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Sapindaceae

Balkan maple

Acer heldreichii Orph. ex Boiss.

Family
Sapindaceae
Genus
Acer

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Balkan maple: Acer heldreichii ssp visianii Mt Orjen Monenegro
Photo: Orjen, Pavle Cikovac, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (10)
Bulgarian
Планински явор, Жешля
English
Balkan maple, Greek maple, Heldreich's maple
German
Griechischer Ahorn
Greek
Ελληνικό σφενδάμι, Βαλκανικό σφενδάμι, Σφενδάμι του Χελδράιχ
Hungarian
Görög juhar
Macedonian
Планински јавор
Persian
افرای یونانی
Polish
Klon Heldreicha
Serbian
Planinski javor
Swedish
Balkanlönn

Synonyms

  • Acer heldreichii f. cruciatum Jovan.
  • Acer heldreichii f. macropterum (Vis.) Schwer.
  • Acer heldreichii f. obtentum Jovan.
  • Acer heldreichii subsp. visianii (Nyman) K.Malý
  • Acer heldreichii var. macropterum (Vis.) Pax
  • Acer macropterum Vis.
  • Acer visianii Nyman

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.