Acer cappadocicum

Acer cappadocicum
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Acer cappadocicum is listed as Least Concern.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids II
Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Platanoidea
Species:
Subspecies: A. c. subsp. cappadocicum – A. c. subsp. divergens – A. c. subsp. sinicum

Name

Acer cappadocicum Gled., Schriften Berlin. Ges. Naturf. Freunde 6: 116 (1785).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Europe
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Italy.
  • Asia-Temperate
    • Middle Asia
      • Tadzhikistan.
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus, Transcaucasus.
    • Western Asia
      • Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey.
    • China
      • China North-Central, China South-Central, Tibet.
  • Asia-Tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Pakistan, West Himalaya.
    • Indo-China
      • Myanmar.
    • Introduced into:
      • Great Britain, Ireland, Spain.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Additional references

  • Greuter, W., Burdet, H.M. & Long, G. (eds.) 1984. Med-Checklist. A critical inventory of vascular plants of the circum-mediterranean countries. Vol. 1: Pteridophyta (ed. 2), Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones (Acanthaceae – Cneoraceae). c + 330 pp., Conservatoire et Jardin Botaniques, Genève 1984. ISBN 2-8277-0151-0. Online version. Reference page. 
  • Grierson, A.J.C. & Long, D.G. 2001. Flora of Bhutan 2: 1–1675. Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh. ISBN 1-872291-02-3 Reference page. 
  • Kress, W.J.E., DeFilipps, R.A., Farr, E.R. & Kyi, D.Y.Y. 2003. A Checklist of the Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Climbers of Myanmar (Revised from the original works by J. H. Lace, R. Rodger, H. G. Hundley, and U Chit Ko Ko on the "List of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs and Principal Climbers, etc. Recorded from Burma"). Contributions from the United States National Herbarium 45: 1–590. Smithsonian Institution. JSTOR BHL Reference page. 
  • Güner, A., Aslan, S., Ekim, T., Vural, M. & Babaç, M.T. (eds.) 2012. Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi (Damarlı Bitkiler). Nezahat Gökyiğit Botanik Bahçesi ve Flora Araştırmaları Derneği Yayını. İstanbul. ISBN 978-605-60425-7-7. Online edition. Reference page. 
  • Litvinskaya, S.A. & Murtazaliev, R.A. 2013. Flora of the Northern Caucasus: An Atlas and Identification Book [in Russian]. 688 pp., Fiton XXI, Moscow. ISBN 978-5-906171-22-1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • العربية: قيقب كابادوكيا
  • dansk: Tyrkisk Løn
  • Deutsch: Kolchischer Ahorn
  • English: Cappadocian Maple
  • español: Arce de Capadocia
  • فارسی: شیردار
  • français: Érable de Cappadoce
  • magyar: Pontusi juhar
  • Nederlands: Colchische esdoorn
  • polski: Klon kolchidzki
  • русский: Клён колхидский
  • Türkçe: Beşparmak akçaağaç
  • 中文: 青皮槭
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