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Acer hyrcanum

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

Description

Acer hyrcanum is a deciduous tree up to tall. Leaves are up to across, usually 5-lobed but occasionally with only 3 lobes, dark green on top, lighter green underneath because of a layer of wax. The flowers open in early spring and are greenish-yellow in color, arranged in short-stalked corymbs. The fruits are hairless samaras, up to long. The grayish-brown bark fissures irregularly when old.

Uses

Most of the subspecies of Acer hyrcanum are grown in cultivation.

Subspecies

List of subspecies of Acer hyrcanum:

  • Acer hyrcanum subsp. hyrcanum - Armenia; Azerbaijan, Turkey, Iran
  • Acer hyrcanum subsp. intermedium <small>(Pančić) Palam.</small> - Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece
  • Acer hyrcanum subsp. keckianum <small>(Asch. & Sint. ex Pax) Yalt.</small> - Turkey
  • Acer hyrcanum subsp. reginae-amaliae <small>(Orph. ex Boiss.) E.Murray</small> - Greece
  • Acer hyrcanum subsp. sphaerocaryum <small>Yalt.</small> - Turkey
  • Acer hyrcanum subsp. stevenii <small>(Pojark.) E.Murray</small> - Crimea
  • Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum <small>(Boiss. & Balansa) Yalt.</small> - Lebanon; Syria; Turkey

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