Graines Érable palmé, Érable japonais lisse, Acer palmatum

Palm maple, smooth Japanese maple, acer palmatum |

ThePalm maple (Acer Palmatum), or Smooth Japanese maple, is an indigenous species in China, in Korea, at Japan and at Taiwan1. It belongs to the family of Sapindaceae and in the Palmata section of Classification of maplers. This species of tree is often planted in gardens for its varied shapes and colors. Its vernacular name Smooth Japanese maple, comes from the characteristic form strongly cut out of its leaves and from the geographic origin of its classification by Naturalist Swedish, Carl Peter Thunberg during a trip to Japan.

10 seeds - cold stratification of 3/4 months

The subspecies can be differentiated depending on the shape of their leaves.

• Acer Palmatum Subp. Palmatum
• Acer Palmatum Subp. Amoenum, recognizable by its rounded lobes.
• Acer Palmatum Subp. Matsumurae, recognizable by the depth of its tapered lobes.

A more recent nomenclature Acer Palmatum as a single species, without subspecies, and creates a distinct species, Acer Amoenum, which includes the Matsumurae subspecies : Classification of maple

The 3 subspecies of Palm maple : from left to right, Acer Palmatum Standard, Amoenum and Matsumurae. The last Dissectum is more a designation than a subspecies. There are cultivars with red or green leaves in all subspecies.