{{Short description|Species of plant in the family Sapindaceae}} {{Speciesbox | image = Acer_heidrechii_ssp_heidrechii_R0019777.JPG | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Crowley, D. |author2=Rivers, M.C. |date=2017 |title=''Acer heldreichii'' |volume=2017 |article-number=e.T193594A2244672 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T193594A2244672.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}</ref> | genus = Acer | display_parents = 2 | parent = Acer ser. Acer | species = heldreichii | authority = Orph. ex Boiss.<ref name=p>[https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id255376/ Czech Botany, Biological Library, BioLib - Acer heldreichii (Heldreich's Maple)]</ref> | range_map = Acer heldreichii range.svg | synonyms_ref = <ref name=PlantList>{{ThePlantList |id=kew-2615704 |taxon=Acer heldreichii |authority=Orph. ex Boiss.}}</ref><ref name="PlantList subspecies">{{ThePlantList |id=kew-2615708 |taxon=Acer heldreichii subsp. trautvetteri |authority=(Medw.) A.E.Murray}}</ref> | synonyms = * ''Acer macropterum'' <small>Vis.</small> * ''Acer visianii'' <small>Nyman</small> * ''Acer trautvetteri'' <small>Medw.</small> (synonym of ''Acer heldreichii'' var. ''trautvetteri'') | subdivision_ranks = Varieties | subdivision = * ''Acer heldreichii'' var. ''heldreichii'' * ''Acer heldreichii'' var. ''trautvetteri'' <small>(Medw.) A.E.Murray</small><ref name="PlantList subspecies" /> }}
'''''Acer heldreichii''''' is a species of maple in the flowering plant family Sapindaceae.<ref name=KewPOWO>{{cite web|url= https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:781328-1|title= Acer heldreichii Orph. ex Boiss.|author=<!--Not stated-->|date=n.d.|website=Plants of the World Online|publisher=The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|access-date= September 22, 2020}}</ref> Commonly called '''Balkan maple''', '''Greek maple''', '''Heldreich's maple''', or '''mountain maple'''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smith.edu/gardens/bgilib/web/imageFrameset.php?latin_name=Acer+heldreichii&cat=3 |title=Smith College Botanic Garden Plant Images |publisher=Smith.edu |date= |access-date=2012-05-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.uah.edu/admin/Fac/grounds/DECTREES.htm |title=Deciduous Trees |publisher=Uah.edu |access-date=2012-05-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120608091740/http://www.uah.edu/admin/Fac/grounds/DECTREES.htm |archive-date=2012-06-08 }}</ref><ref name="iucn status 19 November 2021" /> the species is native to the Balkan Peninsula east along the southern and eastern coasts of the Black Sea.<ref name=p/><ref>[http://www.hear.org/gcw/species/acer_heldreichii/ ''Acer heldreichii'' information from the Global Compendium of Weeds (GCW)]</ref>
''Acer heldreichii'' is a tree up to {{convert|20|m|ft|abbr=on|1}} tall<ref name="Bulgaria"/> with smooth bark.<ref name="Trees2005">{{cite book |last1=Moore |first1=D. |last2=White |first2=J. |date=2005 |orig-date=1st pub. 2002 |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Trees |edition=2nd |location= Portland, Oregon |publisher=Timber press |chapter=Maples |page=627 |isbn=0-88192-751-1}}</ref> Leaves are {{convert|5–14|cm|in|abbr=on|1}} long, deeply cut into three to five lobes<ref name="Bulgaria">[http://www.e-ecodb.bas.bg/rdb/en/vol1/Aceheldr.html Red Data Book of Bulgaria, ''Acer heldreichii''] description, color drawing, Bulgarian distribution map</ref> which turn yellow to golden brown during the fall.<ref name="Trees2005"/>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.plantsystematics.org/imgs/kcn2/r/Aceraceae_Acer_heldreichii_815.html Plant Systematics photo]
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heldreichii Category:Plants described in 1856 Category:Flora of Southeastern Europe Category:Taxa named by Theodoros G. Orphanides Category:Taxa named by Pierre Edmond Boissier
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