| Quercus brutia | |
| Author | Ten. 1825 Index Seminum (NAP) 1825: 11 1825. |
| Synonyms | robur var. brutia (Ten.) Ten. 1836 robur subsp brutia (Ten.) O.Schwarz 1936 Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13(116): 13 1936. thomasii Ten. 1825 robur var. thomasii (Ten.) A.DC 1864 brutia var. thomasii (Ten.) Simonk. ex Nyman 1881 |
| Local names | |
| Range | South Italy, near Napoli; Calabra; West Balkany; |
| Growth habit | small
tree; |
| Leaves | 10-16
x 4.5-6 cm; leathery; oboval or oblong; like those of Q.robur but
larger; apex rounded, slightly retuse, attenuate; base attenuate, subcordate;
margin lobed with sinuses wide and deep; mature leaves both sides hairless
; young leaves pubescents beneath on midrib and near the base; |
| Flowers | male catkin 3-4 cm long, pubescent, with hairless anthers; female catkin 0,8-1 cm, with rachis densely tomentose; |
| Fruits | acorn
3-4 cm long, 1.2 cm in diameter; glabrous; 1 or 2 on a short (1-3 cm),
hairy peduncle ; enclosed 1/3 or 1/4 by the hemispherical or cyathiform
cup; cup 1.5-2.3 cm in diameter, thick, woody, with numerous appressed
scales apically pointed; maturing same year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
branchlets pubescent; bud ovoid, pubescent; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy;
all types of soils; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 2, p. 368, n° 154; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- Threatened species; cultivated at Anduze; -- Really distinct species from Q.robur (while close to): leaves lobes deeper, acorn peduncles shorter and densely tomentose, cup with apically free and spreading scales; |
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