GENUS CODE: ACER GENUS SCIENTIFIC:Acer GENUS AUTHORITY: L. GENUS COMMON: Maple GENUS SUMMARY: A genus of about 111-126 species, trees and shrubs, primarily north temperate. GENUS IDENTIFICATION: GENUS REFERENCES: Murray (1970)=Z; van Gelderen, de Jong, and Oterdoom (1994); Acevedo-Rodríguez, van Welzen, Adema, and van der Ham in Kubitzki (2011).
FAMILY INDEX
FAMILY CODE: ACERAC FAMILY SCIENTIFIC:Aceraceae FAMILY AUTHORITY: A.L. de Jussieu 1789 FAMILY COMMON: Maple Family FAMILY SUMMARY: FAMILY REFERENCE:
USDA Symbol: ACPA2
USDA Common Name: Japanese Maple
Native Status: L48 (I), CAN (I)
Distribution: USA (CT, DC, DE, NJ, NY, OH, PA), CAN (ON)
Duration: Perennial
Growth Habit: Tree,Shrub
WEAKLEY FLORA
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Acer palmatum
COMMON NAME: Japanese Maple
SYNONYMY: [= Il, K, Pa, Z]
PHENOLOGY: Apr-May; Aug-Sep.
HABITAT: Suburban woodlands; native of e. Asia.
COMMENTS: Frequently planted in its numerous cultivars. Infraspecific taxa are recognized in its native area. It is also reported as escaped in the DC area (Shetler & Orli 2000).
RANGE MAP: Acer palmatum.png
Key to Map SymbolsABOUT FAMILY (Weakley Flora) Aceraceae A.L. de Jussieu 1789 (Maple Family) SUMMARY: REFERENCE: ABOUT GENUS (Weakley Flora) Acer L. (Maple) SUMMARY: A genus of about 111-126 species, trees and shrubs, primarily north temperate. REFERENCE: Murray (1970)=Z; van Gelderen, de Jong, and Oterdoom (1994); Acevedo-Rodríguez, van Welzen, Adema, and van der Ham in Kubitzki (2011).
HERBARIUM RESOURCES
SERNEC: Find Acer palmatum in Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available) UNC SERNEC: Find Acer palmatum in
University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Herbarium - Southeast Regional Network of Experts and Collections (if available)