Acer saccharum, the sugar maple, is a species of flowering plant in the soapberry and lychee family Sapindaceae. It is native to the hardwood forests of eastern Canada and the eastern United States.[3] Sugar maple is best known for being the primary source of maple syrup and for its brightly colored fall foliage.[4] It may also be called "rock maple," "sugar tree," "sweet maple," or, particularly in reference to the wood, "hard maple,"[5] "birds-eye maple," or "curly maple," the last two being specially figured lumber.[6][7]
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Scientific classification |
Kingdom: |
Plantae |
Clade: |
Tracheophytes |
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Angiosperms |
Clade: |
Eudicots |
Clade: |
Rosids |
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Sapindales |
Family: |
Sapindaceae |
Genus: |
Acer |
Section: |
Acer sect. Acer |
Series: |
Acer ser. Saccharodendron |
Species: |
A. saccharum |
Binomial name |
Acer saccharum
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Native range of Acer saccharum |
Synonyms[2] |
- Acer barbatum auct. non Michx.
- Acer barbatum f. commune Ashe
- Acer floridanum (Chapm.) Pax
- Acer hispidum Schwer.
- Acer leucoderme Small
- Acer nigrum F. Michx.
- Acer nigrum var. glaucum (Schmidt) Fosberg
- Acer nigrum subsp. saccharophorum (K.Koch) R.T.Clausen
- Acer palmifolium Borkh.
- Acer palmifolium var. concolor Schwer.
- Acer palmifolium f. euconcolor Schwer.
- Acer palmifolium f. glabratum Schwer.
- Acer palmifolium f. glaucum (Pax) Schwer.
- Acer palmifolium var. glaucum Sarg.
- Acer palmifolium f. integrilobum Schwer.
- Acer rugelii Pax
- Acer saccharinum var. glaucum Pax
- Acer saccharinum var. viride Schmidt
- Acer saccharophorum K.Koch
- Acer saccharophorum f. angustilobatum Vict. & J.Rousseau
- Acer saccharophorum f. conicum (Fernald) J.Rousseau
- Acer saccharophorum f. glaucum (Schmidt) J.Rousseau
- Acer saccharophorum var. rugelii (Pax) J.Rousseau
- Acer saccharophorum var. subvestitum Vict. & Roll.-Germ.
- Acer saccharum f. angustilobatum (Vict. & J.Rousseau) A.E.Murray
- Acer saccharum f. conicum Fernald
- Acer saccharum f. euconcolor Pax
- Acer saccharum f. glabratum Pax
- Acer saccharum f. glaucum (Schmidt) Pax
- Acer saccharum var. glaucum (Schmidt) Sarg.
- Acer saccharum var. glaucum Pax
- Acer saccharum f. hispidum (Schwer.) A.E.Murray
- Acer saccharum f. integrilobum Pax
- Acer saccharum f. pubescens Pax
- Acer saccharum var. quinquelobulatum A.E.Murray
- Acer saccharum f. rubrocarpum A.E.Murray
- Acer saccharum f. subvestitum (Vict. & Roll.-Germ.) A.E.Murray
- Acer saccharum f. truncatum Pax
- Acer saccharum f. villipes (Rehder) A.E.Murray
- Acer saccharum f. villosum Pax
- Acer saccharum var. viride (Schmidt) A.E.Murray
- Acer saccharophorum K.Koch
- Acer skutchii Rehder
- Acer subglaucum Bush
- Acer subglaucum var. sinuosum Bush
- Acer treleaseanum Bush
- Saccharodendron saccharum (Marshall) Moldenke
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