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Full Name: - Quercus lusitanica

Quercus lusitanica Lam. (1785)
Infrageneric Classification
Subgenus Quercus, Section Quercus
Natural Distribution
NORTH AFRICA: MOROCCO, EUROPE: PORTUGAL, SPAIN (incl. Gibralter)
Illustration of Leaves
Image from a plant at Arboretum Het Leen Eeklo (Belgium) ©Jan De Langhe, Ghent University Botanical Garden, 2009
Synonyms in this Database
Quercus fruticosa Brot. (1805)
Quercus humilis Lam. (1785)
Quercus ilex 'Lusitanica' Lodd. ex Loud. (1838)
Hybrids in this Database
Quercus ×tingitana A. Camus (1939)
Quercus ×diegoi F.M.Vázquez, C.Pinto-Gomes, C.Vinagre & C.Vilaviçosa (2014)
Quercus ×gallaecica Llamas et al. (2003)
Quercus ×celtica F.M. Vázquez et al. (2003)
Main Horticultural References
The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs, 7th ed. (2002) page 252
(Krüssmann) Manual of Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees & Shrubs (in English) vol. 3 (1986) page 94
The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3 (1992) page 783 under Q. fruticosa Brot.
The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1729
(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. vol. 3 (1976) page 475 as Q. fruticosa Brot.
Recent Monograph References
(Hard˙ & Lamant) Guide illustré des Chęnes (2006) Volume 1, page 236
(Heathcoat Amory) The Oaks of Chevithorne Barton (2009) page 122 illustrated (shrub, leaves)