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 listed by section and series
Section ''Acer''
- Series Acer
- * Acer caesium Wall. ex Brandis – Himalayan maple, Girald's maple
- * Acer heldreichii Orph. ex Boiss. – Greek maple, Heldreich's maple, red-bud maple, Trautvetter's maple
- * Acer pseudoplatanus L. – sycamore maple, sycamore
- * Acer velutinum Boiss. – Persian maple, velvet maple
- Series Monspesulana
- * Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & Meyer – Balkan maple
- * Acer monspessulanum L. – Montpelier maple
- * Acer obtusifolium Sibthorp & Smith – # Syrian maple
- * Acer opalus Miller – Italian maple
- * Acer sempervirens L. – # Cretan maple
- Series Saccharodendron
- * Acer floridanum Pax – Florida maple, southern sugar maple
- * Acer grandidentatum Torr. & Gray – bigtooth maple, canyon maple
- * Acer leucoderme Small – chalk maple
- * Acer nigrum Michx.f. – black maple
- * Acer skutchii Rehder – Skutch's maple
- * Acer saccharum Marshall – sugar maple, rock maple, hard maple
Section †">extinction">†''Alaskana''
- †Acer alaskense Wolfe & Tanai
Section ''Cissifolia''
- Acer cissifolium Koch – vine-leaved maple
- Acer henryi Pax – Henry's maple
- †Acer lincolnense Wolfe & Tanai
Section †''Douglasa''
- †Acer douglasense Wolfe & Tanai
Section ''Ginnala''
- Acer aidzuense Franch.
- †Acer ashwilli Wolfe & Tanai
- Acer ginnala Maxim. – Amur maple
- Acer semenovii Regel & Herder
- Acer tataricum L. – Tatar maple
Section ''Glabra''
- Series Arguta
- * Acer acuminatum Wall. ex D.Don
- * Acer argutum Maxim. – deep-veined maple
- * Acer barbinerve Maxim. – bearded maple
- * †Acer ivanofense Wolfe & Tanai
- * Acer stachyophyllum Hiern – birch-leaved maple
- 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
Section ''Hyptiocarpa''
- Series Hyptiocarpa
- * Acer garrettii Craib
- * Acer pinnatinervium Merrill - #
- * Acer laurinum Hassk. - #
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 pilosum Maxim.
- * Acer sinopurpurascens Cheng
- * Acer sterculiaceum Wall. – Franchet’s maple, Himalayan maple
- * Acer thomsonii Miquel
- * Acer tsinglingense W. P. Fang & C. C. Hsieh
- * Acer yangbiense Chen & Yang
- Series Macrophylla
- * Acer macrophyllum Pursh – Oregon maple, bigleaf maple
Section ''Macrantha''
- Acer capillipes Maxim. – Kyushu maple
- †Acer castorrivularis Wolfe & Tanai
- Acer caudatifolium Hayata – Kawakami maple
- †Acer clarnoense Wolfe & Tanai
- Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc. – hawthorn-leaved maple
- Acer davidii Franch. – David's maple
- †Acer dettermani Wolfe & Tanai
- Acer forrestii
- †Acer latahense Wolfe & Tanai
- Acer laxiflorum
- Acer maximowiczii Pax – Maximowicz's maple
- Acer metcalfii
- Acer micranthum Siebold & Zucc.
- Acer morifolium Koidz.
- †Acer palaeorufinerve Tanai & Onoe
- Acer pectinatum Wall. ex Nicholson
- Acer pensylvanicum L. – striped maple, moosewood
- Acer rubescens Hayata
- Acer rufinerve Siebold & Zucc. – redvein maple
- Acer sikkimense Miq.
- Acer tegmentosum Maxim.
- Acer tschonoskii Murray
Section ''Negundo''
- †Acer eonegundo Wolfe & Tanai
- Acer negundo L. – box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple
Section ''Palmata''
- Series Palmata
- * Acer ceriferum Rehder
- * Acer circinatum Pursh – vine maple
- * Acer duplicatoserratum Hayata
- * Acer japonicum Thunb. – downy Japanese maple
- * Acer linganense Fang & Chiu
- * Acer palmatum Thunb. – Japanese maple
- * Acer pauciflorum Fang
- * Acer pubipalmatum Fang
- * Acer pseudosieboldianum Komarov - Korean maple
- * Acer robustum Pax
- * Acer shirasawanum Koidz. – Shirasawa's maple
- * Acer sieboldianum Miq. – Siebold's maple
- Series Penninervia
- * Acer crassum Chu & Cheng
- * Acer erythranthum Gagnep.
- * Acer eucalyptoides Fang & Wu
- * Acer fabri Hance - # Faber maple
- * Acer kiukiangense Hu & Cheng
- * Acer laevigatum Hu & Cheng – # smoothbark maple
- * Acer oligocarpum
- * Acer sino-oblongum Metcalf
- * Acer wangchii Fang
- Series Sinensia
- * Acer calcaratum Gagnep.
- * Acer campbellii Hook.f. & Thomson ex Hiern – Campbell's maple
- * Acer chapaense Gagnep.
- * Acer confertifolium Merril & Metcalf
- * Acer elegantulum Fang & Chiu
- * Acer erianthum Schwer.
- * Acer flabellatum Rehder
- * Acer fenzelianum Hand.-Mazz. – Fenzl's maple
- * Acer kweilinense Fang & Fang f.
- * Acer lampingense Fang & Fang f.
- * Acer mapienense Fang
- * Acer miaoshanicum Fang
- * Acer olivaceum Fang & Chiu
- * Acer oliverianum Pax – Oliver's maple
- * Acer schneiderianum Pax & Hoffman
- * Acer shangszeense Fang & Soong
- * Acer sichourense Fang & Fang f.
- * Acer sinense Pax – Campbell's maple
- * Acer sunyiense Fang
- * Acer taipuense Fang
- * Acer tonkinense Lecompte
- * Acer tutcheri Duthie
- * Acer wilsonii Rehder – Wilson's maple
- * Acer wuyuanense Fang & Wu
- * Acer yaoshanicum Fang
- * Acer wardii W.W.Smith
Section ''Parviflora''
- Series Caudata
- * Acer caudatum Wall. – tail-leaf maple
- * Acer spicatum Lamarck – mountain maple
- Series Distyla
- * Acer distylum Siebold & Zucc. – lime-leaved maple
- Series Parviflora
- * Acer nipponicum Hara – Nippon maple
- Series incertae sedis
- * †Acer browni Wolfe & Tanai
- * †Acer smileyi Wolfe & Tanai
Section ''Pentaphylla''
- Series Pentaphylla
- * Acer pentaphyllum Diels
- Series Trifida
- * Acer buergerianum Miq. – trident maple
- * Acer cordatum Pax
- * Acer coriaceifolium Lév. - # leatherleaf maple
- * Acer discolor Maxim.
- * Acer fengii Murray - #
- * Acer lucidum Metcalf
- * Acer oblongum Wall. ex DC. - #
- * Acer paxii Franch. - #
- * Acer shihweii Chun & Fang
- * Acer sycopseoides Chun
- * Acer yinkunii Fang
- * Acer yui Fang
Section ''Platanoidea''
- Series Platanoidea
- * Acer amplum Rehder – broad maple
- * Acer campestre L. – field maple
- * Acer cappadocicum Gled. – Cappadocian maple
- * Acer lobelii Ten. – Lobel's maple
- * Acer longipes Franch. ex Rehder
- * Acer miaotaiense P.C.Tsoong
- * Acer miyabei Maxim. – Miyabe's maple
- * Acer pictum Thunberg
- * Acer platanoides L. – Norway maple
- * Acer nayongense Fang
- * Acer tenellum Pax
- * Acer tibetense Fang
- * Acer truncatum Bunge – Shandong maple
Section ''Pubescentia''
- Series Pubescentia
- * Acer pentapomicum Stewart ex Brandis
Section †''Republica''
- †Acer republicense Wolfe & Tanai
Section †''Rousea''
- †Acer rousei Wolfe & Tanai
Section ''Rubra''
- †Acer chaneyi Knowlton
- †Acer ferrignoi Wolfe & Tanai
- †Acer kenaicum Wolfe & Tanai
- Acer pycnanthum K.Koch
- Acer rubrum L. – red maple
- Acer saccharinum L. – silver maple
- †Acer taggarti Wolfe & Tanai
- †Acer taurocursum Wolfe & Tanai
- †Acer whitebirdense Wolfe & Tanai
Section †''Stewarta''
- †Acer hillsi Wolfe & Tanai
- †Acer stewarti Wolfe & Tanai
Section †''Torada''
- †Acer stonebergae Wolfe & Tanai
- †Acer toradense Wolfe & Tanai
- †Acer washingtonense Wolfe & Tanai
Section ''Trifoliata''
- 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
- * Acer sutchuenense Franch.
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