Quercus macrocarpa

Quercus macrocarpa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Cladus: Rosids
Cladus: Eurosids I
Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species:
Subspecies: Q. m. subsp. depressa – Q. m. subsp. macrocarpa

Name

Quercus macrocarpa Michx., 1801

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Cerris macrocarpa (Michx.) Raf., Alsogr. Amer.: 29 (1838).
    • Quercus macrocarpa subsp. eumacrocarpa A.Camus, Chênes, Texte 2: 739 (1939), not validly publ.

Homonyms

  • Quercus macrocarpa Endl. = Quercus microphylla Née

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Alabama, Alberta, Arkansas, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Manitoba, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Brunswick, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Saskatchewan, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

Additional references

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. & Frodin, D. 1998. World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales (Betulaceae, Corylaceae, Fagaceae and Ticodendraceae). VIII + 408 p. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-900347-46-6. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

  • English: Bur oak
  • suomi: Takiaistammi
  • français: Chêne à gros fruits
  • magyar: Nagylevelű tölgy
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