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4720.000 Acer - Maples
Description of the genus
Trees or shrubs. Latex sometimes milky. Leaves usually palmately lobed (pinnate in A. negundo) with long petioles. Flowers greenish or yellowish. Samaras winged on one side only. Worldwide: 111 species in N temperate regions and on tropical mountains Britain: 16 taxa. |
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Links to taxa: View: living plant images - herbarium specimen images - all images for this genus
| Species | Species code | Content |
| campestre L. | Description, Image | |
| cappadocicum Gled. | ||
| heldreichii Orph. ex Boiss. | ||
| japonicum Thunb. | ||
| macrophyllum Pursh | ||
| monspessulanum L. | ||
| negundo L. | ||
| palmatum Thunb. | ||
| platanoides L. | Description, Image | |
| pseudoplatanus L. | Description, Image | |
| rubrum L. | ||
| rufinerve Siebold & Zucc. | ||
| saccharinum L. | ||
| saccharum Marshall | ||
| tataricum L. | ||
| truncatum Bunge |
Other sources of information about Acer:
External websites:
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): AcerGoogle: Web - Images - Scholar
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network) taxonomy for plants report for Acer
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Acer
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Acer
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