Biology:Quercus macranthera

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Short description: Species of oak tree

Caucasian oak
Quercus macranthera Tbilisi.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:
Q. macranthera
Binomial name
Quercus macranthera
Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen.[1]
Synonyms

Quercus macranthera, commonly called the Caucasian oak, or the Persian oak, is a species of deciduous tree native to Western Asia (northern Iran, Turkey; and in the Caucasus in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan)[1] that is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in Europe growing to 30 metres (98 feet) tall.[2] It is placed in section Quercus.[3]

Subspecies

It has two subspecies. One subspecies (Quercus macranthera subsp. syspirensis) is found in the thermophilic lower- and mid-montane shrub communities of Turkey, and the other subspecies (Quercus macranthera subsp. macranthera) is found in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and northern Iran, along the Caspian Sea.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 11(2):259. 1838. {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Quercus macranthera | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = July 19, 2010 }}
  2. Mitchell, A.; Wilkinson, J. (2001). Trees of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins. 
  3. Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min; Hipp, Andrew L. (2017-11-02) (xls), Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks, https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Appendix_2_1_________An_updated_infrageneric_classification_of_the_oaks/5547622/1, retrieved 2023-02-17 

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