Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala

Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala
Amur maple in fruit, beside the Amur River in Khabarovsk Krai, Russia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Ginnala
Species:
Subspecies:
A. t. subsp. ginnala
Trinomial name
Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala
(Maxim.) Wesm. (1890)
Synonyms
  • Acer ginnala Maxim. (1856)
  • Acer acinatum Voss (1894)
  • Acer tataricum var. laciniatum Regel (1857)

Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala, the Amur maple, often treated as a distinct species Acer ginnala, is a plant species with woody stems native to northeastern Asia from easternmost Mongolia east to Korea and Japan, and north to the Russian Far East in the Amur River valley. It is a small maple with deciduous leaves that is sometimes grown as a garden subject, in parks, or as a street tree.