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Genus: Acer (maples)

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Acer sp. in Cape Town garden.  [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

 

Species cultivated in southern Africa

List from Glen (2002).

Acer buergerianum (Chinese maple)

Indigenous to China and Taiwan.

 

Acer campestre (Field maple)

Indigenous to Europe and western Asia.

 

Acer circinatum (Vine maple)

Indigenous to western USA.

 

Acer davidii

Indigenous to China.

 

Acer diabolicum (Kaji-Kaede)

Indigenous to Japan.

 

Acer ginnala (Amur maple)

Indigenous to NE Asia.

 

Acer griseum (Paperbark maple)

Indigenous to China.

Acer hookeri (Lahara kapasi)

Indigenous from India to China.

 

Acer japonicum (Hauchiwa-kaede)

Indigenous to Japan.

 

Acer mono

Indigenous from Siberia to Japan.

 

Acer monspessulanum (Montpelier maple)

Indigenous from the Mediterranean to Iran.

 

Acer negundo (Ash-leaved maple, Box elder)

Indigenous from Canada to Mexico. 

 

Acer oblongum (Buzimpala)

Indigenous from India to China.

 

Acer palmatum (Japanese maple)

Indigenous to Japan, Korea and Taiwan.

 

Acer platanoides (Norway maple)

Indigenous from Europe through to the Caucasus.

 

Acer pseudoplatanus (Sycamore maple)

Indigenous to Europe.

 

Acer rubrum (Red maple)

Indigenous to eastern Canada and USA.

 

Acer rufinerve (Uri-hada-kaede)

Indigenous to Japan.

 

Acer saccharinum (White maple)

Indigenous to eastern Canada and USA.

 

Acer saccharum (Sugar maple)

Indigenous to eastern Canada and USA.

 

Publications

  • Glen, H.F. 2002. Cultivated Plants of Southern Africa. Jacana, Johannesburg.

 


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