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Full Name: - Quercus robur (Purple-Leaf Group) 'Atropurpurea'

Quercus robur (Purple-Leaf Group) 'Atropurpurea' H. Jäger Ziergeh., 422 (1865) as "Q. pedunculata atropurpurea" Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered
Infrageneric Classification
Subgenus Quercus, Section Quercus
Illustration of Leaves
Image from a plant at Arboretum Kalmthout (Belgium) ©Jan De Langhe, Ghent University Botanical Garden, 2010
Synonyms in this Database
Quercus robur 'Atrosanguinea' Kirchn. (1864) nom. illegit.
Quercus robur 'Purple' Kelsey & Dayton (1942) nom. illegit.
Main Horticultural References
The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs, 7th ed. (2002) page 254
Hortus Third (1976) page 935
(Krüssmann) Manual of Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees & Shrubs (in English) vol. 3 (1986) page 104
(Dirr) Manual of Woody Landscape Plants, 5th ed. (1998) page 833
The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3 (1992) page 787
The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1731 as Q. Robur atropurpurea
(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. vol. 3 (1976) page 510