Acer hyrcanum

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

Acer hyrcanum
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
Binomial name
Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. 1838
Distribution
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

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