Taxon: Quercus robur L.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Quercus robur subsp. brutia (no accessions)
• Quercus robur subsp. imeretina (no accessions)
• Quercus robur subsp. pedunculiflora (4 accessions)
• Quercus robur subsp. robur (no accessions)

Common names:

• English oak   (Source: World Econ Pl ) – English
  
• European oak   (Source: Ency WTimber ) – English
  
• pedunculate oak   (Source: F BritStace ) – English
  
• xia li   (Source: F ChinaEng ) – Transcribed Chinese
  
• chêne pédonculé   (Source: F NAmer ) – French
  
• dub čereščatyj   (Source: F Baltic ) – Transliterated Russian
  
• pelarek   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  
• skogsek   (Source: Vara kulturvaxt namn ) – Swedish
  

Economic importance:

• Environmental: ornamental   (fide Krussmann)
  
• Environmental: revegetator   (for afforestation fide F USSR)
  
• Materials: wood   (timber fide Ency WTimber)
  
• Medicines: folklore   (fide CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2)
  
• Vertebrate poisons: mammals   (fide Kingsbury; Kellerman et al.; Cooper & Johnson ed2)
  

More:

View toxicology references for Quercus robur from FDA Poisonous Plant Database

View phytochemical or ethnobotanical data from Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Distributional range:

• ASIA-TEMPERATE
  Western Asia: Iran; Turkey
  Caucasus: Armenia; Azerbaijan; Georgia; Russian Federation - Ciscaucasia, Dagestan
• EUROPE
  Northern Europe: Denmark; Finland [s.]; Ireland; Norway [s.]; Sweden [s.]; United Kingdom
  Middle Europe: Austria; Belgium; Czech Republic; Germany; Hungary; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Switzerland
  East Europe: Belarus; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Moldova; Russian Federation - European part; Ukraine [incl. Krym]
  Southeastern Europe: Albania; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Bulgaria; Croatia; Greece; Italy [incl. Sicily]; Macedonia; Montenegro; Romania; Serbia; Slovenia
  Southwestern Europe: France [incl. Corsica]; Portugal; Spain [n.]

• also cultivated in temperate regions

References:

• Afonin, A. N., S. L. Greene, N. I. Dzyubenko, & A. N. Frolov, eds. Interactive agricultural ecological atlas of Russia and neighboring countries. Economic plants and their diseases, pests and weeds (on-line resource).
• Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. 2009. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin).
• Boutelje, J. B. 1980. Encyclopedia of world timbers, names and technical literature.
• Cooper, M. R. & A. W. Johnson. 1998. Poisonous plants and fungi in Britain: animal and human poisoning. [poisonous].
• Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR).
• Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs.
• FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). 2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
• Govaerts, R. & D. G. Frodin. 1998. World checklist and bibliography of Fagales.
• Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984–. Med-Checklist.
• Jalas, J. & J. Suominen. 1972–. Atlas florae europaeae.
• Kartesz, J. T. 1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
• Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa. [poisonous].
• Kingsbury, J. M. 1964. Poisonous plants of the United States and Canada. [poisonous].
• Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934–1964. Flora SSSR.
• Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. 2000–. Flora of Siberia (English translation).
• Krüssmann, G. 1984. Manual of cultivated broad-leaved trees and shrubs (English translation of Handbuch der Laubgehölze. 1976).
• Laasimer, L. et al., eds. 1993–. Flora of the Baltic countries; compendium of vascular plants.
• McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2.
• Stace, C. 1995. New flora of the British Isles.
• Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1993. Flora europaea, second edition. [with two subspecies].
• Wu Zheng-yi & P. H. Raven et al., eds. 1994–. Flora of China (English edition).

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Quercus robur.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Quercus robur.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Quercus robur.

Synonyms:

• Quercus brutia Ten. [≡ Quercus robur subsp. brutia]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• Quercus haas Kotschy [= Quercus robur subsp. robur]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Quercus imeretina Steven ex Woronow [≡ Quercus robur subsp. imeretina]
  
• Quercus longipes Steven [= Quercus robur subsp. pedunculiflora]
  
• (=) Quercus pedunculata Ehrh.
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)
• Quercus pedunculiflora K. Koch [≡ Quercus robur subsp. pedunculiflora]
  
• Quercus pendulina Kit. [= Quercus robur subsp. robur]
  
• (=) Quercus robur f. atropurpurea (Hartwig & Rümpler) C. K. Schneid.
  
• (=) Quercus robur f. fastigiata (Lam.) O. Schwarz
  (previously associated with 1 accession)
• (=) Quercus robur f. pectinata (G. Kirchn.) C. K. Schneid.
  
• (=) Quercus robur f. pendula (Loudon) O. Schwarz
  
• Quercus thomasii Ten. [= Quercus robur subsp. brutia]
  (previously associated with 1 accession)

Check other web resources for Quercus robur L.:

• Flora Europaea: Database of European Plants (ESFEDS)
• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• Flora of China: Online version from Harvard University
• Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops
• ICRA: International Cultivar Registration Authority (on-line resource). for Quercus robur 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.

Check other web resources for images:

• PlantSystematics.org
• 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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