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Quercus imeretina | |
Author | Steven ex Woronov 1936 Ejegodn. Exzotl. 1: 91 |
Synonyms | erucifolia var. imeretina (Stev. ex Woronow)
O.Schwarz 1936 robur subsp imeretina (Stev. ex Woronow) Menitsky 1968 pedunculata var. brevipetioleata Medw. 1908 |
Local names | |
Range | West Caucasus,
in forests; |
Growth habit | 15 m; |
Leaves | 5-14 x 2.5-5 cm; oblong or oboval oblong, narrow; base cordate or strongly ear-shaped; hairless; green and smooth above, paler beneath; 6-8 pairs of lobes entire, with sinuses 1/3 to the midrib; secondary veins at an angle of 40-50 degrees with midrib; petiole 1-4 mm long almost hidden by auricles; |
Flowers | |
Fruits | acorn
narrowly cylindrical, 3 cm long; cup shallow, with thin wall, 1.5 cm in
diameter, with flat, appressed, grey tomentose scales; peduncle to 10
cm and more; |
Bark, twigs and |
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Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy;
all types of soils; |
Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 165 ; -- The name comes from Imeretia Region, in the Caucasus; -- For Menitsky (1971), there are no reasons to place this taxon at a sub-specific rank, because it is certainly a simple geographic race. |
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