Biology:Quercus macranthera

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Short description: Species of oak tree

Caucasian oak
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.[2]
Synonyms

Quercus macranthera, commonly called as 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)[2] that is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in Europe growing to 30 metres (98 feet) tall.[3] It is placed in section Quercus.[4]

Subspecies

It has two subspecies. One subspecies (Quercus macranthera subsp. syspirensis) is found in the common 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. Gorener, V.; Carrero, C. (2020). "Quercus macranthera". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T78968730A78968739.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/78968730/78968739. Retrieved December 26, 2024. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 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 }}
  3. Mitchell, A.; Wilkinson, J. (2001). Trees of Britain and Northern Europe. Collins. 
  4. 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, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5547622.v1, 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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