Acer lobelii

Acer lobelii, known as Lobel's maple or L'Obel's maple, or the Calabrian maple, is a rare species of maple (Acer) in the soapberry family Sapindaceae. It is native to southern Italy. It is named after the Flemish botanist Matthias de l'Obel. The species is closely related to Norway maple (Acer platanoides) and Cappadocian maple (Acer cappadocicum), and has often been treated as a subspecies of either of those, as Acer platanoides subsp. lobelii and Acer cappadocicum subsp. lobelii. More recently, it has been considered to be particularly close to the latter, which has also been confirmed by phylogenetic studies. Thus, A. cappadocicum most likely represents the westernmost member within the A. cappadocicum complex....read more on Wikipedia.