Full Name Report From The Oak ICRA Checklist

Report from the Oak ICRA checklist

Full Name: - Quercus castaneifolia var. algeriensis

Quercus castaneifolia var. algeriensis Bean (1914) is a synonym of Quercus afares Pomel (1875)

Infrageneric Classification

Subgenus Cerris, Section Cerris

Nomenclature Note

A synonym of Q. afares Pomel (1875)

Natural Distribution

NORTH AFRICA: N ALGERIA

Main Horticultural References

(Rehder) Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs, 2nd ed. (1940) page 161 treats as synonym of Q. castaneifolia var. incana Batt.

The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1726 accepts Quercus castaneifolia var. algeriensis

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