Acer hyrcanum is a maple species sometimes referred to as Balkan maple.[1] It grows in southeastern Europe and western Asia.[2]
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Taurus maple (Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum) in Autumn, Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve, Lebanon. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Sapindales |
Family: | Sapindaceae |
Genus: | Acer |
Section: | Acer sect. Acer |
Series: | Acer ser. Monspessulana |
Species: | A. hyrcanum
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Binomial name | |
Acer hyrcanum | |
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Acer hyrcanum is a deciduous tree up to 15 meters (50 feet) tall. Leaves are up to 4 cm (1.6 inches) across, usually 5-lobed but occasionally with only 3 lobes, dark green on top, lighter green underneath because of a layer of wax.[3]
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. hyrcanum - Armenia; Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. intermedium (Pančić) Palam. - Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. keckianum (Asch. & Sint. ex Pax) Yalt. - Turkey
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. reginae-amaliae (Orph. ex Boiss.) E.Murray - Greece
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. sphaerocaryum Yalt. - Turkey
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. stevenii (Pojark.) E.Murray - Crimea
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum (Boiss. & Balansa) Yalt. - Lebanon; Syria; Turkey
References
edit- ^ a b c "Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org.
- ^ The Book of Leaves: A Leaf-by-Leaf Guide to Six Hundred of the World's Great Trees Allen J. Coombes University of Chicago Press, Dec 10, 2014
- ^ Bean's Trees and Shrubs, Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & Mey./
- ^ "Acer hyrcanum". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
External links
edit- Henriette Kress, Henriette's Herbal Homepage: Acer hyrcanum — includes photos of the leaves of each of the subspecies.