Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Class: Angiospermae
Subclass: Dicotyledoneae
Superorder: Rosidae
Order: Sapindales
Family: Aceraceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Palmata
Series: (In orange font)
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Class: Angiospermae
Subclass: Dicotyledoneae
Superorder: Rosidae
Order: Sapindales
Family: Aceraceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Palmata
Series: (In orange font)
Common Name | Species | Height | Leaf | Fruit | Native |
Palmata | |||||
?? | circinatum | 10 m (30 ft) |
7-12 cm (3-5 in) 7-9 lobes |
3.5 cm (1.5 in) |
Western USA, southwest Canada |
Fullmoon Maple or Downy Japanese Maple | japonicum | 10 m (33 ft) |
5-12 cm (2-5 in) 7-11 lobes |
2 cm (.25 in) |
Japan |
Japanese Maple | palmatum | 12 m (40 ft) |
5-9 cm (2-3.5 in) 5-7 lobes |
1-2 cm (.5-1 in) |
China, Korea, Japan |
?? | pauciflorum | 4-5 m (13-16 ft) |
1 cm (.4 in) 5 lobes |
1.5-1.8 cm (.6 .7 in) |
China (Zhejiang) |
Korean Maple or Keijo Maple | pseudosieboldianum | 8 m (26 ft) |
7-9 cm (3-3.5 in) 9-11 lobes |
2.5-3 cm (1-1.25 in) |
northeastern China, Korea |
?? | pubipalmatum | 10 m (33 ft) |
3.5-5 cm (1.5-2 in) 5 lobes |
2 cm (.75 in) |
China (Zhejiang) |
?? | robustum | 8 m (26 ft) |
6-7 cm (2.5-3 in) 7-9 lobes |
2.5-4 cm (1.-1.5 in) |
China |
Shirasawa Maple | shirasawanum | 10 m (33 ft) |
9-11 cm (3.5-4.5 in) 11 lobes |
2 cm (.25 in) |
Japan |
Siebold Maple | sieboldianum | 6 m (20 ft) |
10-15 cm (2.5-3.5 in) 7-9 lobes |
1-2 cm (.5-.75 in) |
Japan |
Penninervia | |||||
?? | cordatum | 10 m (33 ft) |
6-11 cm (2.5-4.5 in) 0 lobes |
2.5 cm (1 in) |
China (Fujian, Hubei, Zhejiang) |
Faber’s Maple | fabri | 10 m (33 ft) |
7-12 cm (3-5 in) 0 lobes |
3.5 cm (1.5 in) |
parts of China |
Smoothbark Maple | laevigatum | 10 m (33 ft) |
12-18 cm (5-7 in) 0 lobes |
3-4 cm (1.25-1.5 in) |
Nepal to Hong Kong |
?? | lucidum | 6 m (20 ft) |
8-10 cm (3.13-4 in) 0 lobes |
3 cm (1.13 in) |
China (Guangdong |
Sinensia | |||||
?? | calcaratum | 10 m (33 ft) |
20-25 cm (8-10 in) 3 lobes |
2.5-3.5 cm (1-1.5 in) |
Myanmar, Thailand |
Campbell’s Maple | campbelli | 18 m (59 ft) |
8-12 cm (3-5 in) 5-7 lobes |
3.5-5 cm (1.5-2 in) |
Himalayas, Upper Myanmar, Vietnam |
?? | elegantulum | 10 m (33 ft) |
6-10 cm (2.5-4 in) 5 lobes |
1-2 cm (.5-.75 in) |
China (Jiangxi, Zhejiang |
?? | erianthum | 10 m (33 ft) |
5-11 cm (2-4.5 in) 5-7 lobes |
6-7 cm (2.5-3 in) |
China (Guangxi, Sichuan) |
?? | miaoshanicum | 7-10 m (23-33 ft) |
7-10 cm (2.75-4 in) 5 lobes |
2.5-2.75 cm (1-1.1 in) |
central China |
?? | olivaceum | 10 m (33 ft) |
7-8 cm (2.25-3.13 in) 5 lobes |
3 cm (1.13 in) |
China (Anhui, Jiangxi, Zhejiang) |
Oliver’s Maple | oliverianum | 10 m (33 ft) |
7-12 cm (2.75-4.75 in) 5 lobes |
2.5-3.5 cm (1-1.5 in) |
China (Hubei, Yunnan) |
Tonkin Maple | tonkinense | 10 m (33 ft) |
10-15 cm (4-6 in), 3 lobes |
3-3,5 cm (1.13-1.5 in) |
China (Guangxi) |
?? | tutcheri | 10 m (33 ft) |
15 cm by 10 cm (6 in by 4 in) 3 lobes |
?? cm (?? in) |
southeast China, Taiwan |