Taxonomy

• Kingdom: Plantae
• Clade: Tracheophytes
• Clade: Angiosperms
• Clade: Eudicots
• Clade: Superrosids
• Clade: Rosids
• Clade: Malvids
• Order: Sapindales
• Family: Sapindaceae
• Subfamily: Hippocastanoideae
• Tribe: Acereae
• Genus: Acer
• Species: Acer monspessulanum

Presence

Present.

Conservation status

• Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
• Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern

Notes

The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:

• A. monspessulanum subsp. assyriacum (Pojark.) Rech.f., 1969;
• A. monspessulanum subsp. ibericum (M.Bieb.) Yalt., 1967;
• A. monspessulanum subsp. microphyllum (Boiss.) Bornm., 1914;
• A. monspessulanum subsp. monspessulanum L., 1753, P;
• A. monspessulanum subsp. oksalianum Yalt., 1967;
• A. monspessulanum subsp. persicum (Pojark.) Rech.f., 1969;
• A. monspessulanum subsp. turcomanicum (Pojark. ex Czerniak.) Rech.f., 1969.

Hybridizes with:

• A. campestre L., 1753 to produce A. × bornmuelleri Borbás, 1891, P;
• A. opalus Mill., 1768 to produce A. × martini Jord, 1901, P (het. syn. A. × peronae Schwer., 1901);
• A. pseudoplatanus L., 1753 to produce A. × coriaceum Bosc ex Tausch., 1829, P.

Photographs

Sources

• Crowley, D., & Rivers, M.C. (2017). Acer monspessulanum (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2017. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/193835/83715815

• Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 1041). Biotope.