Sapindaceae

Acer L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 1054 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Temp. Northern Hemisphere to Tropical Mountains.

Distribution

Native to:

Afghanistan, Alabama, Alaska, Albania, Alberta, Algeria, Altay, Amur, Arizona, Arkansas, Assam, Austria, Baleares, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Borneo, British Columbia, Bulgaria, California, Cambodia, Central European Rus, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Colorado, Connecticut, Corse, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Delaware, Denmark, East Aegean Is., East European Russia, East Himalaya, Finland, Florida, France, Georgia, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Guatemala, Hainan, Honduras, Hungary, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Inner Mongolia, Iowa, Iran, Iraq, Italy, Japan, Jawa, Kansas, Kazakhstan, Kentucky, Khabarovsk, Kirgizstan, Korea, Kriti, Krym, Kuril Is., Labrador, Laos, Lebanon-Syria, Lesser Sunda Is., Louisiana, Maine, Malaya, Manchuria, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Mongolia, Montana, Morocco, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nebraska, Nepal, Netherlands, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Newfoundland, North Carolina, North Caucasus, North Dakota, Norway, Nova Scotia, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Oregon, Pakistan, Palestine, Pennsylvania, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Primorye, Qinghai, Québec, Rhode I., Romania, Sakhalin, Sardegna, Saskatchewan, Sicilia, South Carolina, South Dakota, South European Russi, Spain, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzhikistan, Taiwan, Tennessee, Texas, Thailand, Tibet, Transcaucasus, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkey-in-Europe, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Utah, Uzbekistan, Vermont, Vietnam, Virginia, Washington, West Himalaya, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Xinjiang, Yugoslavia, Yukon

Introduced into:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina South, Bolivia, Buryatiya, Canary Is., Ecuador, Ireland, Madeira, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Tasmania, West Siberia

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Feb 1, 1975 Stewart, D.L. [541/H] K000640958 Type Yes
Nov 1, 1904 Henry, A. [6937] China K000640714 Unknown Type Material Yes
Rock, J.F. [14785] China K000640713 Unknown Type Material Yes
Champion [s.n.] Hong Kong K000640899 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [926] India K000640966 Unknown Type Material Yes
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1222] India K001112439 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E.H. [1009] China K000640754 Unknown Type Material Yes
Champion, M. [s.n.] Hong Kong K000640902 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [39] Spain K000640822 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [111] India K000640965 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [6788] China K000640715 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000640962 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1222] Nepal K001112437 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [110] India K000640960 Type Yes
Hooker, J.D. [110] India K000640964 Unknown Type Material Yes
Potanin, G.N. [s.n.] China K000640716 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cheng, W.C.; Hwa, C.T. [740] China K001045625 Type Yes
Liou, T.N. [11997] China K000640761 Isotype Yes
Borbás [2522] Hungary K000640818 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000640963 Unknown Type Material Yes
Borbás [s.n.] Hungary K000640817 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E.H. [1925] China K000640756 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1226] Nepal K001129386 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E.H. [1903] China K000640755 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1222] Nepal K001112438 Unknown Type Material Yes
Henry, A. [10495] China K000640719 Type Yes
s.coll. [39] Spain K000640825 Isotype Yes
Sintenis, P. [583] Turkey K000640790 Unknown Type Material Yes
Sintenis, P. [583] Turkey K000640789 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [203] China K000640727 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [39] Spain K000640824 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilford [s.n.] Hong Kong K000640900 Unknown Type Material Yes
Griffith [928/1] Burma K000640931 Unknown Type Material Yes
Cavalerie [7897] China K000640910 Unknown Type Material Yes
Hooker, J.D. [s.n.] India K000640961 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wallich, N. [Cat. no. 1226] Nepal K001129319 Unknown Type Material Yes
Borbás [2037] Hungary K000640816 Unknown Type Material Yes
Wilson, E.H. [234a] China K000640753 Type Yes
Wilson, E.H. [234a] China K000640752 Unknown Type Material Yes
Kurz, S. [1365] Burma K000640959 Unknown Type Material Yes
H., J.D. [s.n] India K000640929 Unknown Type Material Yes
H., J.D. [s.n.] India K000640930 Unknown Type Material Yes
[Boryean] [s.n.] Spain K000640823 Unknown Type Material Yes
s.coll. [79] Hong Kong K000640901 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images