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Quercus cerrioides | |
Author | Willk. & Costa 1859 Linnaea 30: 123 1859 |
Synonyms |
lusitanica
subsp cerrioides O.Schwarz 1936 canariensis X pubescens subsp. subpyrenaica |
Local names | |
Range | north-east Spain ; |
Growth habit | medium size tree; |
Leaves | 4-10 x 4-6 cm; oval; semi-evergreen; ± leathery; at first both sides tomentose, becoming glabrous and lustrous green above; ± tomentose and dull green waxy beneath with large axillary tufts; apex obtuse, base truncate or slightly cuneate; margin slightly wavy, with regular, broadly triangular lobes, sometimes pointed but usually obtuse with mucro giving a pointed shape; broad sinuses; (5-)6-8 evident vein pairs; tertiary veins slender, inconspicuous; petiole pinkish, slightly hairy, 0.5-1.6 cm long; |
Flowers | |
Fruits | acorn 2.5 cm, oval, sessile or on short, tomentose peduncle 4-5 mm long; apex depressed or truncate; stylopodium silky, stigmas free and divergent at their base; basal scare flat, broad; groups of 2-5; cup semiglobose with appressed, oval, tomentose scales ending in short, pinkish point; the basal scales are somewhat gibbose; |
Bark, twigs and |
twig pinkish brown, striated, shortly dark grey tomentose; bud conical, 4-8 mm long, with tomentose, ciliate scales; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | |
Miscellaneous | -
For A. Camus it is a variety of Q.pubescens;
- For O. Schwarz, it is a subspecies of Q.faginea; - For Govaerts & Frodin, and for today's Spanish Authors (Rivas-Martinez, Saenz, Vázquez) it is a hybrid between Q.canariensis and Q.pubescens subsp. subpyrenaica; - For many other |
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