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Quercus × rosacea

Quercus × rosacea
Leaf cluster with acorn
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species:
Q. × rosacea
Binomial name
Quercus × rosacea
Synonyms
  • Quercus × brevipes Heuff.
  • Quercus × csatoi Borbás
  • Quercus × sessiloides H.Lév.
  • Quercus × allardii Hy
  • Quercus × bossebovii Hy
  • Quercus × castoi Borbás
  • Quercus × erioneura Borbás
  • Quercus × feketei Simonk.
  • Quercus × hybrida Bechst. [Nom. illeg.]
  • Quercus × intermedia Boenn. ex Rchb.
  • Quercus × roborigermanica Lasch
  • Quercus × secalliana C.Vicioso
  • Quercus × superlata Borbás

Quercus × rosacea, the hybrid oak,[2] is a naturally occurring hybrid species of oak native to central and northern Europe.[1] It is a hybrid between sessile oak Quercus petraea, and pedunculate oak Quercus robur, found where their ranges overlap. As a fertile hybrid, it is morphologically variable, but in general the traits are intermediate between those of the parents.[2]

A thin section of a Q. × rosacea specimen was used by artist-in-residence Tania Kovats to create a monumental work called TREE for the ceiling of the Mezzanine of the Natural History Museum, London in celebration of the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  2. ^ a b "Hybrid Oak Quercus petraea × robur = Q. × ⁠rosacea Bechst". PlantAtlas. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  3. ^ Hellström, Nils Petter (2011). "The tree as evolutionary icon: TREE in the Natural History Museum, London (William T. Stearn Prize 2010)". Archives of Natural History. 38 (1): 1–17. doi:10.3366/anh.2011.0001. PMID 21560437.