Full Name Report From The Oak ICRA Checklist

Report from the Oak ICRA checklist

Full Name: - Quercus aegilops

Quercus aegilops L. Sp. Pl. 996 (1753) nom. utique rejic. is a synonym of Quercus macrolepis Kotschy (1860)

Infrageneric Classification

Subgenus Cerris, Section Cerris

Nomenclature Note

A formally rejected name which is not to be used (ICBN App. V) = Q. macrolepis Decne. (1860) by lectotypification.

Nomenclatural Type

Lectotype: "Cerri glans Aegilops aspris" in Bauhin & Cherler, Hist. Pl. Univ. 1(2): 77 (1650) See: Menitsky in Novosti Sist. Vysš. Rast. 9: 126 (1972)

Main Horticultural References

The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs, 7th ed. (2002) page 248 refers to Q. macrolepis

The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1725 accepts Q. aegilops

(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. vol. 3 (1976) page 495 discusses confusability of name

Recent Monograph References

(Menitsky) Oaks of Asia (2005) page 130

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