Acer hyrcanum explained

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]

• 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

External links

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & C.A.Mey. — The Plant List. theplantlist.org.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=KsveBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT2293 The Book of Leaves
3. http://www.beanstreesandshrubs.org/browse/acer/acer-hyrcanum-fisch-mey Bean's Trees and Shrubs, Acer hyrcanum Fisch. & Mey.