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Oak (Quercus spp.)

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Trees II

Part of the book series: Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry ((AGRICULTURE,volume 5))

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Genus Quercus, differentiated in the Cretaceous, belongs to the family Fagaceae, and it contains about 300 species. Following Camus’ classic sub-division (1936 to 1938) Quercus can be taxonomically divided in two subgenera: Cyclobalanopsis, whose range covers eastern Asia and Malaysia; and Euquercus, whose range covers Northern and Central America, Europe, Northern Africa and Asia. The latter includes six sections: Cerris, Mesobalanus, Lepidobalanus, Macrobalanus, Protobalanus, Eritrobalanus. In the most recent classification of Tutin et al. (1964), based on the probability of intraspecific hybridization, the genus Quercus is divided into four subgenera: Erythrobalanus, Sclerophyllodrys, Cerris and Quercus.

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Bellarosa, R. (1989). Oak (Quercus spp.). In: Bajaj, Y.P.S. (eds) Trees II. Biotechnology in Agriculture and Forestry, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-61535-1_20

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