Acer palmatum
Common names
Japanese maple
Biostatus
Exotic
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
Conservation status
Not applicable
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Sapindaceae
Other information
Etymology
acer: Thought to be derived from the Latin acer ‘hard’ or ‘sharp’, the wood once having been used for writing tablets
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
ACEPAL