title: List of Acer species
text: # 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)
  