (1981) |
Acer shihweii | Chun & Fang (1966) |
Acer shirasawanum | Koidzumi (1911) |
Acer sieboldianum | Miquel (1865) |
Acer sikkimense | Miquel (1867) |
Acer sinense | Pax, Hooker’s Icon. (1889) |
Acer sino-oblongum | Metcalf (1932) |
Acer sinopurpurascens | Cheng (1931) |
Acer skutchii | Rehder (1936) |
Acer sosnowskyi | Duloch (1948) |
Acer spicatum | Lamark (1786) |
Acer stachyophyllum | Hiern in J. Hooker (1875) |
Acer stachyophyllum subsp. betulifolium | (Maximowicz) de Jong, comb. & stat. nov. (1994) |
Acer stachyophyllum subsp. stachyophyllum | |
Acer sterculiaceum | Wallich (1830) |
Acer sterculiaceum subsp. sterculiaceum | |
Acer sterculiaceum subsp. franchetii | (Pax) Murray (1969) |
Acer sutchuenense | Franchet (1894) |
Acer sycopseoides | Chun (1932) |
Acer takesimense | Nakai (1918) |
Acer tataricum | L. (1753) |
Acer tataricum subsp. aidzuense | (Franchet) de Jong (1994) |
Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala | (Maximowicz) Wesmael (1890) |
Acer tataricum subsp. semenovii | (Regel & Herder) Murray (1982) |
Acer tataricum subsp. tataricum | |
Acer tataricum subsp. theiferum | (Fang) Chen & de Jong (2008) |
Acer tegmentosum | Maximowicz (1857) |
Acer tenellum | Pax (1889) |
Acer tenellum var. septemlobum | Fang & Soong (1979) |
Acer tenellum var. tenellum | |
Acer tenuifolium | (Koidzumi) Koidzumi (1916) |
Acer thomsonii | Miquel (1867) |
Acer tibetense | Fang (1939) |
Acer tonkinense | Lecompte (1912) |
Acer triflorum | Komarov (1901) |
Acer truncatum | Bunge (1833) |
Acer tschonoskii | Maximowicx (1886) |
Acer tschonoskii var. australe | Momotami (1962) |
Acer tsinglingense | Fang & C. C. Hsieh (1966) |
Acer turkestanicum | Pax in Engler (1902) |
Acer tutcheri | Duthie (1908) |
Acer tutcheri var. shimadae | Hayata (1911) |
Acer tutcheri var. tutcheri | |
Acer ukurunduense | Trautvetter & Meyer 1856 |
Acer undulatum | Pojark (1976) |
Acer velutinum | Boissier (1846) |
Acer velutinum var. vanvolxemii | (Masters) Rehder (1938) |
Acer velutinum var. velutinum | |
Acer wangchii | Fang (1966) |
Acer wardii | W. W. Smith (1917) |
Acer wilsonii | Rehder in Sargent (1905) |
Acer yangbiense | Chen & Yang (2003) |
Acer yinkunii | Fang (1966) |
Acer yui | Fang (1934) |
Updated March 2021 |