Quercus pumila

Quercus pumila

Quercus pumila

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Quercus pumila

Name

Quercus pumila Walter, 1788

Synonyms

• Homotypic
  • Quercus phellos var. pumila (Walter) Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 197 (1803).
  • Quercus cinerea var. pumila (Walter) M.A.Curtis, Geol. Nat. Hist. Surv. N. Carolina 3: 37 (1860).
• Heterotypic
  • Quercus phellos var. sericea Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 354 (1789).
  • Quercus sericea (Aiton) Willd., Sp. Pl., ed. 4, 4: 424 (1805).
  • Quercus cinerea var. nana A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 74 (1864).
  • Quercus pumila var. sericea (Aiton) Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 384 (1876).
  • Cyclobalanopsis sericea (Aiton) Schottky, Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 47: 656 (1912).
  • Quercus elliottii Wilbur, Rhodora 104: 138 (2002).

Homonyms

• Quercus pumila Castigl. = This name is unplaced.
• Quercus pumila Sudw. = Quercus ilicifolia Wangenh.
• Quercus pumila Michx. = Quercus montana Willd.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Quercus pumila Continental: Northern America Regional: Southeastern U.S.A. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Walter, T. 1788. Flora Caroliniana, secundum Systema vegetabilium Linnæi digesta, characteres essentiales naturalesve et differentias veras exhibens; cum emendationibus numerosis, descriptionum antea evulgatarum adumbrationes stirpium plus mille continens, necnon generibus novis non paucis, speciebus plurimis novisq. ornata. viii+263 pp., John Fraser, London. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.9458 Reference page. : 234.

Additional references

• Ward, D.B. (2007). Scientific note: Quercus sinuata Walter - the hybrid of Q. falcata and Q. phellos - rediscovered and neotypified Castanea 72: 177-181.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Quercus pumila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 03. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Quercus pumila in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 03. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Quercus pumila. Published online. Accessed: Jul 03 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Quercus pumila. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 03 Jul 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Quercus pumila. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jul 03. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Quercus pumila. Accessed: 03 Jul 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Quercus pumila in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

English: running oak, Runner Oak

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