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I happened upon a pair of plain, sorry that word does not apply to any Japanese Maple. I'll start again.

I came upon a pair of green Japanese Maples either side of a gateway in a walled garden in Castle Kennedy just outside of Stranraer in South West Scotland. I was actually there to see some very fine Paper Bark Maples but more of that later.

The short answer is yes!

It's all in the Latin you see. Over the years when horticulture was rapidly evolving there was a need to classify all plants so people anywhere in the world would know what's what. The pioneer plantsmen could have come up with a numerical system of naming or all manner of written descriptive titles but a near dead language, Latin, fitted the bill perfectly.