''Acer hyrcanum'' is a
maple
''Acer'' () is a genus of trees and shrubs commonly known as maples. The genus is placed in the family Sapindaceae.Stevens, P. F. (2001 onwards). Angiosperm Phylogeny Website. Version 9, June 2008 nd more or less continuously updated since http ...
species sometimes referred to as Balkan maple.
It grows in southeastern Europe and western Asia.
''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.
;Subspecies
*''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 Herbarl Homepage: ''Acer hyrcanum''
— ''includes photos of the leaves of each of the subspecies''.
hyrcanum
Flora of Europe
Flora of Western Asia
Trees of Europe
Trees of Western Asia
Plants described in 1838
Taxa named by Carl Anton von Meyer
Taxa named by Friedrich Ernst Ludwig von Fischer
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