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Full Name: - Quercus alnifolia

Quercus alnifolia Poech (1842)
Infrageneric Classification
Subgenus Cerris, Section Ilex
Common Names in this Database
Infraspecific Taxa Accepted in this Database
Quercus alnifolia var. argentea Hadjik. & Hand (2006)
Natural Distribution
WEST ASIA: CYPRUS (Troödos Mts)
Conservation Status
Rated as Vulnerable (VU) in the The Red List of Oaks
Illustration of Leaves
Image from a plant at the Sir Harold Hillier Gardens (UK) ©Jan De Langhe, Ghent University Botanical Garden, 2009
Synonyms in this Database
Quercus cypria Jaub. & Spach (1843)
Hybrids in this Database
Quercus ×campitica Hadjik. & Hand (2007)
Main Horticultural References
The European Garden Flora vol. 3 (1989) page 68
The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs, 7th ed. (2002) page 248
(Krüssmann) Manual of Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees & Shrubs (in English) vol. 3 (1986) page 81
The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3 (1992) page 799
The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1726
(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. vol. 3 (1976) page 461
(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. Supplement (1988) page 406
Recent Monograph References
(Menitsky) Oaks of Asia (2005) page 149
(Hard˙ & Lamant) Guide illustré des Chęnes (2006) Volume 1, page 162
(Heathcoat Amory) The Oaks of Chevithorne Barton (2009) page 43 illustrated (leaves, small tree)