Quercus trojana
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Quercus trojana, the Macedonian oak, is a species of plant in the oak and beech family (Fagaceae). It is native to southeast Europe and southwest Asia, and is placed in the turkey oak section (Quercus sect. Cerris).
Description
Quercus trojana is a small to medium-sized tree reaching Template:Convert tall. It is late deciduous to semi-evergreen, with glossy green to grey-green leaves Template:Convert long and 1.5–4 cm broad, coarsely serrated at the margins and with sharply pointed teeth. The acorns are 2–4 cm long when mature (about 18 months after pollination) with a scaly acorn cup.[1][2]
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Taxonomy
Quercus trojana was first described by P.B. Webb from the Troad, in 1839. Three well-differentiated subspecies are known, two of which are highly endemic.[3]
- Quercus trojana subsp. trojana.
- Quercus trojana subsp. euboica (Papaioannou) K.I.Chr: Native to Euboea. Possibly a distinct species, in this case Quercus euboica.[4]
- Quercus trojana subsp. yaltirikii Ziel., Petrova & D.Tomasz: Endemic to southern Anatolia.[5]
It is closely related to Quercus libani and, less closely, to other Cerris oaks, such as Quercus cerris, Quercus castaneifolia and Quercus ithaburensis.[4][6]
Distribution and habitat
The species is distributed from southern Italy east across the southern Balkans (Croatia, Albania, Serbia, North Macedonia and Greece) to western Turkey.[7][8] Its range is disjunct, with its two main centres in the western Balkans and northwest Anatolia. It grows at low to moderate altitudes (up to Template:Convert in the south of the range in southwestern Turkey), and prefers warm, dry localities.[2][5]
Fossil record
Fossils of Quercus trojana have been described from the fossil flora of Kızılcahamam district in Turkey, which is of early Pliocene age.[9]
Cultivation
It is grown as an ornamental tree in Britain, Belgium, Spain, and elsewhere, and has proved very tolerant of both drought and winter cold.[2] A semi-fastigiate cultivar 'Iturraran Trinkoa' has been selected at the Iturraran Botanical Garden in the Basque region of Spain.[2]
References
External links
- Quercus trojana - information, genetic conservation units and related resources. European Forest Genetic Resources Programme (EUFORGEN)
- ↑ Webb, Philip Barker 1839.
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- ↑ a b Jerzy Zieliński, Ana Petrova and Dominik Tomaszewski 2006. Quercus trojana subsp. yaltirikii (Fagaceae), a New Subspecies from Southern Turkey. Willdenowia 36:845-849
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- ↑ Christensen, Knud Ib. 1997. Flora Hellenica 1: 45
- ↑ Altervista Flora Italiana, Quercus trojana Webb
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