Quercus pseudococcifera

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Quercus pseudococcifera
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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. Ilex
Species:
Q. pseudococcifera
Binomial name
Quercus pseudococcifera
Synonyms [1]
  • Quercus battandieriA.Camus
  • Quercus coccifera subsp. pseudococcifera(Desf.) Arcang.
  • Quercus coccifera subsp. mesto(Boiss.) Nyman
  • Quercus mestoBoiss.

Quercus pseudococcifera is a species of flowering plant in the beech family Fagaceae, native to the west and central Mediterranean. [1]

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Taxonomy

Quercus pseudococcifera was first described by René Louiche Desfontaines in 1799. [2] It has often been treated as a subspecies, variety or form of Quercus coccifera . [1] It is placed in section Ilex. [3]

Distribution

Quercus pseudococcifera is native to Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia in north Africa, and Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily and Spain in Europe. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Quercus pseudococcifera Desf.", Plants of the World Online , Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2023-02-21
  2. ↑ "Quercus pseudococcifera Desf.", The International Plant Names Index , retrieved 2023-02-21
  3. ↑ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017), "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls), figshare, doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5547622.v1 , retrieved 2023-02-18


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