| Quercus gussonei | |
| Author |
(Borzi) Brullo 1984 Not. Fitosoc. 19: 205 1984. |
| Synonyms | cerris var. gussonei Borzi 1911 Bol. R. Orto Bot. Giard. Colon. Palermo 10: 65 1911. |
| Local names | cerro di Gussone |
| Range | endemic to Sicilia; 700-1000 m; |
| Growth habit | reaches 25 m; |
| Leaves |
10-18 cm x 5-10, deciduous, oblong to elliptic, base truncate to cuneate, margin with 4-8 deep lobes (less deep than in Q. cerris), lobes acute or rounded, adaxially light green and glabrous, abaxially greyish pubescent; petiole 0.5-2 cm long; |
| Flowers | male flowers with pubescent perianth, 5-6 stamens longer than perianth, with pubescent anthers; pistillate flowers 2 to 7 together on a tomentose rachis; |
| Fruits |
acorn oblong to ellipsoid, truncate-umbilicate at apex, 3-4.2 cm long, 1.8-2.3 cm wide, bigger than in Q. cerris ; cup halfround enclosing 1/3 to 1/2 of acorn , with long scales to 15 mm near the rim. |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark thick, corky, greyish, fissured; young twig densely tomentose; |
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| Miscellaneous |
-- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cerris |
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