Full Name Report From The Oak ICRA Checklist

Report from the Oak ICRA checklist

Full Name: - Quercus ballota

Quercus ballota Desf. (1797) is a synonym of Quercus rotundifolia Lam. (1785)

Infrageneric Classification

Subgenus Cerris, Section Ilex

Nomenclature Note

Accepted as a subspecies of Q. ilex L. in the Red List of Oaks (2007) but here treated as a synonym of Q. rotundifolia Lam. (1785)

Conservation Status

Rated as Least Concern (LC) in the The Red List of Oaks

Main Horticultural References

The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3 (1992) page 784 accepts as Q. ilex var. ballota (Desf.) A. DC.

The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1728 accepts as Q. ilex var. Ballota

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