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 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)