Quercus sagraeana Nutt.
Full name:
Quercus sagraeana Nutt., N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 17 (1842) (1842) is an accepted name.
Infrageneric Classification:
Subgenus Quercus, Section Virentes
Etymology:
Named for M. La Sagra. The epithet is an intentional latinization of the name Sagra (Sagraeanus) and is not correctable (see Art. 60.9, ICN (2018). See here (footnote): https://www.internationaloaksociety.org/content/rare-oak-cuttings-take-chevithorne-barton
Nomenclature Note:
See Cavender‐Bares, J. , González‐Rodríguez, A. , Eaton, D. A., Hipp, A. A., Beulke, A. and Manos, P. S. (2015), Phylogeny and biogeography of the American live oaks (Quercus subsection Virentes): a genomic and population genetics approach. Mol Ecol, 24: 3668-3687. doi:10.1111/mec.13269
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