| Quercus pseudococcifera | |
| Author |
Desf. 1799, Fl. Atlant., 2: 349. Diagnosis here |
| Synonyms | x battandieri A.
Camus 1939 fenzlii Kotschy1860 palaestina Kotschy 1860 arcuata Kotschy ex A.DC. 1864 brachybalanos Kotschy ex A.DC. 1864 calliprinos Webb var. brachybalanos (Kotschy ex A.DC.) A.DC. 1864 calliprinos Webb var. inops (Kotschy ex A.DC.) A.DC. 1864 inops Kotschy ex A.DC. 1864 dispar Kotschy ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle 1864 calliprinos Webb var. dispar Kotschy 1866 coccifera L. var. palaestina (Kotschy) Boiss1879 sibthorpii Kotschy ex Boiss.1879 coccifera L. subsp. palaestina (Kotschy) Holmboe 1914 calliprinos Webb var. palaestina (Kotschy) Zohary 1961 mesto Boiss. 1842 coccifera auct. pl. non L. 1753 |
| Local names | false Kermes Oak |
| Range | Atlantic Coast of the South-West Portugal (Serra de Arràbida, Serra de Gràndola), never in the Mediterranean Region. |
| Growth habit | reaches 15 m high, trunc to 0.6 m in diameter. |
| Leaves | longer than the leaves of Q. coccifera or Q. calliprinos, with margin often subentire; 7-11 vein pairs, forked. |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | acorn ovate to narrowly obovate; cup with scales stiff, free, dense, triangular-flattened in cross-section, 3-5 mm long, appressed or very slightly recurved, lax; the acorn is almost totally enclosed in the cup |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark grey, smooth, fissured vertically at maturity |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | withstands -14° C; |
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