- Family:
- Sapindaceae Juss.
- Genus:
- Acer L.
Acer pseudoplatanus L.

Native to:
Albania, Austria, Bulgaria, Corse, Czechoslovakia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Krym, North Caucasus, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sicilia, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey-in-Europe, Ukraine, Yugoslavia
Introduced into:
Algeria, Argentina South, Belgium, Canary Is., Denmark, Great Britain, Illinois, Ireland, Kazakhstan, Madeira, Myanmar, Netherlands, New York, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Newfoundland, Sweden, Uzbekistan, Virginia
- Acer abchasicum Rupr.
- Acer atropurpureum Dippel
- Acer bohemicum C.Presl ex Opiz.
- Acer erythrocarpum Dippel
- Acer euchlorum Dippel
- Acer fieberi Opiz
- Acer majus Ray ex Gray
- Acer melliodorum Opiz
- Acer montanum Garsault
- Acer opizii Ortmann
- Acer procerum Salisb.
- Acer purpureum Dippel
- Acer quinquelobum Gilib.
- Acer rafinesquianum Dippel
- Acer villosum C.Presl
- Acer wondracekii Opiz
- Acer worleei Dippel
- English
- Golden Sycamore, Purple-leaved Sycamore, Sycamore, Variegated Sycamore
Acer pseudoplatanus L. appears in other Kew resources:
Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
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Cope, T.A. [RBG 341], Great Britain | K000914266 | Yes | |||
Wallich [1227] | Acer villosum | K000640935 | Yes | ||
Royle, J.F. [Cat. no. 1227], India | Acer villosum | K001112451 | Yes | ||
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1227], India | Acer villosum | K001112449 | Yes | ||
Blinkworth, R. [Cat. no. 1227], India | Acer villosum | K001112450 | Yes | ||
s.coll. [1227] | Acer villosum | K000640936 | Yes |
First published in Sp. Pl.: 1054 (1753)
Accepted by
- Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2013). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 5: 1-451. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 529. MIM, Deurne.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
- Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1959). Flora Uzbekistana 4: 1-507. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
Literature
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Abdulina, S.A. (1999). Spisok Sosudistykn Rastenii Kazakhstana: 1-187. Academy of Sciences, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
- Dobignard, A. & Chatelain, C. (2011). Index synonymique de la flore d'Afrique du nord 2: 1-429. Éditions des conservatoire et jardin botaniques, Genève.
- Kress, W.J., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. (2003). A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1-590. Smithsonian Institution.
- Meades, S.J. & Brouillet, L. (2019). Annotated Checklist of the Vascular Plants of Newfoundland and Labrador https://www.newfoundland-labradorflora.com/checklist/.
- Mohlenbrock, R.H. (2014). Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide, ed. 4: 1-536. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale.
- Vvedensky, A.I. (ed.) (1959). Flora Uzbekistana 4: 1-507. Izd-va Akademii nauk Uzbekskoi SSR, Tashkent.
- Werier, D. (2017). Catalogue of the Vascular plants of New York state Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club 27: 1-542.
- Zuloaga, F.O., Morrone, O. , Belgrano, M.J., Marticorena, C. & Marchesi, E. (eds.) (2008). Catálogo de las Plantas Vasculares del Cono Sur Monographs in Systematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 107: 1-3348. Missouri Botanical Garden.
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