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Full Name: - Quercus ×crenata 'Lucombeana'

Quercus ×crenata 'Lucombeana' Sweet ex Loud. Arbor. Fruct. Brit., 3: 1851, fig. 1714 (1838) as "Q. Cerris Lucombeana" Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered
Infrageneric Classification
Subgenus Cerris, Section Cerris
Parentage
Q. cerris L. × Q. suber L.
Common Names in this Database
Nomenclature Note
First described by John Zephaniah Holwel in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society 1772, page 128 as "The Lucombe Oak".
Description
H. J. Elwes & A. Henry, Trees of Great Britain & Ireland, 5: 1259 (1910)
Natural Distribution
From cultivation
Illustration of Leaves
Image from a plant at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (UK) ©Jan De Langhe, Ghent University Botanical Garden, 2010
Synonyms in this Database
Quercus ×crenata 'William Lucombe' A. Mitchell (1994) nom. illegit.
Quercus ×crenata 'Lucombe' Kelsey & Dayton (1942) nom. illegit.
Main Horticultural References
The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs, 7th ed. (2002) page 251
(Krüssmann) Manual of Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees & Shrubs (in English) vol. 3 (1986) page 89
The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3 (1992) page 784
The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1727 as Q. ×hispanica var. Lucombeana
(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. vol. 3 (1976) page 479, Plate 56
(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. Supplement (1988) page 410
Recent Monograph References
(Heathcoat Amory) The Oaks of Chevithorne Barton (2009) page 96 illustrated page 96 (leaves with young growth, page 97 tree)