OakSoriety

Quercus macrocarpa 'Anton de Bary' Jablonski

Full name:

Quercus macrocarpa 'Anton de Bary' Jablonski, Int. Oaks 21: 43 (2010)Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered is an accepted name.

Infrageneric Classification:

Subgenus Quercus, Section Quercus

Etymology:

Named by Frédéric Tournay, the present curator of the living collections at Strasbourg Botanic Garden, to commemorate Anton de Bary (1831 – 1888), the founding director of that garden.

Description:

A selection made at Strasburg Botanical Garden for its fastigiate growth. Leaf blade obovate to narrowly elliptic, 70 - 120 × c. 60 - 130 mm, base cuneate, margins moderately lobed, toothed, deepest sinuses near midleaf. Petiole 12 - 20 mm.. The original

Nomenclatural Standard:

HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6650, Frédéric Tournay 20070007, August 2007.

Nomenclatural Standard (Cultivar) or Type:

  • Photo by Matt Pringle of Sir Harold Hillier Gardens
    Photo by Matt Pringle of Sir Harold Hillier Gardens