Quercus vulcanica

Kasnak oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Section: Mesobalanus
Species: Q. vulcanica
Binomial name
Quercus vulcanica
Boiss. & Heldr. ex Kotschy 1860

Quercus vulcanica, the Kasnak oak, is a rare species of tree found only in a few locations in western and south-central Turkey.[1]

Quercus vulcanica is highly valued in its native region as a source of lumber and also as an ornamental. It is a large tree up to 33 meters tall, with a trunk sometimes attaining 150 cm in diameter. Bark is gray and fissured. Leaves are up to 16 cm long, egg-shaped with deep lobes, green on the top but yellow-green on the underside.[2][3]

References

  1. Encyclopedia of Life
  2. Dutkuner, I., & M. Genç. 2001. Kasnak Oak (Quercus vulcanica Boiss. and Heldr. ex Kotschy) Its botanical and silvicultural properties and some suggestions to protect and extend its habitat.
  3. Kotschy, Carl Georg Theodor 1860. Die Eichen Europa's und des Orient's plate 18
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