Acer tataricum

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Acer tataricum
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Foliage and fruit, Saratov, Russia
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Sapindales
Family: Sapindaceae
Genus: Acer
Section: Acer sect. Ginnala
Species:
A. tataricum
Binomial name
Acer tataricum
L. 1753
Acer Section Ginnala map.png
Acer tataricum sensu lato distribution; sensu stricto in green
Synonyms [2]
List
  • Acer cordifoliumMoench
  • Euacer tataricum(L.) Opiz
  • Acer aidzuense(Franch.) Nakai
  • Acer subintegrumPojark.
  • Acer ginnalaMaxim.
  • Acer theiferumW.P.Fang
  • Acer semenoviiRegel & Herder

Acer tataricum, the Tatar maple or Tatarian maple, is a species of maple widespread across central and southeastern Europe and temperate Asia, from Austria and Turkey, and in some circumscriptions, with a disjunct population in eastern Asia in northern and central China, Japan and the Russian Far East. The species is named after the Tatar peoples of southern Russia; the tree's name is similarly commonly also misspelled "Tartar" or "Tartarian" in English. [3] [4]

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Description

Acer tataricum is a deciduous spreading shrub or small tree growing to 4–12 metres (13–39 ft) tall, with a short trunk up to 20–50 centimetres (7.9–19.7 in) diameter and slender branches. The bark is thin, pale brown, and smooth at first but becoming shallowly fissured on old plants. The leaves are opposite and simple, broadly ovate, 4.5–10 centimetres (1.8–3.9 in) long and 3–7 centimetres (1.2–2.8 in) broad, unlobed or with three or five shallow lobes, and matt green above; the leaf margin is coarsely and irregularly toothed; the leaf petiole is slender, often pink-tinged, 2–5 centimetres (0.79–1.97 in) long. The flowers are whitish-green, 5–8 millimetres (0.20–0.31 in) diameter, produced in spreading panicles in spring as the leaves open. The fruit is a paired reddish samara, 10–12 millimetres (0.39–0.47 in) long with a 2–3 centimetres (0.79–1.18 in) wing, maturing in late summer to early autumn. [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy

Subspecies accepted by the Plant List maintained by Kew Gardens in London: [5] [2]

Some botanists treat Acer tataricum subsp. ginnala as a separate species Acer ginnala. [6] [3] [7] The two differ conspicuously in the glossy, deeply lobed leaves of A. ginnala, compared to the matt, unlobed or only shallowly lobed leaves of A. tataricum, and are separated by a roughly 3,000 km range gap. [3]

Cultivation and uses

Tatar maple cultivated near the central railway station in Helsinki, Finland. Acer tataricum.jpg
Tatar maple cultivated near the central railway station in Helsinki, Finland.

Tatar maple is occasionally grown as an ornamental plant in gardens throughout Europe and also in North America. [3] In Russia, it is valued in farmland shelterbelts. [4] It is locally naturalised and sometimes invasive in eastern North America. [8] [9]

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References

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