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IUCN Red List DD - Data Deficient LC - Least Concern LR/lc - Least Concern NT - Near Threatened LR/nt - Near Threatened LR/cd - Conservation Dependent VU - Vulnerable EN - Endangered CR - Critically Endangered EW - Extinct in the Wild EX - Extinct

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Acer carpinifolium Siebold & Zucc.

Hornbeam maple

Sapindaceae 25 16 Observations

Acer cissifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) K.Koch

Japanese box-elder

Sapindaceae 52 27 Observations

Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc.

Hawthorn maple

Sapindaceae 3 2 Observations

Acer diabolicum Blume ex K.Koch

Devil's maple

Sapindaceae 30 11 Observations

Acer distylum Siebold & Zucc.

Lime-Leaved Maple

Sapindaceae 10 4 Observations

Acer japonicum Thunb.

Japanese maple

Sapindaceae 1,233 1,019 Observations

Acer maximowiczianum Miq.

Nikko maple

Sapindaceae 11 8 Observations

Acer micranthum Siebold & Zucc.

Small-leaved-maple

Sapindaceae 11 7 Observations

Acer miyabei Maxim.

Miyabe's maple

Sapindaceae 9 4 Observations

Acer nipponicum H.Hara

Nippon maple

Sapindaceae 10 7 Observations

Acer palmatum Thunb.

Japanese maple

Sapindaceae 9,379 7,926 Observations

Acer pictum Thunb.

The Painted Maple

Sapindaceae 23 12 Observations

Acer rufinerve Siebold & Zucc.

Grey-bud snakebark maple

Sapindaceae 37 18 Observations

Acer shirasawanum Koidz.

Shirasawa's maple

Sapindaceae 48 29 Observations

Acer sieboldianum Miq.

Siebold's maple

Sapindaceae 13 4 Observations

Acer truncatum Bunge

Shantung maple

Sapindaceae 45 25 Observations

Aesculus turbinata Blume

Japanese horse-chestnut

Sapindaceae 19 9 Observations

Koelreuteria paniculata Laxm.

Goldenrain tree

Sapindaceae 6,069 4,277 Observations

Sapindus mukorossi Gaertn.

Reetha

Sapindaceae 9 4 Observations