Can anyone tell me what kind of maple this is?

daygan

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In the source page (http://taishoen.org/shopping-shoz.htm) there's a japanese heading that says "宮様楓" ... I did some digging in Chinese and they say that it's a term that is used for trident maples in Japan, though google translate gives me nothing for a proper translation, so I suppose it's not the official name. The Chinese written explanations say that they're tridents that had been exported to Japan from China... who knows...
 

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I don't think it's as simple as just being a trident. Those leaves certainly aren't from a typical acer buergerianum. The lobes on this tree are super fat. After looking over some of the stuff in Vertrees' book, the closest match I can find is the acer buergerianum "Koshi miyasama."

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But even still, it looks far different. The colors definitely don't match and these leaves look quite glossy.

Anyone else want to try? :D
 

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I'm trying again - didn't realize you wanted the exact variety .. this page and this page would indicate that it's Acer buergerianum var. formosanum - that is, as long as the heading on the tree in the link you posted is accurate.
 

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also, if you copy and paste the characters 宮様楓 into a flickr search, you should get nothing but that variety/sub-species of trident maple.
 
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