Quercus ilex

Quercus ilex
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. Ilex
Species:
Q. ilex
Binomial name
Quercus ilex
Species' distribution: Q. ilex (green), Q. rotundifolia (rose)

Quercus ilex, the holm oak,[2][3] also (ambiguously, as many oaks are evergreen) evergreen oak,[4] is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the section Ilex of the genus,[5][6] with acorns that mature in a single summer.

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  2. ^ Mitchell, Alan F. (1974). A Field Guide to the Trees of Britain and Northern Europe. London: Collins. p. 237. ISBN 0-00-212035-6.
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  5. ^ Manos, Paul S.; Doyle, Jeff J.; Nixon, Kevin C. (1999). "Phylogeny, Biogeography, and Processes of Molecular Differentiation in Quercus Subgenus Quercus (Fagaceae)" (PDF). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 12 (3): 333–349. Bibcode:1999MolPE..12..333M. doi:10.1006/mpev.1999.0614. PMID 10413627. S2CID 17068984.
  6. ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min; Hipp, Andrew L. (2017), Gil-Pelegrín, Eustaquio; Peguero-Pina, José Javier; Sancho-Knapik, Domingo (eds.), "An Updated Infrageneric Classification of the Oaks: Review of Previous Taxonomic Schemes and Synthesis of Evolutionary Patterns", Oaks Physiological Ecology. Exploring the Functional Diversity of Genus Quercus L., Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 13–38, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-69099-5_2, ISBN 978-3-319-69099-5, retrieved 2022-11-16

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