Balkan maple-tree

Balkan maple-tree
	Taurus maple (Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum) in Autumn, Horsh Ehden Nature Reserve, Lebanon.
Scientific classification
Missing taxonomy template (fix):	Acer ser. Monspessulana
Species:	A. hyrcanum
Binomial name
	Acer hyrcanum; Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 1838
	Distribution
Synonyms
	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 ;

The Balkan maple (Acer hyrcanum) is a maple.^[1] It grows in southeastern Europe and western Asia.^[2]

Description

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 due to a layer of wax.^[3] The flowers open in early spring and are greenish-yellow in colour, arranged in short-stalked corymbs.^[3] The fruits are hairless samaras, up to 3 cm (1.18 inches) 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

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "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
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Bean's Trees and Shrubs". www.beanstreesandshrubs.org. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "Acer hyrcanum - Trees and Shrubs Online". www.treesandshrubsonline.org. Retrieved 2025-03-26.
↑ [{{#property:P1421|}} "{{#Property:P225}}"] Check |url= value (help). Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 January 2018.

External links

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

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[tabby-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — The Plant List". theplantlist.org.

[2] 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

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 ^3.2 "Bean's Trees and Shrubs". www.beanstreesandshrubs.org. Retrieved 2025-03-26.

[:1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 ^4.2 "Acer hyrcanum - Trees and Shrubs Online". www.treesandshrubsonline.org. Retrieved 2025-03-26.

[5] [{{#property:P1421|}} "{{#Property:P225}}"] Check |url= value (help). Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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