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Taxon: Quercus ilex L.

Genus: Quercus
Family: Fagaceae subfamily: Fagoideae.
Nomen number: 30693
Place of publication: Sp. pl. 2:995. 1753
Typification: View record from Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project of the Natural History Museum of London.
Name verified on: 13-Feb-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 13-Feb-1995
Species priority site is: National Arboretum (NA).

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.
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Common names:

  • evergreen oak   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • holly oak   (Source: Hortus 3 ) – English
  • holm oak   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • chêne vert   (Source: J.-G. Fouché) – French
  • encina   (Source: F Int Apico ) – Spanish
  • encina   (Source: F Int Apico ) – Spanish   [Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia]

Economic importance:

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Distributional range:

      Native:
  • AFRICA
    Northern Africa: Algeria; Libya; Morocco; Tunisia
  • ASIA-TEMPERATE
    Western Asia: Turkey
  • EUROPE
    Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Greece [incl. Crete]; Italy [incl. Sardinia, Sicily]; Malta; Montenegro; Slovenia
    Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [incl. Baleares]

      Naturalized:
  • naturalized elsewhere

References:

  • Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature. (Ency WTimber)
  • Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR). (L USSR) [cultivated].
  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop - on-line resource. (Ecocrop)
  • Fouché, J.-G. 1999. pers. comm. [re. French common names].
  • Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales. (L Fagales)
  • Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist. (L Medit)
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard)
  • Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae. (Atlas Eur)
  • Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR. (F USSR)
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. (Hortus 3)
  • Ortega-Sada, J. L. 1987. Flora de interes apicola y polinizacion de cultivos. (F Int Apico)
  • Rosengarten, F. 1984. The book of edible nuts. (Edible Nuts)
  • Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. (F Eur ed2)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Quercus ilex L.:

  • Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
  • ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority for Quercus ilex cultivars
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?30693 (09 February 2010)

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