| Quercus infectoria | |
| Author | G. Olivier 1801 |
| Synonyms | alpestris
Koch 1849 not Boiss.1838 infectoria ssp puberula O.Schwarz 1934 infectoria ssp glabra O.Schwarz 1937 lusitanica Boiss.1879, not Lam. nor Webb. lusitanica var. infectoria (G.Olivier) A.DC 1864 lusitanica ssp infectoria (G.Olivier) Mouillef. 1892 lusitanica ssp orientalis A.DC 1864 valentina Koch. 1849 not Cav.1793 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Asia
Minor (Irak, Kurdistan, Turkey); Cyprus; Greece; to 1800 m; introduced in Europe
in 1822; |
| Growth habit | 5-6 m tall;
often small shrub less than 2 m tall; |
| Leaves | 3-8 x 1.5-5 cm;
semi-evergreen; leathery; oblong; base rounded sometimes cordate; apex obtuse;
margin dentate 4-9 pairs of teeth) or crenate-dentate often wavy or rarely lobed;
hairless, shiny above; paler beneath or glaucous, glabrous or with some stellate
hairs; actually very polymorphous; leaves at the base of twigs are often entire;
5-11 vein pairs; intercalary veins present; petiole cylindrical 1 cm long; |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | acorn
mucronate, ovoid elongated, 2-3.5 cm long, 1.8 cm in diameter; glabrous, shiny
light brown; peduncle as long as the petiole; enclosed 1/5 by cup; cup hemispheric
or subconical, 1.5-1.8 cm in diameter,with lanceolate, appressed, tomentose
scales, |
| Bark,
twigs and | bark grey, scaly, ridged; twig with deciduous pubescence; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy (zone 6), but does not withstand frost; all types of soils; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 153; sub-section Gallifera; -- fairly rare; -- The specific name "lusitanica" is ambiguous, since applied to several other species : 1/ lusitanica Webb and lusitanica auctores = Q.faginea Lam. 2/ lusitanica Boiss. = Q.infectoria Oliv. 3/ lusitanica Lam. = Q.fruticosa Brot. so, it is better to avoid using it. Q.valentina Cav. 1793 = Q.fruticosa Q.valentina K.Koch 1849 = Q.infectoria Q.valentina Lam. ex Steudel 1821 = Q.velutina |
| Subspecies and varieties |
-- 2 subspecies : 1_ssp
infectoria 2_ssp
veneris (A. Kern. in C.K.Schneid.) Meikle 1985 |
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