sentences:  A further problem exists with the specific name "Acer barbatum", given to a maple by André Michaux in 1803 from samples collected in the Carolinas during his decade in North America from 1785 to 1796.For a long time it was unclear if the plant he collected was "Acer saccharum" (Sugar Maple) or "A. floridanum", as his samples were badly damaged on his return to Paris.M.