Full Name Report From The Oak ICRA Checklist

Report from the Oak ICRA checklist

Full Name: - Quercus prinus

Quercus prinus L. (1753) nom. rejic. prop. is a synonym of Quercus montana Willd. (1805)

Infrageneric Classification

Subgenus Quercus, Section Quercus

Nomenclature Note

Name proposed for formal rejection (ICBN Art. 56), used for Q. montana Willd., and also for Q. muehlenbergii Engelm. Following Nixon & Muller (1997), here referred to Q. montana Willd. (1805)

Nomenclatural Type

Not designated

Main Horticultural References

The European Garden Flora vol. 3 (1989) page 74 accepts, with Q. montana Willd. as a synonym

The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs, 7th ed. (2002) page 254 refers to Q. montana

Hortus Third (1976) page 935 accepts Q. prinus

(Krüssmann) Manual of Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees & Shrubs (in English) vol. 3 (1986) page 101 accepts

(Bailey) Manual of Cultivated Plants 2nd. ed. (1949) page 332 accepts, citing Q. michauxii N and Q. prinus var. palustris Michx. as synonyms

(Rehder) Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs, 2nd ed. (1940) page 172

The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3 (1992) page 786 appears to be describing Q. montana

The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1731 accepts Q. prinus, probably describes Q. montana

(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. vol. 3 (1976) page 504 accepts, citing Q. montana Willd. as synonym

(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. Supplement (1988) page 415

Recent Monograph References

(Miller & Lamb) Oaks of North America (1985) page 180 accepts this name

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