Acer hyrcanum

Acer hyrcanum

Taurus maple (Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum) in Autumn, Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve, Lebanon.

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Sapindales
Family:	Sapindaceae
Genus:	Acer
Species:	A. hyrcanum
Binomial name
*Acer hyrcanum* Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 1838
Synonyms^[1]
List Acer amaliae Orph. ex Boiss. Acer hyrcanum var. paradoxum Bornm. & Sint. Acer italum var. hyrcanum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Pax Acer italum subsp. hyrcanum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) Pax Acer italum var. serbicum Pax Acer italum f. serbicum (Pax) Schwer. Acer monspessulanum var. lycicum Bornm. Acer opalus subsp. hyrcanum (Fisch. & C.A.Mey.) A.E.Murray Acer opalus var. paradoxum (Bornm. & Sint.) A.E.Murray Acer intermedium Pančić Acer keckianum (Asch. & Sint. ex Pax) Asch. & Sint. ex Pojark. Acer reginae-amaliae Orph. ex Boiss. Acer stevenii Pojark. Acer libani Pojark. Acer reygassei Boiss. & Blanche Acer tauricolum Boiss. & Balansa

Acer hyrcanum is a maple species sometimes referred to as Balkan maple.^[1] It grows in southeastern Europe and western Asia.^[2]

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]

Subspecies^[1]^[4]

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

1 2 3 "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./
↑ United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, Beltsville Area, Germplasm Resources Information Network, Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & C. A. Mey.

External links

Henriette Kress, Henriette's Herbarl Homepage: Acer hyrcanum — includes photos of the leaves of each of the subspecies.

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