Quercus wislizeni

Interior live oak
Leaves and acorn. The leaf margins are sometimes spiny rather than smooth.
Typical growth habit
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Lobatae
Species:
Q. wislizeni
Binomial name
Quercus wislizeni
Combined ranges of Quercus wislizeni and Quercus parvula
Synonyms[4]
  • Quercus wislizenii A.DC.

Quercus wislizeni, known by the common name interior live oak,[4] is an evergreen oak, highly variable and often shrubby, found in many areas of California[5] in the United States continuing south into northern Baja California in Mexico. It generally occurs in foothills, being most abundant in the lower elevations of the Sierra Nevada, but also widespread in the Pacific Coast Ranges—where since 1980 it has been known as a separate species Quercus parvula[6][7]—and the San Gabriel Mountains. It was named for its collector, Friedrich Adolph Wislizenus (1810–1889).[4]

  1. ^ Jerome, D. (2017). "Quercus wislizeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T89254808A89254811. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-2.RLTS.T89254808A89254811.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference de Candolle was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ "Quercus wislizeni A.DC". IPNI. Retrieved August 29, 2010. "Description of Q. wislizeni was published in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis ... (DC.) 16(2.1): 67 (1864)."[2]
  4. ^ a b c d "Quercus wislizeni A.DC.". Tropicos. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved August 9, 2010.
  5. ^ "Quercus wislizeni". Calflora. Berkeley, California: The Calflora Database.
  6. ^ Nixon, Kevin (1980). A Systematic Study of Quercus parvula Greene on Santa Cruz Island and Mainland California (Master's Thesis).
  7. ^ Jepson eFlora: Quercus parvula.