Acer floridanum

Acer floridanum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Sectio: A. sect. Acer
Species: Acer floridanum

Name

Acer floridanum (Chapm.) Pax, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 243 (1886).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acer saccharinum var. floridanum Chapm., Fl. South. U.S.: 81 (1860).
• Homotypic
  • Acer saccharum Marshall subsp. floridanum (Chapm.) Desmarais, Brittonia 7: 382 (1952).
  • Acer saccharum var. floridanum (Chapm.) Small & Heller, Fl. South. U.S.: 81 (1860).
    • • Acer saccharinum subsp. floridanum (Chapm.) Wesm., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 29: 61 (1890).
  • Acer barbatum var. floridanum (Chapm.) Sarg., Gard. & Forest 4: 148 (1891).
  • Acer nigrum var. floridanum (Chapm.) Fosberg, Castanea 19: 27 (1954).
• Heterotypic
  • Acer palmifolium f. barbatum (Michx.) Schwer., Gartenflora 42: 456 (1893).
  • Acer saccharum var. barbatum (Michx.) Trel., Sugar Mapels: 7 (1894).
  • Acer saccharum f. glaucum Pax, H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 163: 75 (1902).
  • Acer floridanum var. villipes Rehder, in C.S.Sargent, Trees & Shrubs 2: 255 (1913).
  • Acer barbatum var. villipes Ashe, Bull. Charleston Mus. 14: 30 (1918).
  • Acer saccharum var. glaucum (Pax) Sarg., Bot. Gaz. 67: 233 (1919).
  • Acer barbatum var. glaucum (Pax) J.Rousseau, Naturaliste Canad. 67: 219 (1940).
  • Acer floridanum var. longii Fernald, Rhodora 44: 426 (1942).
  • Acer floridanum f. platylobum Fernald, Rhodora 44: 426 (1942).
  • Acer barbatum var. longii Fernald, Rhodora 47: 160 (1945).
  • Acer barbatum f. platylobum Fernald, Rhodora 47: 160 (1945).
  • Acer saccharum var. longii (Fernald) A.E.Murray, Kalmia 10: 2 (1980).
    

Note: Can be found as Acer saccharum Marshall subsp. floridanum, but current consensus in the USA is to accept this species - see references below.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Northern America North-Central U.S.A. Illinois, Oklahoma. South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia. Mexico Mexico Northeast. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Pax, F.A. 1886. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 7(3): 243.

Additional references

• Chester, E.W., Wofford, B.E., Shaw, J.T., Estes, D. & Webb, D.H. (eds.) 2015. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Tennessee. 813 pp., University of Tennessee Press, Knoxville. ISBN 978-1-62190-100-6. Reference page. 
• Flora of North America Editorial Committee 2024. Flora of North America North of Mexico 13: 1-566. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
• Crowley, D. 2024. Acer floridanum from the website Trees and Shrubs Online [1]. Accessed 2025-12-02.
• Gelderen, D.M. van, Jong, P.C.de & Oterdoom, H.J. 1994. Maples of the world. Timber Press, Portland, Or., 458 pp. ISBN 0-88192-000-2. Internet Archive, Lending Library Reference page. 
• Jones, R.L. 2005. Plant life of Kentucky. An illustrated guide to the vascular flora. 833 pp. Lexington, KY: The University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 0-8131-2331-3. JSTOR . Reference page. 
• Kral, R., Diamond, A.R., Ginzbarg, S., Hansen, C.J., Haynes, R.R., Keener, B.R., Lelong, M.G., Spaulding, D.D. & Woods, M. 2011. Annotated checklist of the vascular plants of Alabama. Sida Botanical Miscellany 36: 112 pp. Fort Worth: Botanical Reseach Institute of Texas. ISBN 978-1-889878-34-8 Reference page. 
• Mohlenbrock, R.H. 2014. Vascular Flora of Illinois. A Field Guide. 4th ed., 536 pp. Southern Illinois University Press, Carbondale, Ill. ISBN 978-0-8093-3208-3. Reference page. 

Links

• Barstow, M. & Crowley, D. 2017. Acer floridanum. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2017. IUCN Red List Category: Least Concern . DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T103451786A103451818.en.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Acer floridanum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 January 2. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2020. Acer floridanum. Published online. Accessed: 2 January 2020. Reference page.
• USDA NRCS PLANTS Profile

Vernacular names

• English: Southern Sugar Maple