Acer hyrcanum
Species of maple
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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. | |
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| 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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| Acer hyrcanum | |
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Description
Acer hyrcanum is a deciduous tree up to 15 metres (49 feet) tall. Leaves are up to 4 cm (1.6 in) across, usually 5-lobed but occasionally with only 3 lobes, dark green on top, lighter green underneath because of a layer of wax.[3] The flowers open in early spring and are greenish-yellow in color, arranged in short-stalked corymbs.[3] The fruits are hairless samaras, up to 3 cm (1.2 in) long.[3][4] The grayish-brown bark fissures irregularly when old.[4]
Uses
Most of the subspecies of Acer hyrcanum are grown in cultivation.[4]
Subspecies
List of subspecies of Acer hyrcanum:[1][5]
- 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
