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Full Name: - Quercus ilex

Quercus ilex L. (1753)
Infrageneric Classification
Subgenus Cerris, Section Ilex
Common Names in this Database
Infraspecific Taxa Accepted in this Database
Quercus ilex subsp. gracilis (Lange) Rivas-Mart. & Sáenz de Rivas (2002)
Natural Distribution
NORTH AFRICA: N ALGERIA, MOROCCO, TUNISIA, EUROPE: ALBANIA, BALAEARIC ISLES, CORSICA, W FRANCE, GREECE (+ Aegean Isles including Samos, W & C Crete, Karpathos), ITALY, MACEDONIA, MALTA, PORTUGAL, SARDEGNA, SERBIA, SICILIA, N SPAIN, WEST A
Conservation Status
Rated as Least Concern (LC) in the The Red List of Oaks
Nomenclatural Type
Not designated
Illustration of Leaves
Image from stockplant at Pavia Nurseries (Belgium) ©Jan De Langhe, Ghent University Botanical Garden, 2009
Synonyms in this Database
Quercus ilex var. microphylla Batt. & Trab. (1890)
Hybrids in this Database
Quercus ×auzendei Gren. & Godr. (1855)
Quercus ×auzandri Gren. & Godr. (1855) orth. var.
Quercus ×audleyensis A. Henry (1910)
Quercus ×albescens Rouy ex A. Camus (1935)
Quercus ×subalbescens A. Camus (1935)
Quercus ×turneri Willd. (1809)
Quercus ×autumnalis F.M. Vázquez et al. (2002)
Quercus ×morisii Borzì (1881)
Main Horticultural References
The European Garden Flora vol. 3 (1989) page 72
The Hillier Manual of Trees & Shrubs, 7th ed. (2002) page 251
Hortus Third (1976) page 934
(Krüssmann) Manual of Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees & Shrubs (in English) vol. 3 (1986) page 90
(Bailey) Manual of Cultivated Plants 2nd. ed. (1949) page 331
(Jacobson) North American Landscape Trees, (1996) page 553
The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3 (1992) page 784
The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1728
(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. vol. 3 (1976) page 482
(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. Supplement (1988) page 410
World Economic Plants: a Standard Reference (1999) page 417
Recent Monograph References
(Menitsky) Oaks of Asia (2005) page 152
(Hardÿ & Lamant) Guide illustré des Chênes (2006) Volume 1, page 206
(Heathcoat Amory) The Oaks of Chevithorne Barton (2009) page 98 illustrated page 99 (tree)