List of Quercus species

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This is a list of Quercus species.

Contents 1 Subgenus Quercus 1.1 Section Quercus 1.2 Section Mesobalanus 1.3 Section Cerris 1.4 Section Protobalanus 1.5 Section Lobatae 2 Subgenus Cyclobalanopsis 3 Notes 4 External links 5 Sources

[edit] Subgenus Quercus

[edit] Section Quercus

The white oaks (synonym sect. Lepidobalanus). Europe, Asia, north Africa, North America. Styles short; acorns mature in 6 months, sweet or slightly bitter, inside of acorn shell hairless.

• Quercus alba - White Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus aliena - Oriental White Oak - eastern Asia
• Quercus arizonica - Arizona White Oak # - southwestern U.S., nw. Mexico
• Quercus austrina - Bluff Oak - southeastern North America
• Quercus berberidifolia - California Scrub Oak # - California
• Quercus bicolor - Swamp White Oak - eastern & midwestern North America
• Quercus boyntonii - Boynton's Post Oak - south central North America
• Quercus chapmannii - Chapmann Oak # - southeastern North America
• Quercus cornelius-mulleri - Muller Oak # - southwestern North America
• Quercus copeyensis - # - Costa Rica, Panama
• Quercus depressipes - Davis Mountain Oak # - Texas
• Quercus dilatata - Moru Oak # - Himalaya
• Quercus douglasii - Blue Oak - California
• Quercus dumosa - Coastal Scrub Oak # - southern California
• Quercus durata - Leather Oak # - California
• Quercus engelmannii - Engelmann Oak # - southwestern California
• Quercus faginea - Portuguese oak # - southwestern Europe
• Quercus fusiformis - Texas Live Oak or Plateau Live Oak # - south central North America
• Quercus gambelii - Gambel Oak - southwestern North America
• Quercus garryana - Oregon White Oak or Garry Oak - western North America
• Quercus geminata - Sand Live Oak # - southeastern North America
• Quercus grisea - Gray Oak # - south central North America
• Quercus havardii - Havard Oak, Shin Oak - south central North America
• Quercus hinckleyi - Hinckley Oak # - Texas, northwestern Mexico
• Quercus hondurensis - Honduras Oak # - Honduras
• Quercus ilex - Holly Oak or Holm Oak # - southern Europe, northwestern Africa
• Quercus intricata - Coahuila Scrub Oak # - two isolated localities in west Texas, northern Mexico
• Quercus john-tuckeri - Tucker's Oak # - southwestern North America
• Quercus laceyi - Lacey Oak - Edwards Plateau of Texas, northern Mexico
• Quercus lanata - Woolly-leaved Oak # - Himalaya
• Quercus leucotrichophora - Banj Oak # - Himalaya
• Quercus lobata - Valley Oak or California White Oak - California
• Quercus lusitanica - Gall Oak or Lusitanian Oak - Iberia, North Africa
• Quercus lyrata - Overcup Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus macrocarpa - Bur Oak - eastern and central North America
• Quercus mohriana - Mohr Oak # - southwestern North America
• Quercus michauxii - Swamp Chestnut Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus minima - Dwarf Live Oak # - southeastern North America
• Quercus mongolica - Mongolian Oak - eastern Asia
• Quercus montana - Chestnut Oak - eastern North America (syn. Q. prinus)
• Quercus muhlenbergii - Chinkapin Oak - eastern, central, and southwestern US (West Texas and New Mexico), northern Mexico
• Quercus oblongifolia - Mexican Blue Oak # - southwestern U.S., nw. Mexico
• Quercus oglethorpensis - Oglethorpe Oak - southeastern North America
• Quercus peduncularis - # - Central America
• Quercus petraea - Sessile Oak - Europe
• Quercus polymorpha - Monterrey Oak # - Mexico and extreme S. Texas
• Quercus prinoides - Dwarf Chinkapin Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus pubescens - Downy Oak - Europe
• Quercus pungens - Sandpaper Oak # - south central North America
• Quercus robur - Pedunculate Oak or English Oak - Europe, West Asia
• Quercus rugosa - Netleaf Oak # - southwestern U.S., nw. Mexico
• Quercus sadleriana - Deer Oak # - sw. Oregon, northern California
• Quercus stellata - Post Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus toumeyi - Toumey Oak # - southwest New Mexico, southeastern Arizona, northern Mexico
• Quercus turbinella - Shrub Live Oak or Scrub Live Oak # - southwestern North America
• Quercus vaseyana - Vasey Oak # - southwestern North America
• Quercus virginiana - Southern Live Oak # - southeastern North America

[edit] Section Mesobalanus

Europe, Asia, north Africa. Styles long; acorns mature in 6 months, bitter, inside of acorn shell hairless (closely related to sect. Quercus and sometimes included in it).

• Quercus canariensis - Mirbeck's Oak or Algerian Oak # - North Africa & Spain
• Quercus dentata - Daimyo Oak - eastern Asia
• Quercus frainetto - Hungarian Oak or Italian Oak - southeastern Europe
• Quercus macranthera - Caucasian Oak or Persian Oak - western Asia
• Quercus pontica - Armenian Oak - western Asia
• Quercus pyrenaica - Pyrenean Oak - southwestern Europe
• Quercus vulcanica - Kasnak Oak - southwestern Asia

[edit] Section Cerris

Europe, Asia, north Africa. Styles long; acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell hairless or slightly hairy.

• Quercus acutissima - Sawtooth Oak - eastern Asia
• Quercus alnifolia - Golden Oak # - Cyprus
• Quercus calliprinos - Palestine Oak # - southwestern Asia
• Quercus castaneifolia - Chestnut-leaved Oak - Caucasus, Iran (Persia)
• Quercus cerris - Turkish Oak - southern Europe, southwestern Asia
• Quercus coccifera - Kermes Oak # - southern Europe
• Quercus infectoria - Aleppo Oak, Cyprus Oak - southern Europe, southwestern Asia
• Quercus libani - Lebanon Oak - southwestern Asia
• Quercus macrolepis - Vallonea Oak # - southwestern Asia
• Quercus semecarpifolia - Brown Oak or Kharshu Oak # - Himalaya
• Quercus suber - Cork Oak # - southwestern Europe, northwestern Africa
• Quercus trojana - Macedonian Oak # - southeastern Europe
• Quercus variabilis - Chinese Cork Oak - eastern Asia

[edit] Section Protobalanus

The intermediate oaks. Southwest USA & northwest Mexico. Styles short, acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell woolly.

• Quercus cedrosensis - Cedros Island Oak # - Baja California
• Quercus chrysolepis - Canyon Live Oak # - southwestern North America
• Quercus palmeri - Palmer Oak # - sw. Oregon, California, western Arizona
• Quercus tomentella - Island Oak # - California offshore islands
• Quercus vaccinifolia - Huckleberry Oak # - southwestern North America

[edit] Section Lobatae

The red oaks (synonym sect. Erythrobalanus). North, Central & South America. Styles long, acorns mature in 18 months, very bitter, inside of acorn shell woolly.

• Quercus acerifolia - Maple-leaved Oak or Mapleleaf Oak # - south central North America
• Quercus agrifolia - Coast Live Oak # - California, northern Baja California
• Quercus arkansana - Arkansas Oak - Southeastern North America
• Quercus buckleyi - Texas Red Oak - southwestern North America
• Quercus canbyi - Canby Oak or Mexican Red Oak # - Mexico
• Quercus coccinea - Scarlet Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus costaricensis - # - Costa Rica, Panama
• Quercus cualensis - # - Mexico (Sierra Madre del Sur)
• Quercus depressa - Mexico
• Quercus eduardii - Mexico
• Quercus ellipsoidalis - Northern Pin Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus emoryi - Emory Oak # - southwestern U.S., northern Mexico
• Quercus falcata - Southern Red Oak or Spanish Oak - southeastern North America
• Quercus gravesii - Chisos Red Oak or Graves Oak - Mexico, southwestern North America (Texas)
• Quercus graciliformis - Chisos Oak # - Extreme SW North America
• Quercus georgiana - Georgia Oak - southeastern North America
• Quercus hintoniorum - # - Mexico
• Quercus hirtifolia - # - Mexico
• Quercus humboldtii - Andean Oak # - northern South America (Colombia)
• Quercus hypoleucoides - Silverleaf Oak # - southwestern North America
• Quercus hypoxantha - # - Mexico
• Quercus ilicifolia - Bear Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus iltisii - # - Southern Mexico
• Quercus imbricaria - Shingle Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus incana - Bluejack Oak - southeastern North America
• Quercus inopina - Sandhill Oak # - southeastern North America
• Quercus kelloggii - California Black Oak - California, sw. Oregon
• Quercus laevis - Turkey Oak - southeastern North America
• Quercus laurifolia - Laurel Oak # - southeastern North America
• Quercus laurina - # - Mexico
• Quercus marilandica - Blackjack Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus myrtifolia - Myrtle Oak # - southeastern North America
• Quercus nigra - Water Oak # - eastern North America
• Quercus palustris - Pin Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus parvula - Santa Cruz Island Scrub Oak # - Santa Cruz Island California
• Quercus phellos - Willow Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus pumila - Runner Oak # - southeastern North America
• Quercus rhysophylla - Loquat-leaf Oak # - Mexico
• Quercus rubra - Northern Red Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus salicifolia - # - Mexico
• Quercus sapotifolia - # - southern Mexico, Central America
• Quercus shumardii - Shumard Oak - southeastern North America
• Quercus tardifolia - Lateleaf Oak # - two small clumps in Chisos Mountains of Texas
• Quercus texana - Nuttall's Oak - south central North America (Lower Mississippi River Valley)
• Quercus velutina - Black Oak or Eastern Black Oak or Dyer's Oak - eastern North America
• Quercus wislizenii - Interior Live Oak # - California
• Quercus xalapensis - # - Mexico

[edit] Subgenus Cyclobalanopsis

The ring-cupped oaks (synonym genus Cyclobalanopsis). Eastern and southeastern Asia. They are distinct from subgenus Quercus in that they have acorns with distinctive cups bearing concrescent rings of scales; they commonly also have densely clustered acorns, though this does not apply to all of the species. About 150 species.

Selected species

• Quercus acuta - Japanese Evergreen Oak. # Japan, Korea.
• Quercus albicaulis - # China.
• Quercus argentata - # Malaysia, Indonesia.
• Quercus argyrotricha - # Guizhou (China).
• Quercus augustinii - # China, Vietnam.
• Quercus austrocochinchinensis - # China, Vietnam, Thailand.
• Quercus austroglauca - # China.
• Quercus bella - # China.
• Quercus blakei - # China, Vietnam, Laos.
• Quercus camusiae - # China, Vietnam.
• Quercus championii - # China, Taiwan.
• Quercus chapensis - # China, Vietnam.
• Quercus chevalieri - # China, Vietnam.
• Quercus chingsiensis - # China.
• Quercus chungii - # China.
• Quercus daimingshanensis - # China.
• Quercus delavayi - # China.
• Quercus delicatula - # China.
• Quercus dinghuensis - # China.
• Quercus disciformis - # China.
• Quercus edithiae - # China, Vietnam.
• Quercus elevaticostata - # Fujian (China).
• Quercus fleuryi - # China, Vietnam, Laos.
• Quercus gambleana - # China, India.
• Quercus gemelliflora - # Malaysia, Indonesia.
• Quercus gilva - # Japan, Taiwan, China.
• Quercus glauca - Ring-cupped Oak. # From Afganistan to Japan and Vietnam.
• Quercus glaucoides - # China.
• Quercus helferiana - # China, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam.
• Quercus hondae - # Kyushu (Japan).
• Quercus hui - # China.
• Quercus hypophaea - # Taiwan.
• Quercus jenseniana - # China.
• Quercus jinpinensis - # China.
• Quercus kerrii - Kerr's Oak. # Vietnam, Thailand, possibly China.
• Quercus kiukiangensis - # China.
• Quercus kouangsiensis - # China.
• Quercus lamellosa - # Himalaya.
• Quercus lineata - # Malaysia, Indonesia.
• Quercus litoralis - # China.
• Quercus litseoides - # China.
• Quercus lobbii - # China, India.
• Quercus longinux - # Taiwan.
• Quercus lowii - # Borneo.
• Quercus lungmaiensis - # Yunnan (China).
• Quercus merrillii - # Sabah and Sarawak (Malaysia), Palawan (Philippines).
• Quercus morii - # Taiwan.
• Quercus motuoensis - # China.
• Quercus multinervis - # China.
• Quercus myrsinifolia - Bamboo-leaf Oak. # China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam.
• Quercus neglecta - # China, Vietnam.
• Quercus ningangensis - # China.
• Quercus obovatifolia - # China.
• Quercus oxyodon - # Assam, Myanmar, China, Bhutan, Nepal.
• Quercus pachyloma - # China, Taiwan.
• Quercus patelliformis - # China.
• Quercus pentacycla - # China.
• Quercus phanera - # China.
• Quercus poilanei - # China, Vietnam, Thailand.
• Quercus rex - # China, Vietnam, India, Laos, Myanmar.
• Quercus salicina - # Japan, South Korea.
• Quercus saravanensis - # China, Laos, Vietnam.
• Quercus semiserrata - # China, Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Thailand.
• Quercus sessilifolia - # Japan, Taiwan, China.
• Quercus sichourensis - # Yunnan (China).
• Quercus stenophylloides - # Taiwan.
• Quercus stewardiana - # China.
• Quercus subhinoidea - # China.
• Quercus subsericea - # Malaysia, Indonesia.
• Quercus thorelii - # China, Laos, Vietnam.
• Quercus tomentosinervis - # China.
• Quercus treubiana - # Sumatra, Borneo.
• Quercus xanthotricha - # China, Laos, Vietnam.
• Quercus yingjiangensis - # China.
• Quercus yonganensis - # China.

[edit] Notes

# Species with evergreen foliage ("live oaks") are tagged #. Note that the change from deciduous to evergreen character (or vice-versa) has evolved on numerous occasions in Quercus, and does not necessarily indicate that the species concerned are closely related.

[edit] External links

• Flora of North America - Quercus
• Flora of China - Quercus
• Flora of China - Cyclobalanopsis
• Americanredoak.info

[edit] Sources

• Ohwi, J. Flora of Japan, 1984. ISBN-13: 978-0874747089
• Soepadmo, E., Julia, S., & Rusea G. Fagaceae. In Tree Flora of Sabah and Sarawak, Volume 3, 2006. Soepadmo, E., Saw, L.G. eds. Government of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ISBN 983-2181-06-2