Quercus rubra

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 rubra

Name

Quercus rubra L., Sp. Pl.: 996 (1753).

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Erythrobalanus rubra (L.) O.Schwarz, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 13: 4 (1936).
Heterotypic
- Quercus rubra var. maxima Marshall, Arbust. Amer.: 122 (1785).
- Quercus rubra var. ramosissima Marshall, Arbust. Amer.: 122 (1785).
- Quercus rubra var. subserrata Lam., Encycl. 1: 720 (1785).
- Quercus rubra var. latifolia Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 357 (1789).
- Quercus rubra var. hispanica Castigl., Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 347 (1790).
- Quercus ambigua F.Michx., Hist. Arbr. Forest. 2: 120 (1811), nom. illeg.
- Quercus borealis F.Michx., N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 98 (1817).
- Quercus angulizana Raf., Alsogr. Amer.: 22 (1838).
- Quercus acerifolia G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 652 (1864), pro syn.
- Quercus coccinea var. ambigua (F.Michx.) A.Gray, Manual, ed. 5: 454 (1867).
- Quercus rubra var. pendula de Vos, Bered. Woordenboek: 101 (1867).
- Quercus sada Mast., Gard. Chron., n.s., 4: 685 (1875).
- Quercus cuneata Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 111 (1891), nom. illeg.
- Quercus rubra var. latepinnatifida Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 642 (1891).
- Quercus rubra var. borealis (F.Michx.) Farw., Ann. Rep. Mich. Acad. Sci. 6: 206 (1904).
- Quercus rubra var. ambigua (F.Michx.) Fernald in A.Gray, Manual, ed. 7: 341 (1908).
- Quercus borealis var. maxima (Marshall) Sargent, Rhodora 18: 48 (1916).
- Quercus maxima (Marshall) Ashe, Proc. Soc. Amer. Foresters 11: 90 (1916).
- Quercus rubra f. cuneata Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 202 (1924).
- Quercus rubra f. houbae Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 201 (1924).
- Quercus rubra f. juvenilis Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 201 (1924).
- Quercus rubra f. obovata Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 201 (1924).
- Quercus borealis var. flabellata Croizat, Torreya 36: 141 (1936).
- Quercus borealis f. flabellata (Croizat) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 653 (1949).

Hybrids

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Quercus rubra

Continental: Europe (introduced)
- Regional: Northern Europe
  - Denmark, Norway, Sweden.
- Regional: Middle Europe
  - Austria, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Switzerland.
- Regional: Southwestern Europe
  - France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain.
- Regional: Southeastern Europe
  - Bulgaria, Greece, Italy, Romania.
- Regional: Eastern Europe
  - Krym, Ukraine.
Continental: Australasia (introduced)
- Regional: New Zealand
  - New Zealand North, New Zealand South.
Continental: Northern America
- Regional: Eastern Canada
  - New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Québec.
- Regional: North-Central U.S.A.
  - Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Wisconsin.
- Regional: Northeastern U.S.A.
  - Connecticut, Indiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, West Virginia.
- Regional: Southeastern U.S.A.
  - Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, District of Columbia.

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Primary references

Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 996. Reference page.

Additional references

Govaerts, R.H.A. & Frodin, D. 1998. World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales (Betulaceae, Corylaceae, Fagaceae and Ticodendraceae). VIII + 408 p. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-900347-46-6. Reference page.
Hohla, M. (2014). Hystrix patula - neu für Österreich, sowie weitere Beiträge zur Flora von Oberösterreich, Salzburg, Steiermark und Vorarlberg. Stapfia 101: 83-100.
Rosati, L. & al. (2012). Un aggiornamento alla flora del Cilento e della Campania Informatore Botanico Italiano 44: 111-119.

Links

Hassler, M. 2020. Quercus rubra. 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. 2020. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2020 March 1. Reference page.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2020. Quercus rubra in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2020 March 1. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2020. Quercus rubra. Published online. Accessed: 1 March 2020.
IUCN: Quercus rubra L. (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

aragonés: Caxico americano
dansk: Rød-Eg
Deutsch: Amerikanische Rot-Eiche
English: Northern red oak
Esperanto: Ruĝa kverko
eesti: Punane tamm
euskara: Haritz gorria / Haritz amerikarra
suomi: Punatammi
français: Chêne rouge d'Amérique
galego: Carballo americano
magyar: Vörös tölgy, amerikai tölgy, amerikai vöröstölgy
македонски: Црвен даб
polski: dąb czerwony
português: Carvalho-americano
中文: 北美紅橡

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