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Quercus serrata is a deciduous oak tree reaching a height of 25 metres (82 feet) occupying elevations from 100–2,000 m (330–6,560 ft). The bark is gray or reddish-brown with longitudinal furrows. [5]
Quercus fabrei, or Faber's oak, is a species of deciduous oak tree found in southern China. [3] [4] Faber's oak can take on the form of either a large shrub or a tree, with the latter form reaching up to 20 metres in height. [3] The tree has elongated leaves, with the tip of the leaf being wider than the base. [5]
Quercus costaricensis is a species of oak native to Central America (Costa Rica, Honduras, and Panama). [2] [3] [4] It is often found with Quercus copeyensis in the upper montane forests, to 3,100 metres (10,200 feet) elevation. [5] The leaves are tough and leathery with a short petiole and toothed margin. Wind is the primary pollinator.
Quercus aliena, the galcham oak [2] or oriental white oak, [2] is a species of oak in the family Fagaceae, in the white oak section Quercus. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Description
Quercus acutifolia, many synonyms including Quercus conspersa, is a species of oak tree. [2] It is native to central and southern Mexico and northern Central America, from Nayarit south as far as Belize and Guatemala. [3] [4] It is placed in Quercus section Lobatae. [5]
Quercus × morehus, [3] Abram's oak in Kellogg's original description [4] (later called oracle oak by Jepson [5]), is a named hybrid between the red oaks Quercus kelloggii (California black oak) and Quercus wislizeni (interior live oak). [6]
The Cuban oak was first described by Nuttall in 1842 as Quercus sagraeana based on the specimen collected by Ramón de la Sagra. [3] Article 60.8(c) of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants provides that where personal names end in -a, the adjectival form of the specific epithet is formed by adding -n- plus the appropriate gender ending. [4]
The Valonia oak was first described as the species Quercus macrolepis by Carl Friedrich Kotschy in 1860. It was reduced to a subspecies of Quercus ithaburensis in 1981. [ 1 ] Within the oak genus, Q. ithaburensis is classified in the subgenus Cerris , section Cerris , which includes Quercus cerris , the Turkey oak, and related species.