Details for: PI 583791, Acer rubrum L., 'Somerset'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Acer rubrum L.

Cultivar:

'Somerset'

Origin:

Developed – District of Columbia, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

29 Jul 1994

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Acer rubrum L.

Cultivar:

'Somerset'

Origin:

Developed – District of Columbia, United States

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

29 Jul 1994

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Cutting

Life Form:

Tree

Life Habit:

Tree

Source History

Developed

1982.
District of Columbia, United States

Developer(s):

Townsend, A.M., U.S. National Arboretum

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Somerset'

Type: Cultivar name

NA 59905

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

Original USNA accession of this PI.

Narrative

Produces only male flowers; no fruit. Significant level of tolerance to potato leafhopper. Outstanding red autumn color combined with unusually broad range of adaptability. Crown shape moderately ovate. Leaves average 96mm long x 109mm wide. Height at 12 yrs. old 7m, and crown spread 3.3m. Summer leaf color green. Bark light gray and smooth when young, gradually becoming dark gray and fissured into long scaly ridges. Suitable from USDA zones 4 through 8. Easily propagated by softwood cuttings. Excellent street, lawn, highway, or park trees. Especially useful as shade trees for residential properties.

Acer rubrum L.

Genus:

Acer

Section:

Rubra

Family:

Sapindaceae

Subfamily:

Hippocastanoideae

Tribe:

Acereae

Nomen number:

1220

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 2:1055. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

04/06/1999 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Acer rubrum L. var. drummondii (Hook. & Arn. ex Nutt.) Sarg. (1 active accession[s])
Acer rubrum L. var. rubrum (0 active accession[s])
Acer rubrum L. var. tomentosum (Du Tour) Tausch (0 active accession[s])
Acer rubrum L. var. trilobum K. Koch (1 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Autonym(s)
Acer rubrum L. f. rubrum

Common names

Language	Name	note	seq	Citation
English	red maple		1	Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. 1999. World economic plants: a standard reference CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.
English (Canada)	red maple	Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada official name	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 169.
French (Canada)	érable rouge	Agriculture & Agroalimentaire Canada nom officiel	2	Darbyshire, S. J. 2003. Inventory of Canadian Agricultural Weeds Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. 169.
German	Rotahorn		2	Encke, F. et al. 1993. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 14. Auflage
Italian	acero rosso		2	International Seed Testing Association. 1971. A Multilingual Glossary of Common Plant-Names 2. Trees.
Swedish	rödlönn		2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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