Quercus cerris

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Turkey oak
Turkey oak foliage
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
Section: Quercus sect. Cerris
Species:
Q. cerris
Binomial name
Quercus cerris
Distribution map
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Cerris australis Raf.
  • Cerris austriaca (Willd.) Raf.
  • Cerris crinita (Lam.) Raf.
  • Cerris paliphleos Raf.
  • Quercus aegilops Scop.
  • Quercus ambrozyana Simonk.
  • Quercus asplenifolia A.DC.
  • Quercus austriaca Willd.
  • Quercus cana Steud.
  • Quercus cerris subf. acutiloba Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. acutilobata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. acutobipinnata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. acutodentata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. acutolaciniata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. acutomucronata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris f. balatae Boros ex Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris f. basi-cuneata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. basicordata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. dentatolaciniata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris f. laciniatolyrata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris f. leviterlobata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. lobatolaciniata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. mucronata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. mucronatobipinnata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. mucronatopinnata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. pinnatilobata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris f. roborilobata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. rotundatolaciniata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. rotundatolobata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. rotundilobata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris f. sinuatolobata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. sublobata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris subf. submucronata Mátyás
  • Quercus cerris f. verae-csapodyae Mátyás
  • Quercus crinita Lam.
  • Quercus crispa Steud.
  • Quercus echinata Salisb.
  • Quercus frondosa Steud.
  • Quercus haliphlaeos Lam.
  • Quercus heterophylla A.DC.
  • Quercus lanuginosa Lam.
  • Quercus nicotrae Lojac.
  • Quercus pseudocerris Boiss.
  • Quercus ragnal Lodd. ex Loudon
  • Quercus raynal K.Koch
  • Quercus secondatii Steud.
  • Quercus thracica Stef. & Nedjalkov
  • Quercus tournefortii Willd.
  • Quercus tukhtensis Czeczott
  • Quercus variegata Lodd. ex Steud.

Quercus cerris, the Turkey oak or Austrian oak,[3][4] is an oak native to south-eastern Europe and Asia Minor. It is the type species of Quercus sect. Cerris, a section of the genus characterised by shoot buds surrounded by soft bristles, bristle-tipped leaf lobes, and acorns that usually mature in 18 months.

  1. ^ Gorener, V. (2017). "Quercus cerris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
  2. ^ "Quercus cerris L." Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2020.
  3. ^ Speer, James H. (2010). Fundamentals of Tree-Ring Research. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press. p. 270.
  4. ^ Fonseca, Matthew A. (2005). The Measurement of Roundwood: Methodologies and Conversion Ratios. Wallingford, UK: CABI Publishing. p. 242.