Acer pseudoplatanus
"Acer pseudoplatanus" was first described by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in his "Species Plantarum" in 1753. It is the type species in the maple genus "Acer". Many forms and varieties have been proposed, including natural varieties such as var. "macrocarpum" Spach, var. "microcarpum" Spach, and var. "tomentosum" Tausch, and forms such as f. "erythrocarpum" (Carrière) Pax, f. "purpureum" (Loudon) Rehder, and f. "variegatum" (Weston) Rehder. These are all now considered to be synonyms of "Acer pseudoplatanus" L.