Acer lobelii
The Calabrian maple (Acer cappadocicum subsp. Lobelii ), also called Lobels maple or Calabrian Norway maple, is a subspecies of Colchian maple (Acer cappadocicum ) from the kind of maples ( Acer). It is closely related to the Spitz maple (Acer platanoides ), occasionally he is listed as a separate species (Acer lobelii ). The species or subspecies name honors the French botanist Matthias de L' Obel.
Description
The Calabrian maple grows as a tree, and usually reaches stature heights 12-15 meters, in exceptional cases up to 20 meters. The tree crown is shaped and erect, columnar or pyramidal ( subspecies feature ). The bark of the branches is blue-green frosting ( subspecies feature ), rarely purple-brown. On older branches, the bark on whitish stripes.
The constantly against arranged on the branches leaves are petiolate 6 to 10 inches long. The petiole leads milky sap. The simple leaf blade is 12 to 15 inches wide and just as long, cordate at the base, five-lobed with triangular, long- pointed, ganzrandigen cloth. The leaf margin is entire to wavy ( subspecies feature ). The lobes exhibit - characteristic of this subspecies - forward. The Spreitenoberseite is glossy dark green, the underside more blue-green. The top is hairless, the nerve axils of the lower leaf surface usually have hair on. The autumn color is golden yellow.
In its heyday in May trugdolige short inflorescences are formed. The pedicels and calyx are soft hairy. The yellow- green, five petals have a diameter of about 5 millimeters and appear simultaneously with the foliage.
The gap fruits have almost horizontally spread, 2 to 3 inches long wings and flat seeds. Also at the site, they are often pollinated incomplete.
System
Michele Tenore 1819 Acer lobelii described from the mountains of the Gulf of Naples. Synonyms are Acer platanoides var integrilobum exchange (1829 ), Acer planatnoides var lobelii ( Tenore ) Loudon (1838 ), Acer lobelii subsp. tenorei Pax (1886 ) and Acer lobelii forma normal Schwerin ( 1893).
Dissemination
The Calabrian Maple has its natural deposits in the south of Italy. He mainly grows in mountain forests in the mountains of Calabria Sila and Pollino, but he is also in neighboring areas in the regions of Basilicata and Campania ago. As an ornamental tree of the Calabrian maple was introduced around 1865.