| Quercus mannifera | |
| Author | Lindl. 1840 Bot. Reg. 26: t. 40 |
| Synonyms |
sessiliflora Salisb.
var. cedrorum DC. 1864 pp |
| Local names | |
| Range | East Turquey to North Iran; 700-2000 m; |
| Growth habit | shrub (2-6 m ); crown fastigiate; very branched; |
| Leaves | 10-19 cm long, 4-9 cm wide; deciduous; thick; oval-oblong; both sides glabrous, dull grey-green above, yellowish green beneath; base truncate or slightly cordate, often asymmetrically; margin with 5-9 pairs of lobes with narrow sinuses; some stellate hairs near axils at the base; 7-8 vein pairs; few intercalary veins, near the foliar base; petiole 2.5-3.5 cm, hairless; |
| Flowers | |
| Fruits | cylindrical acorn, 2-3 cm long; peduncle absent or to 2 cm; flat cupule 2 cm in diameter, thick-walled; scales appressed, brown, subacute, oval, grey tomentose; maturing in 1 year; |
|
Bark, twigs and |
grey bark remotely furrowed; twigs hairless; buds 5 mm long, glabrous; stipules deciduous, threadlike to lanceolate; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; good on silicious soils; |
| Miscellaneous | -- N°
158 in A.Camus; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- The specific name is based on the presence on the leaves of a sugary substance, "manna", produced by action of aphids. -- This taxon had often been, in the past, considered as a hybrid, mostly with Q. boissieri and Q. iberica ( or more exactly Q. infectoria subsp. veneris X Q. petraea subsp. polycarpa), but recent works (M. Avishai) enabled to clarify its taxonomical rank. |
| Subspecies and varieties |
2 varieties can be distinguished in nature: -- var. pinnatiloba (C.Koch) Avishai comb. and
stat. nov. |
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