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Acer palmatum, commonly known as Japanese maple, [3] palmate maple, [4] or smooth Japanese maple [5] (Korean: danpungnamu, 단풍나무, Japanese: irohamomiji, イロハモミジ, or momiji, (栴)), is a species of woody plant native to Korea, Japan, China, eastern Mongolia, and southeast Russia. [6]
Acer pycnanthum, the Japanese red maple, (ハナノキ, hananoki, or 花の木, hanakaede, meaning "flower maple") is a species of maple native to Japan, and introduced to Korea. [3] A tree usually about 20 m, reaching 30 m, it prefers to grow in relict mountain wetlands. It flowers in April, prior to the emergence of leaves. [4]
Acer diabolicum, the horned maple or devil maple, [2] is a species of maple that is endemic to central and southern Japan. There it is known as カジカエデ, kaji kaede [a] or オニモミジ, oni‑momiji, [b] and is planted as an ornamental. It is occasionally planted as an ornamental outside Japan.
Language of flowers – cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers; Hanakotoba, also known as 花言葉 – Japanese form of the language of flowers; List of national flowers – flowers that represent specific geographic areas
The following is a list of accepted species ordered alphabetically. Living species are from the Plants of the World Online database, [ 1 ] which is maintained by Kew Botanical Garden in London, with additions of extinct species from paleobotanical literature.
Acer japonicum, fullmoon maple, or downy Japanese-maple [2] (Japanese: はうちは楓, romanized: hauchiwakaede), is a species of maple native to Japan, on Honshū, Hokkaidō, Kyūshū (Nagasaki Prefecture), and also southern Korea.
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Japan has significant diversity in flora. Of approximately 5,600 total vascular plant species, almost 40% are endemic. [1] This richness is due to the significant variation in latitude and altitude across the country, a diversity of climatic conditions due to monsoons, and multiple geohistorical incidences of connections with the mainland.