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  Quercus marianica
Author C. Vicioso 1950
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Range S.W. Spain; Portugal;
Growth habit reaches 15 m tall;
Leaves 4-11 x 2-4 cm; marcescent; lanceolate; blade narrowed near base, obovate at apex; margin serrate with teeth often mucronate; adaxially glabrous; abaxially glabrescent with tomentum greyish, scattered, deciduous at the base of the midrib, with presence of stellate trichomes with fuzzy rays; 11-14 vein pairs, parallel, straight, diverging at less than 35° from midrib; 2-3 layers of epidermical cells (thickness : 0.2-0.4 mm); petiole pilose, 8-18 mm long;
Flowers
Fruits

Bark, twigs and
buds

buds lanceolate, with short hairs on the scales.
Hardiness zone, habitat
Miscellaneous

-- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Roburoid.
-- This taxon had been considered as a hybrid between Q. canariensis and Q. faginea subspecies broteroi (= Q. x fagineomirbeckii nothosubsp. marianica (Vicioso) Trehane), but for today's Authors (F.M. Vazquez & al.) it is a true species, described under the name : Q. faginea subsp. maroccana (Braun-Blanq. & Maire) F.M. Vázquez & al. 2018
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