| Quercus boissieri | |
| Author | Reuter 1853 Diagn. Pl. Orient. 12: 119 1853 |
| Synonyms | infectoria subsp veneris
(A.Kern. in C.K.Schheid.)Meikle 1985 veneris A.Kern. in Schneid. 1906 infectoria var. boissieri (Reuter) Gürke 1897 infectoria subsp boissieri (Reuter) O.Schwarz 1934 lusitanica var. boissieri (Reuter)A.DC in A.P.de Candolle 1864 lusitanica subsp veneris (A.Kern)Holmboe 1914 petiolaris Boiss. 1853, nom. illeg. syriaca Kotschy 1858 ilex var. boissieri D.C. tauricola Kotschy 1859 pfaeffingeri Kotschy 1860 polycarpos Kotschy ex A. DC 1864 microphylla J.Thiébaut 1948 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Caucasus; Cyprus; Palestine; South Turkey; Iraq: Iran; 200-1850 m; |
| Growth habit | taller tree than the type infectoria (to 20m); |
| Leaves | 5-10 x 2-4 cm; semi-evergreen, leathery; narrowly oblong to oboval; very variable in all their features; colour mostly bluish green; at first densely pubescent beneath; entire or with 8-11 mucronate teeth each side, smaller than in the type (Q.infectoria); numerous parallel secondary veins; no sinusal veins; tertiary veins thin, regular; petiole 1-2 cm long; |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | acorn 3 cm long, 1/2 enclosed by cup; cup to 2 cm in diameter; peduncle frequently absent, or very short (less than 2 cm) and thin; cup with thin wall and appressed gibbose scales; |
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Bark, twigs and |
twig at first yellowish, then grey brown, with deciduous pubescence; stipules deciduous; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; |
| Miscellaneous |
-- A. Camus : tome 2, p. 187, with Q. infectoria
(= subsp. Boissieri); |
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