Quercus brantii

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Quercus brantii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Cerris
Section: Quercus sect. Cerris
Species:
Q. brantii
Binomial name
Quercus brantii
Synonyms [3]
List
  • Quercus aegilops subsp. brantii(Lindl.) A.Camus
  • Quercus baneicaDjav.-Khoie, contrary to Art. 30.5
  • Quercus brantii subsp. oophora(Kotschy) O.Schwarz
  • Quercus oophoraKotschy
  • Quercus squamulosaDjav.-Khoie, contrary to Art. 30.5

Quercus brantii, Brant's oak, [4] is a species of oak native to Western Asia, mainly in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey. [5] [6]

Quercus brantii (covering more than 50% of the Zagros Mountains forest steppe ecoregion) is the most important tree species of the Zagros in Iran. [7]

Iranians use its seed in traditional medicine. Other useful products derived from oaks include fuel wood, charcoal and timber hardwood. [8]

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References

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