''Acer hyrcanum'' is a
maple
''Acer'' is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the soapberry family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated si ...
species sometimes referred to as Balkan maple.
It grows in southeastern Europe and western Asia.
Description
''Acer hyrcanum'' is a
deciduous
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tree up to tall. Leaves are up to across, usually 5-lobed but occasionally with only 3 lobes, dark green on top, lighter green underneath because of a layer of wax.
The flowers open in early spring and are greenish-yellow in color, arranged in short-stalked
corymbs.
The fruits are hairless
samaras, up to long.
The grayish-brown bark fissures irregularly when old.
Uses
Most of the
subspecies
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of ''Acer hyrcanum'' are grown in cultivation.
Subspecies
List of
subspecies
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of ''Acer hyrcanum'':
*''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
External links
Henriette Kress, Henriette's Herbal Homepage: ''Acer hyrcanum''— ''includes photos of the leaves of each of the subspecies''.
hyrcanum
Flora of Europe
Flora of Western Asia
Flora of the Transcaucasus
Plants described in 1838
Taxa named by Carl Anton von Meyer
Taxa named by Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer
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