Acer palmatum

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Palmata
Species: Acer palmatum
Varietates: A. p. var. amoenum – A. p. var. matsumurae – A. p. var. palmatum

Acer palmatum Thunb., Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 911 (1784)

• Homotypic
  • Acer polymorphum var. palmatum (Thunb.) Koch, Hort. Dendrol. 89. (1853)
• Heterotypic
  • Acer dissectum Thunb., Fl. Jap. (Thunb.) 160. (1784)
  • Acer polymorphum Sieb. & Zucc., Abh. Akad. Münch. 4: II. 158. (1845)
    • Acer japonicum var. polymorphum (Sieb. & Zucc.) Veitch
  • Acer sessilifolium Sieb. & Zucc., Abh. Akad. Münch. 4: II. 158. (1845)
    • Negundo sessilifolium (Sieb. & Zucc.) Miq.,
  • Acer formosum Carr., Rev. Hort. 300. (1867)
  • Acer jucundum Carr., Rev. Hort. 380. (1867)
  • Acer eupalmatum (Schwer.) Koidz., Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 316. (1925)
  • Acer palmatum var. amabile Koidz.
  • Acer palmatum var. spectabile Koidz.
  • Acer palmatum var. quinquelobum K.Koch, Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 251. (1864)
  • Acer palmatum var. thunbergii Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 202. (1886)
  • Acer polymorphum var. thunbergii (Pax) Dieck, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 202. (1886)
  • Acer palmatum subvar eupalmatum Schwer., Gartenflora 42: 652. (1893)
    • Acer roseomarginatum var. eupalmatum (Schwer.) Koidz.
  • Acer palmatum var. pilosum Nakai, Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 59. (1919)
    • Acer palmatum f. pilosum (Nakai) M.Kim, Korean Endemic Pl. 323. (2004)

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• Bartholomew, B., Nicolson, D.H. & Nordenstam, B. 1997. Author citation of Thunberg's new species in Murray's Systema vegetabilium, ed. 14. Taxon 46(2): 311–314. DOI: 10.2307/1224099 Reference page. 

• Ohwi, J. 1965. Flora of Japan (translated by F.G. Meyer & E.M. Walker). 1067 pp. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C. BHL Reference page.  [p. 608]

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