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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 buergerianum Miq.

Trident maple

Sapindaceae 328 207 Observations

Acer campestre L.

Common Maple

Sapindaceae 11,565 9,241 Observations

Acer capillipes Maxim. ex Miq.

Japanese Striped Maple

Sapindaceae 12 9 Observations

Acer cappadocicum Gled.

Cappadocian Maple

Sapindaceae 178 121 Observations

Acer carpinifolium Siebold & Zucc.

Hornbeam maple

Sapindaceae 20 13 Observations

Acer circinatum Pursh

Vine maple

Sapindaceae 262 229 Observations

Acer cissifolium (Siebold & Zucc.) K.Koch

Japanese box-elder

Sapindaceae 33 17 Observations

Acer crataegifolium Siebold & Zucc.

Hawthorn maple

Sapindaceae 1 1 Observation

Acer davidii Franch.

Father David's maple

Sapindaceae 235 161 Observations

Acer griseum (Franch.) Pax

Paperbark maple

Sapindaceae 419 271 Observations

Acer heldreichii Orph. ex Boiss.

Heldrich's maple

Sapindaceae 7 5 Observations

Acer japonicum Thunb.

Downy Japanese-maple

Sapindaceae 735 609 Observations

Acer macrophyllum Pursh

Bigleaf maple

Sapindaceae 755 685 Observations

Acer mandshuricum Maxim.

Manchurian maple

Sapindaceae 6 6 Observations

Acer maximowiczianum Miq.

Nikko maple

Sapindaceae 7 4 Observations

Acer monspessulanum L.

Montpellier Maple

Sapindaceae 2,250 1,675 Observations

Acer negundo L.

Boxelder

Sapindaceae 9,790 7,369 Observations

Acer palmatum Thunb.

Japanese maple

Sapindaceae 7,868 6,691 Observations

Acer pensylvanicum L.

Striped maple

Sapindaceae 587 530 Observations

Acer platanoides L.

Norway maple

Sapindaceae 10,372 8,053 Observations

Acer pseudoplatanus L.

Sycamore maple

Sapindaceae 13,232 10,592 Observations

Acer rubrum L.

Red maple

Sapindaceae 4,141 3,507 Observations

Acer rufinerve Siebold & Zucc.

Grey-bud snakebark maple

Sapindaceae 25 11 Observations

Acer saccharinum L.

Sugar Maple

Sapindaceae 4,826 3,829 Observations

Acer shirasawanum Koidz.

Shirasawa's maple

Sapindaceae 24 13 Observations

Acer sieboldianum Miq.

Siebold's maple

Sapindaceae 8 2 Observations

Acer spicatum Lam.

Mountain maple

Sapindaceae 238 222 Observations

Acer spp.

 

Sapindaceae 2 1 Observation

Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala (Maxim.) Wesm.

Amur Maple

Sapindaceae 19 10 Observations

Acer triflorum Kom.

Three-flower maple

Sapindaceae 29 16 Observations

Acer truncatum Bunge

Shantung maple

Sapindaceae 36 17 Observations

Acer velutinum Boiss.

Velvet maple

Sapindaceae 9 3 Observations