Quercus petraea subsp. polycarpa (Schur) Soó

Full name:

Quercus petraea subsp. polycarpa (Schur) Soó, Szekely Fl., Suppl. 1: 19 (1943) is an accepted name.

Infrageneric Classification:

Subgenus Quercus, Section Quercus

Nomenclature Note:

In 1851, Schur mentions the name Q. polycarpa, without a description, on page 170 of Verhandlungen und Mitteilungen des Siebenbürgischen Vereins für Naturwissenschaften zu Hermannstadt. On page 174, Fuss reports on a previous lecture by Schur that included a description of Q. polycarpa as a nova sp. Soó (1943) is the first to have used the rank of subspecies for this taxon under Q. petraea (Matt.) Liebl. as “c.n.”. He repeats this view in a key for oaks in Jávorka & Soó (1951), page 822.

Natural Distribution:

EUROPE: AUSTRIA, BOSNIA HERZEGOVENIA, BULGARIA, CROATIA, GREECE, HUNGARY, MACEDONIA, ROMANIA, SERBIA, SLOVAKIA, UKRAINE (Crimea), WEST ASIA: GEORGIA (Asia), N IRAN, S & SW RUSSIA, TURKEY: (European & N & C Anatolia)

Illustration of Leaves

Image from a plant labeled Quercus petraea subsp. iberica (Steven ex M. Bieb.) Krassiln., at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (UK), 2010 Image Jan De Langhe © Jan De Langhe - Arboretum Wespelaar

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