| Quercus mannifera | |
| Author | Lindl. 1840 Bot. Reg. 26: t. 40 |
| Synonyms | sessiliflora
Salisb. var. cedrorum DC. 1864 pp sessiliflora Salisb. var. pinnatifida Boiss. 1879 pinnatiloba C.Koch 1849 cedrorum Kotschy 1862 sessiliflora var. mannifera (Lindl.) Boiss. 1879 robur var. mannifera (Lindl.) Bruttini 1930 x mannifera O.Schwarz 1936 x mannifera O.Schwarz 1936 komarovii A.Camus 1939 atropatena O.Schwarz & Hess 1938 longifolia K.Koch 1849 nom. inval. robur var. szovitzii A.DC 1864 robur var. araxina Trautv. 1873 araxina (Trautv)Grossh. 1930 x szovitzii (A.DC) Zabel 1903 illeg. |
| Local names | |
| Range | East Turquey to North Iran; 700-2000 m; |
| Growth habit | shrub (2-6 m ); crown fastigiate; very branched; |
| Leaves | 10-19 cm long, 4-9 cm wide; deciduous; thick; oval-oblong; both sides glabrous, dull grey-green above, yellowish green beneath; base truncate or slightly cordate, often asymmetrically; margin with 5-9 pairs of lobes with narrow sinuses; some stellate hairs near axils at the base; 7-8 vein pairs; few intercalary veins, near the foliar base; petiole 2.5-3.5 cm, hairless; |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | cylindrical acorn, 2-3 cm long; peduncle absent or to 2 cm; flat cupule 2 cm in diameter, thick-walled; scales appressed, brown, subacute, oval, grey tomentose; maturing in 1 year; |
|
Bark, twigs and |
grey bark remotely furrowed; twigs hairless; buds 5 mm long, glabrous; stipules deciduous, threadlike to lanceolate; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; good on silicious soils; |
| Miscellaneous | -- N°
158 in A.Camus; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- The specific name is based on the presence on the leaves of a sugary substance, "manna", produced by action of aphids. -- This taxon had often been, in the past, considered as a hybrid, mostly with Q. boissieri and Q. iberica, but recent works (M. Avishai) enabled to clarify its taxonomical rank. |
| Subspecies and varieties |
2 varieties can be distinguished in nature: -- var. pinnatiloba (C.Koch) Avishai comb. and
stat. nov. |
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