Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Sapindales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Diaphoretickes Cladus: CAM Cladus: Archaeplastida Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Mesangiospermae Cladus: Eudicota Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids II Ordo: Sapindales

Familia: Sapindaceae
Subfamilia: Hippocastanoideae
Tribus: Acereae
Genus: Acer
Species: Acer monspessulanum
Subspecies: Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum

Name

Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum (Boiss.) Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centr. 31(2): 198 (1914).

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Acer monspessulanum var. microphyllum Boiss., Fl. Orient 1: 951 (1867).
• Homotypic
  • Acer microphyllum (Boiss.) Dinsm. in Post, Fl. Syria ed. 2, l: 281 (1932).
• Heterotypic
  • Acer syriacum var. hermoneum Bornm., Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 48: 571 (1898).
  • Acer hermoneum (Bornm.) Bornm. & Schwer. in Beissner & al., Handb. Laubholz-Ben.: 312 (1903.)
  • Acer monspessulanum f. divergens Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 3(2): 199 (1914).
  • Acer monspessulanum f. micropterum Bornm., Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 3(2): 199 (1914).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Europe Southeastern Europe Northwestern Balkan Peninsula (Bosnia-Herzegovina), Greece. Asia-Temperate Western Asia Lebanon-Syria [Lebanon, Syria], Turkey. 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. 
• Gelderen, D.M. van, Jong, P.C.de & Oterdoom, H.J. 1994. Maples of the world. Timber Press, Portland, Or., 458 pp. ISBN 0-88192-000-2. Internet Archive, Lending Library 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. 
• Amini, T., Zare, H. & Alizadeh, B. 2016. A revision of Acer monspessulanum L. in Iran; new subspecies report. Iranian Journal of Botany 22(2): 121–124. PDF Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Nov 10. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum. Published online. Accessed: 10 Nov 2025. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2025. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora.. Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum. Accessed: 10 Nov 2025. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Acer monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 2 January 2020. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2020. Acer monspessulanum. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 January 2. Reference page.