There are nearly 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 accepted species ordered alphabetically. Living species are from the Plants of the World Online database,

Section Acer

  • Series Acer
  • Acer caesium <small>Wall. ex Brandis</small>
  • Acer heldreichii <small>Orph. ex Boiss.</small>
  • Acer pseudoplatanus <small>L.</small>
  • Acer sosnowskyi <small>Duloch</small>
  • Acer velutinum <small>Boiss.</small>
  • Acer yangbiense <small>Chen & Yang</small>
  • Series Monspessulana
  • Acer granatense <small>Boissier</small>
  • Acer hyrcanum <small>Fisch. & Meyer</small>
  • Acer iranicum <small>Mohtashamian & Rastegar</small>
  • Acer mazandaranicum <small>H.Zare & Assad</small>
  • Acer monspessulanum <small>L.</small>
  • Acer obtusifolium <small>Sibthorp & Smith</small>
  • Acer opalus <small>Miller</small>
  • Acer sempervirens <small>L.</small>
  • Acer undulatum <small>Pojark</small>
  • Series Saccharodendron
  • Acer binzayedii <small>Vargas-Rodriguez</small>
  • Acer floridanum <small>(Chapm.) Pax</small>
  • Acer grandidentatum <small>Torr. & Gray</small>
  • Acer leucoderme <small>Small</small>
  • Acer nigrum <small>Michx.f.</small>
  • Acer saccharum <small>Marshall</small>
  • Acer skutchii <small>Rehder</small>

Section Arguta

  • Acer acuminatum <small>Wall. ex D.Don</small>
  • Acer argutum <small>Maxim.</small> – deep-veined maple
  • Acer barbinerve <small>Maxim.</small> – bearded maple
  • Acer stachyophyllum <small>Hiern</small> – birch-leaved maple

Section Ginnala

thumb|Amur maple ([[Acer ginnala)]]

thumb|Tatar maple ([[Acer tataricum)]]

  • Acer ginnala <small>Maxim.</small> – Amur maple
  • Acer tataricum <small>L.</small> – Tatar maple

Section Glabra

  • Series Glabra
  • Acer glabrum <small>Torr.</small> – Douglas maple, Rocky Mountain maple, Greene's maple, New Mexico maple, Torrey maple

Section Indivisa

  • Series Indivisa
  • Acer carpinifolium <small>Siebold & Zucc.</small> – hornbeam maple

Section Lithocarpa

  • Series Lithocarpa
  • Acer diabolicum <small>Blume ex Koch</small> – horned maple
  • Acer kungshanense <small>W. P. Fang & C. Y. Chang</small>
  • Acer leipoense <small>Fang & Soong</small>
  • Acer lungshengense <small>W. P. Fang & L. C. Hu</small>
  • Acer sinopurpurascens <small>Cheng</small>
  • Acer sterculiaceum <small>Wall.</small> – Franchet’s maple, Himalayan maple
  • Acer thomsonii <small>Miquel</small>
  • Acer tsinglingense <small>W. P. Fang & C. C. Hsieh</small>

Section Macrantha

thumb|Red snakebark maple ([[Acer capillipes)]]

thumb|Acer davidii subsp. grosseri

  • Acer capillipes <small>Maxim.</small>
  • †Acer castorrivularis <small>Wolfe & Tanai</small> (Late Eocene, Beaver Creek Flora)
  • Acer metcalfii <small>Rehder</small>
  • Acer micranthum <small>Siebold & Zucc.</small>
  • Acer morifolium <small>Koidz.</small>
  • Acer pectinatum <small>Wall. ex Nicholson</small>
  • Acer pensylvanicum <small>L.</small>
  • Acer rubescens <small>Hayata</small>
  • Acer rufinerve <small>Siebold & Zucc.</small>
  • Acer sikkimense <small>Miq.</small>
  • Acer tegmentosum <small>Maxim.</small>
  • Acer tschonoskii <small>Murray</small>

Section Macrophylla

  • Acer macrophyllum <small>Pursh</small> – Oregon maple, bigleaf maple

Section Negundo

  • Series Negundo
  • Acer negundo <small>L.</small> – box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple
  • Series Cissifolia
  • Acer cissifolium <small>(Siebold & Zucc.) Koch</small>
  • Acer henryi <small>Pax</small>

Section Palmata

thumb|Fullmoon maple ([[Acer japonicum)]]

thumb|[[Acer laevigatum seeds]]

thumb|Japanese maple ([[Acer palmatum)]]

  • Series Palmata
  • Acer amoenum <small>(Carriere) Hara</small>
  • Acer anhweiense <small>Fang & Fang f.</small>
  • Acer calcaratum <small>Gagnep.</small>
  • Acer campbellii <small>Hook.f. & Thomson ex Hiern</small> – Campbell's maple
  • Acer chingii <small>Hu</small>
  • Acer circinatum <small>Pursh</small> – vine maple
  • Acer confertifolium <small>Merril & Metcalf</small>
  • Acer duplicatoserratum <small>Hayata</small>
  • Acer elegantulum <small>Fang & Chiu</small>
  • Acer erianthum <small>Schwer.</small>
  • Acer fenzelianum <small>Hand.-Mazz.</small> – Fenzl's maple
  • Acer flabellatum <small>Rehder</small>
  • Acer heptaphlebium <small>Gagnepain</small>
  • Acer japonicum <small>Thunb.</small> – downy Japanese maple
  • Acer kuomeii <small>Fang & Fang f.</small>
  • Acer kweilinense <small>Fang & Fang f.</small>
  • Acer miaoshanicum <small>Fang</small>
  • Acer oliverianum <small>Pax</small> – Oliver's maple
  • Acer osmastonii <small>Gamble</small>
  • Acer palmatum <small>Thunb.</small> – Japanese maple
  • Acer pauciflorum <small>Fang</small>
  • Acer pseudosieboldianum <small>(Pax) Komarov</small> - Korean maple
  • Acer pseudowilsonii <small>Y.S.Chen</small>
  • Acer pubinerve <small>Rehder</small>
  • Acer pubipalmatum <small>Fang</small>
  • Acer robustum <small>Pax</small>
  • Acer serrulatum <small>Hayata</small>
  • Acer shirasawanum <small>Koidz.</small> – Shirasawa's maple
  • Acer sieboldianum <small>Miq.</small> – Siebold's maple
  • Acer sinense <small>Pax</small> – Campbell's maple
  • Acer takesimense <small>Nakai</small>
  • Acer tenuifolium <small>(Koidzumi) Koidzumi</small>
  • Acer tonkinense <small>Lecompte</small>
  • Acer tutcheri <small>Duthie</small>
  • Acer wangchii <small>Fang</small>
  • Acer wilsonii <small>Rehder</small> – Wilson's maple
  • Series Penninervia
  • Acer cordatum <small>Pax</small>
  • Acer crassum <small>Chu & Cheng</small>
  • Acer erythranthum <small>Gagnep.</small>
  • Acer fabri <small>Hance</small>
  • Acer hilaense <small>Hu & Cheng</small>
  • Acer kwangnanense <small>Hu & Cheng</small>
  • Acer laevigatum <small>Hu & Cheng</small> – # smoothbark maple
  • Acer oligocarpum
  • Acer pubipetiolatum <small>Hu & W.C.Cheng</small>
  • Acer sino-oblongum <small>Metcalf</small>
  • Acer wangchii <small>Fang</small>

Section Parviflora

  • Series Distyla
  • Acer distylum <small>Siebold & Zucc.</small> – lime-leaved maple
  • Series Parviflora
  • Acer nipponicum <small>Hara</small> – Nippon maple

===Section Pentaphylla=== <!-- Courtesy note per WP:RSECT Pentaphylla redirects here -->

  • Series Pentaphylla
  • Acer pentaphyllum <small>Diels</small>
  • Series Trifida (syn Section integrifolia)
  • Acer albopurpurascens <small>Hayata</small>
  • Acer buergerianum <small>Miq.</small> – trident maple
  • Acer chiangdaoense <small>Santisuk</small>
  • Acer coriaceifolium <small>Lév.</small> - # leatherleaf maple
  • Acer gracilifolium <small>Fang & Fu</small>
  • Acer lucidum <small>Metcalf</small>
  • Acer oblongum <small>Wall. ex DC.</small> - #
  • Acer paihengii <small>Fang</small>
  • Acer paxii <small>Franch.</small> - #
  • Acer poliophyllum <small>Fang & Wu</small>
  • Acer shihweii <small>Chun & Fang</small>
  • Acer sycopseoides <small>Chun</small>
  • Acer wangchii <small>Fang</small>
  • Acer yinkunii <small>Fang</small>
  • Acer yui <small>Fang</small>

Section Platanoidea

  • Series Platanoidea
  • Acer acutum <small>Fang</small>
  • Acer amplum <small>Rehder</small> – broad maple
  • Acer campestre <small>L.</small> – field maple
  • Acer cappadocicum <small>Gled.</small> – Cappadocian maple
  • Acer chunii <small>Fang</small>
  • Acer divergens <small>Koch ex Pax</small>
  • Acer fulvescens <small>Rehder in Sargent</small>
  • Acer lobelii <small>Ten.</small> – Lobel's maple
  • Acer longipes <small>Franch. ex Rehder</small>
  • Acer miaotaiense <small>P.C.Tsoong</small>
  • Acer miyabei <small>Maxim.</small> – Miyabe's maple
  • Acer okamotoanum <small>Nakai</small>
  • Acer pictum <small>Thunberg</small>
  • Acer platanoides <small>L.</small> – Norway maple
  • Acer shenkanense <small>Fang ex Fu</small>
  • Acer tenellum <small>Pax</small>
  • Acer tibetense <small>Fang</small>
  • Acer truncatum <small>Bunge</small> – Shandong maple
  • Acer turkestanicum <small>Pax in Engler</small>

Section Pubescentia

  • Series Pubescentia
  • Acer pentapomicum <small>Stewart ex Brandis</small>
  • Acer pilosum <small>Maximowicz</small>

Section Rubra

  • Acer laurinum <small>Hassk.</small> - #
  • Acer pycnanthum <small>K.Koch</small>
  • Acer rubrum <small>L.</small> – red maple
  • Acer saccharinum <small>L.</small> – silver maple

Section Spicata

  • Acer caudatum <small>Wall.</small> – tail-leaf maple
  • Acer spicatum <small>Lamarck</small> – mountain maple
  • Acer ukurunduense <small>Trautvetter & Meyer</small>

Section †Spitza

  • †Acer spitzi <small>Wolfe & Tanai</small> (Early Eocene, Washington state)
  • Acer × freemanii <small>Murray</small> (A. rubrum × A. saccharinum)
  • Acer × hillieri <small>Lancaster</small> (A. miyabei × A. cappadocicum 'Aureum')
  • Acer × martinii <small>Jordan</small> (A. monspessulanum × A. opalus)
  • Acer × pseudo-heldreichii <small>Fukarek & Celjo</small> (A. pseudoplatanus × A. heldreichii)
  • Acer × ramosum <small>Jordan</small> (A. monspessulanum × A. opalus)
  • Acer × schwerinii <small>Pax</small> (uncertain, maybe A. crataegifolium × A. rufinerve)
  • Acer × zoeschense <small>Pax</small> (A. campestre × either A. cappadocicum or A. lobelii)

Fossil Sections

A number of fossil sections were suggested by paleobotanists Jack Wolfe and Toshimasa Tanai in their 1987 revision of the North American fossil Acer record.

Macrantha Group

Section Arguta

  • †Acer ivanofense (Late Eocene to Early Oligocene, Meshik Volcanics, Alaska)