Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acer saccharinum L. [Sapindaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
silver maple	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 59 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acer coccineum Wender. Schriften Ges. Beförd. Gesammten Naturwiss. Marburg 2: 251 (1831).
Acer dasycarpum Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 4: 24 (1784).
Acer dasycarpum subvar. albomaculatum Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 180 (1885).
Acer dasycarpum f. albovariegatum Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 1883: ? (1883).
Acer dasycarpum f. arbusculum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 162 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum f. aureomarginatum Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 436 (1891).
Acer dasycarpum var. aureovariegatum G.Nicholson Gard. Chron., n.s., 15: 137 (1881).
Acer dasycarpum f. citreovariegatum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 163 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum var. coloratum Wesm. Rev. Acer: 11 (1890).
Acer dasycarpum subvar. cuneatum Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 180 (1885).
Acer dasycarpum f. curvatum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 165 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum subvar. dissectum Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 180 (1885).
Acer dasycarpum var. dissectum (Pax) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 166 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum f. heterophyllum D.Thomson Garden (London, 1871-1927) 20: 167 (1881).
Acer dasycarpum heterophyllum-laciniatum Carrière Garden (London, 1871-1927) 20: 167 (1881).
Acer dasycarpum subvar. laciniatum Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 180 (1885).
Acer dasycarpum var. laciniatum (Pax) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 165 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum f. lacteum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 163 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum var. longifolium Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 57: 2 (1883).
Acer dasycarpum var. lutescens Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 57: 2 (1883).
Acer dasycarpum f. lutescens (Späth) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 163 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum f. macrophyllum Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 436 (1891).
Acer dasycarpum f. monstrosum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 162 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum f. nanum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 162 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum subvar. normale Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 180 (1885), not validly publ.
Acer dasycarpum f. palmatum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 163 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum var. pendulum Van Houtte Gard. Chron., n.s., 3: 19 (1875).
Acer dasycarpum f. pendulum (Van Houtte) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 163 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum f. pseudoternatum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 165 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum var. pulverulentum Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 57: 2 (1883).
Acer dasycarpum pyramidale Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 1885: ? (1885).
Acer dasycarpum f. pyramidale (Späth) Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 162 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum f. sanguineum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 162 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum f. serpentinum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 162 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum var. subtrilobatum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 163 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum f. tripartitum Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 163 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum f. weiri Schwer. Gartenflora 42: 166 (1893).
Acer dasycarpum weiri-laciniatum Späth Monatsschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 22: 20 (1879).
Acer eriocarpum Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 253 (1803).
Acer heterophyllum var. laciniatum Carrière Garden (London, 1871-1927) 20: 167 (1881).
Acer pallidum Aiton ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 11 (1840), not validly publ.
Acer pavia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 436 (1892).
Acer saccharinum f. ahlesii A.E.Murray Kalmia 11: 2 (1981).
Acer saccharinum f. laciniatum (Carrière) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 427 (1949).
Acer saccharinum f. lutescens (Späth) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 163: 39 (1902).
Acer saccharinum f. pendulum (Van Houtte) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 163: 39 (1902).
Acer saccharinum var. pseudoplatanoides Pax Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 242 (1886).
Acer saccharinum f. purpureocarpum A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 17 (1982).
Acer saccharinum f. pyramidale (Späth) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 163: 39 (1902).
Acer saccharinum f. tripartitum (Schwer.) Pax in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 163: 39 (1902).
Acer saccharinum f. variifolium V.V.Byalt & Firsov Hortus Botanicus 10: 103 (2015).
Acer saira G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 189 (1864).
Acer virginianum Mill. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 5 (1821).
Acer wagneri laciniatum Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 40: 387 (1868).
Acer weiri-laciniatum (Späth) Goeschke Wiener Ill. Gart.-Zeitung 7: 411 (1882).
Argentacer saccharinum (L.) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 825 (1933).
Argentacer saccharinum var. laciniatum (Carrière) Moldenke Castanea 9: 53 (1944).
Saccharodendron saccharinum (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 183 (1914).
Sacchrosphendamnus saccharinus (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 183 (1914).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acer saccharinum	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Acer saccharinum L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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