Full Name Report From The Oak ICRA Checklist

Report from the Oak ICRA checklist

Full Name: - Quercus schneckii

Quercus schneckii Britton (1901) is a synonym of Quercus shumardii Buckley (1861)

Infrageneric Classification

Subgenus Quercus, Section Lobatae

Nomenclature Note

Accepted as a varietas of Q. shumardii Buckley (1861) by the World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales (1998) but not now recognised as a separate taxon.

Natural Distribution

USA: (Illinois, Indiana, E Kansas, E Oklahoma)

Main Horticultural References

(Krüssmann) Manual of Cultivated Broad-leaved Trees & Shrubs (in English) vol. 3 (1986) page 108

(Rehder) Manual of Cultivated Trees and Shrubs, 2nd ed. (1940) page 159 accepts as var. of Q. shumardii

The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening vol. 3 (1992) page 787 accepts as Q. shumardii var. schneckii (Britt.) Sarg.

The Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening, 2nd ed. vol. 4 (1956) page 1731 accepts as Q. shumardii var. schneckii

(Bean) Trees & Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 8th ed. vol. 3 (1976) page 514 treats as synonym of Q. shumardii Buckley

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