Quercus × morehus
| Quercus × morehus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Section: | Lobatae |
| Species: | Q. × morehus |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus × morehus Kellogg | |
| Synonyms | |
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Quercus × moreha Trel. | |
Quercus × morehus,[2] Abram's oak in Kellogg's original description[3] (later called oracle oak by Jepson[4]), is a named hybrid between the red oaks Quercus kelloggii (California black oak) and Quercus wislizeni (interior live oak).[5] Originally published as the unique species Quercus morehus by Kellogg,[3] rather than as the hybrid it is called today,[5] this tree is found in California and possibly southern Oregon,[6] USA, usually where the territories of the purported parents overlap.[2]
Because the name Q. × morehus was adopted prior to 1980 while Q. wislizeni and Quercus parvula were still considered conspecific[7] it is often applied not only to trees appearing intermediate in form between Q. kelloggii and Q. wislizeni but also those that could be Q. kelloggii × Q. parvula.[8]
Quercus × morehus is a hybrid between a deciduous oak and an evergreen oak. Leaves are intermediate in form between Q. kelloggii and Q. wislizeni.[2]
References
- ↑ Edward L. Greene, Illustrations of West American Oaks, Vols. 1 & 2, Bosqui Engraving and Printing Co., San Francisco (1889-1890)
- 1 2 3 Carl B. Wolf, “California Plant Notes I, x Quercus morehus,” Occasional Papers, Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden of the Native Plants of California, Volume 1 (Number 1): pages 47-52 (1938)
- 1 2 Albert Kellogg, "On a new species of Oak, brought from Clear Lake by Mr. A. A. Veatch," Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, series 1, volume 2: page 36 (1863)
- ↑ Willis Linn Jepson, A Manual of the Flowering Plants of California, p. 277 (genus Quercus and some other parts 1923, the rest 1925)
- 1 2 Online link to The Jepson Manual eFlora = http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/get_IJM.pl?tid=40652 accessed 01 October 2015
- ↑ Online link to Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria (specimens #1, #4-17, #19-30, #32-34) = http://www.pnwherbaria.org/data/results.php?DisplayAs=WebPage&ExcludeCultivated=Y&GroupBy=ungrouped&SortBy=Year&SortOrder=DESC&SearchAllHerbaria=Y&QueryCount=1&Family1=fagaceae&IncludeSynonyms1=Y&Genus1=quercus&Species1=morehus&Zoom=4&Lat=55&Lng=-135&PolygonCount=0 accessed 01 October 2015
- ↑ Kevin C. Nixon and Cornelius H. Muller, “New Names in California Oaks,” Novon, volume 4: pages 391-393 (1994)
- ↑ A. Keuter, Key to the California Lobatae, ined. (2016)