Aceraceae
(THE MAPLE FAMILY)
Biota of North America Program
Texas A&M University Bioinformatics Working Group
Standardized nomenclature following © John T. Kartesz. 1996. Revision: A Synonymized Checklist of the Vascular Flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. The Biota of North America Program of the North Carolina Botanical Garden . This listing features updates (1996) of BONAP nomenclature, use of common names derived from BONAP data, U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service data on endangered/threatened taxa, and information on Texas taxa taken from a database developed from Stephan L. Hatch, Kancheepuram N. Gandhi, and Larry E. Brown. 1990. Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Texas (now in the process of proofing).

Acer L. - MAPLE

    barbatum Michx. Present in the Texas flora (treated as Acer saccharum Marsh. var. floridanum (Chapm.) Small & Heller by Hatch et al, 1990) and known locally as: Florida maple, southern sugar maple, sugartree (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Acer barbatum var. longii (Fern.) Fern. , Acer barbatum var. villipes (Rehd.) Ashe , Acer floridanum (Chapman) Pax , Acer floridanum var. longii Fern. , Acer floridanum var. villipes Rehd. , Acer nigrum var. floridanum (Chapman) Fosberg , Acer saccharinum var. floridanum Chapman , Acer saccharum ssp. floridanum (Chapman) Desmarais , Acer saccharum var. floridanum (Chapman) Small & Heller , Saccharodendron barbatum (Michx.) Nieuwl. , Saccharodendron floridanum (Chapman) Nieuwl.

    campestre L.

    circinatum Pursh

    X freemanii E. Murr. [rubrum X saccharinum]

    ginnala Maxim.

    glabrum Torr.

      var. diffusum (Greene) Smiley Synonymy: Acer diffusum Greene , Acer glabrum ssp. diffusum (Greene) E. Murr.

      var. douglasii (Hook.) Dippel Synonymy: Acer douglasii Hook. , Acer glabrum ssp. douglasii (Hook.) Wesmael

      var. glabrum Synonymy: Acer glabrum var. tripartitum (Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray) Pax , Acer glabrum var. typicum (Wesmael) Keller , Acer tripartitum Nutt. ex Torr. & Gray

      var. greenei Keller

      var. neomexicanum (Greene) Kearney & Peebles Synonymy: Acer glabrum ssp. neomexicanum (Greene) E. Murr. , Acer glabrum var. parviflorum E. Murr. , Acer neomexicanum Greene

      var. torreyi (Greene) Smiley Synonymy: Acer glabrum ssp. torreyi (Greene) E. Murr. , Acer torreyi Greene

    grandidentatum Nutt.

      var. grandidentatum Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Acer saccharum ssp. grandidentatum (Nutt.) Desmarais , Acer saccharum var. grandidentatum (Nutt.) Sudworth , Saccharodendron grandidentatum (Nutt.) Nieuwl.

      var. sinuosum (Rehd.) Little Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Uvalde bigtoothed maple, limerock maple (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Acer brachypterum Woot. & Standl. , Acer grandidentatum var. brachypterum (Woot. & Standl.) Palmer , Acer saccharum ssp. brachypterum (Woot. & Standl.) E. Murr. , Acer saccharum var. sinuosum (Rehd.) Sarg. , Acer sinuosum Rehd.

    leucoderme Small Present in the Texas flora (treated as Acer saccharum Marsh. var. leucoderme (Small) Sarg. by Hatch et al, 1990) and known locally as: Chalk maple (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Acer nigrum var. leucoderme (Small) Fosberg , Acer saccharum ssp. leucoderme (Small) Desmarais , Acer saccharum var. leucoderme (Small) Rehd. , Saccharodendron leucoderme (Small) Nieuwl.

    macrophyllum Pursh

    negundo L.

      var. arizonicum Sarg.

      var. californicum (Torr. & Gray) Sarg. Synonymy: Acer negundo ssp. californicum (Torr. & Gray) Wesmael , Negundo californicum Torr. & Gray

      var. interius (Britt.) Sarg. Synonymy: Acer interius Britt. , Acer negundo ssp. interius (Britt.) A.& D. Löve , Negundo aceroides ssp. interius (Britt.) A.& D. Löve , Negundo interius (Britt.) Rydb.

      var. negundo Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Negundo aceroides (L.) Moench , Negundo negundo (L.) Karst.

      var. texanum Pax Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Texas boxelder (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Acer negundo ssp. latifolium (Pax) Schwerin

      var. violaceum (Kirchn.) Jaeger Synonymy: Negundo aceroides ssp. violaceum (Kirchn.) W.A. Weber

    nigrum Michx. f. Synonymy: Acer nigrum var. palmeri Sarg. , Acer saccharum ssp. nigrum (Michx. f.) Desmarais , Acer saccharum var. nigrum (Michx. f.) Britt. , Acer saccharum var. viride (Schmidt) E. Murr. , Saccharodendron nigrum (Michx. f.) Small

    palmatum Thunb.

    pensylvanicum L.

    platanoides L. Synonymy: Acer platanoides var. schwedleri Nichols.

    pseudoplatanus L.

    rubrum L.

      var. drummondii (Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt.) Sarg. Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Drummond red maple (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Acer drummondii Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt. , Acer rubrum ssp. drummondii (Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt.) E. Murr. , Rufacer drummondii (Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt.) Small

      var. rubrum Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Acer rubrum var. tomentosum Tausch , Acer stenocarpum Britt. , Rufacer rubrum (L.) Small

      var. trilobum Torr. & Gray ex K. Koch Present in the Texas flora, local name unknown. (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Acer carolinianum Walt. , Acer rubrum var. tridens Wood , Rufacer carolinianum (Walt.) Small

    saccharinum L. Synonymy: Acer dasycarpum Ehrh. , Acer saccharinum var. laciniatum Pax , Acer saccharinum var. wieri Rehd. , Argentacer saccharinum (L.) Small

    saccharum Marsh.

      var. saccharum Present in the Texas flora and known locally as: Sugar maple, rock maple (Texas Distribution by vegetation zone) Synonymy: Acer nigrum var. glaucum (F. Schmidt) Fosberg , Acer nigrum var. saccharophorum (K. Koch) Clausen , Acer saccharum var. glaucum (F. Schmidt) Sarg. , Saccharodendron saccharum (Marsh.) Moldenke

      var. schneckii Rehd. Synonymy: Acer saccharum ssp. ozarkense E. Murr. , Acer saccharum ssp. schneckii (Rehd.) Desmarais , Acer saccharum var. rugellii (Pax) Rehd.

    X senecaense Slavin [leucoderme X saccharum]

    spicatum Lam.

    tataricum L.


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