Acer negundo L.

English: Manitoba Maple, Western Boxelder

German: Eschen Ahorn

Mandarin: 复叶枫 (fu ye feng)

Portuguese: Bordo-negundo

Kingdom: Plantae (2593)

  Phylum: Tracheophyta (2490)

    Class: Magnoliopsida (2105)

      Order: Sapindales (67)

        Family: Sapindaceae (15)(family description)

          Genus: Acer (8)

            Epithet: negundo L. (1)

Synonyms: Acer lobatum Raf., Negundo mexicanum DC., Rulac negundo (Linnaeus) Hitchcock, Rulac texana (Pax) Small

lobatum => divided into or bearing lobes

mexicanum => from or of Mexico

negundo => derived from the Sanskrit name of the plant Vitex negundo because of similarity of the leaves

texana => from Texas, USA

Climate: temperate

Habitat: mesophytic

Habit: tree

Flower colour: green, red

Check for Acer negundo at

World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI

• [823] Acer negundo - Plants For A Future database
• [1786] Acer negundo - Pacific Island Ecosystems at Risk (PIER)

• [5] Aas, G. and Riedmiller, A. (2001): Trees of Britain and Europe. Harper Collins, London, UK.
• [3] González, G.L. (2004): Guia de los árboles y arbustos de la Península Iberica y Baleares. Mundi-Prensa Libros, Madrid, Spain.
• [37] Schütt et al. (2006): Enzyklopädie der Laubbäume. Nikol, Hamburg, Germany.