Acer cappadocicum
Kolchischer maple
The Colchian maple (Acer cappadocicum ) is a species of the genus maples ( Acer) in the family of Soapberry ( Sapindaceae ).
The Colchian maple is closely related to the Spitz maple (Acer platanoides ). Its great range extends from the Mediterranean across Asia to China.
Description
It is a twelve to 20 feet tall expectant tree. Young twigs are often frosted, until the second year glossy green or reddish. On older branches and trunk the bark is relatively smooth, the color ranges from dark brown to pale whitish gray.
The thin, paper-like leaves are usually siebenlappig, five to 14 inches wide, the length slightly larger. At the base cordate rounded, pointed lobes triangular- ovate, long, the two lower much smaller than the top five. They are entire, the upper side dull dark green and light green, glossy, web annoying. The stem is five to 15 centimeters long, with milky sap in it. In shoots, the leaves are colored fresh bright green, the autumn color is golden yellow to red.
The Colchian maple is monoecious. The flowers are pale yellow, about 15 to 20 in small, wide, loose, upright cymes. Each flower has five sepals and five petals. Male flowers contain eight stamens, female the gynoecium with two styluses. It blooms in late May.
The fruits are schizocarps with wide-angle, spread, three to five inches long wings.
Dissemination
The distribution area of Colchis maple extends from southern Italy to the Caucasus in West Asia eastward to the Himalayas and to the west of China.
It comes in deciduous mountain forests against a tree crown of the lower layer.
System
The Colchian maple is classified within the genus of the maples in the section Platanoidea. The section name already indicates on its relationship with the pointed maple ( Acer platanoides ). In East Asia, there are a number of other related species, some of which were already considered a subspecies of Colchian maple as Acer amplum, Acer longipes or Acer shenkanense.
Was scientifically described the maple Colchian first in 1785 by Johann Gottlieb Gleditsch. The following sub- types can be distinguished:
- Acer cappadocicum ssp. cappadocicum - The nominate is spread from Asia Minor, the Black Sea region, the Caucasus to the Himalayas and into western China. The leaves are usually siebenlappig and relatively large. From this subspecies two varieties were read out: ' Aureum ' - leaves yellowish to yellow-green, growing weaker.
- ' Rubrum ' - reddish leaves.
- Acer cappadocicum ssp. sinicum ( Rehder ) Hand. - Mazz. - This just in China -based subspecies has fünflappige leaves that remain quite small with six to eight inches. Petiole and fruit are reddish in color.
Cultivated form
The Zöschener maple (Acer × zoeschense ) is a garden hybrids with the field maple ( Acer campestre ). It is sometimes planted in the slightly red-leaved variety ' Annae '.