Quercus subg. Cerris

Quercus subg. Cerris
Quercus cerris (type species)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Cerris
Oerst.[1]
Sections[1]
  • Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis Oerst.
  • Quercus sect. Ilex Loudon
  • Quercus sect. Cerris Dumort.

Quercus subgenus Cerris is one of the two subgenera into which the genus Quercus was divided in a 2017 classification (the other being subgenus Quercus). It contains about 140 species divided among three sections. It may be called the Old World clade or the mid-latitude clade; all species are native to Eurasia and North Africa.

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