Acer hyrcanum
Acer hyrcanum is a maple 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 tall. Leaves are up to 4 cm 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 Palam. - Albania; Bulgaria; Former Yugoslavia; Greece
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. keckianum Yalt. - Turkey
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. reginae-amaliae E.Murray - Greece
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. sphaerocaryum Yalt. - Turkey
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. stevenii E.Murray - Crimea
- Acer hyrcanum subsp. tauricolum Yalt. - Lebanon; Syria; Turkey