Quercus alba

Quercus alba, West Hartford, Connecticut, USA

Quercus alba, Rock Creek Park, Washington DC, USA

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Fagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Cladus: Rosids Cladus: Eurosids I Ordo: Fagales

Familia: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Quercus alba

Name

Quercus alba L., Sp. Pl.: 996 (1753).

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Quercus repanda Michx., Hist. Chênes Amér.: 5 (1801), pro syn.
  • Quercus alba var. pinnatifida Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 195 (1803).
  • Quercus alba var. repanda Michx., Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 195 (1803).
  • Quercus nigrescens Raf., Alsogr. Amer.: 19 (1838).
  • Quercus retusa Raf., Alsogr. Amer.: 22 (1838).
  • Quercus candida Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 426 (1841).
  • Quercus alba var. microcarpa A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 22 (1864).
  • Quercus alba var. heterophylla Ettingsh. & Krašan, Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56: 63 (1889).
  • Quercus ramosa Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 75, 585 (1891).
  • Quercus alba var. latiloba Sarg., Bot. Gaz. 65: 435 (1918).
  • Quercus alba var. longigemma Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 103 (1924).
  • Quercus alba f. repanda (Michx.) Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 102 (1924).
  • Quercus alba var. ryderi Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 102 (1924).
  • Quercus alba f. viridis Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 103 (1924).
  • Quercus alba f. sublyrata Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 103 (1925).
  • Quercus alba f. latiloba (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm., Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 517 (1935).
  • Quercus alba f. pinnatifida (Michx.) Rehder, Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 132 (1949).
  • Quercus alba var. subcaerulea Pickens & M.Pickens, Castanea 25: 125 (1960).
  • Quercus alba var. subflavea Pickens & M.Pickens, Castanea 25: 125 (1960).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Quercus alba Continental: Northern America Regional: Eastern USA Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Québec, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin Introduced into: Leeward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1753. Species Plantarum. Tomus II: 996. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Govaerts, R. & Frodin, D.G. (1998). World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales: 1-408. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Quercus alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 27. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Quercus alba in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Quercus alba. Published online. Accessed: Jun 27 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Quercus alba. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Jun 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Quercus alba. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Jun 27. Reference page. 
• Hassler, M. 2021. World Plants. Synonymic Checklist and Distribution of the World Flora. . Quercus alba. Accessed: 27 Jun 2021.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Quercus alba in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 07-Oct-06.

Vernacular names

مصرى: سنديان ابيض
العربية: سنديان أبيض
azərbaycanca: Ağ palıd
català: Roure blanc americà
čeština: Dub bílý
dansk: Hvid-Eg
Deutsch: Amerikanische Weiß-Eiche
English: White Oak
español: Roble blanco
فارسی: بلوط سفید
suomi: Rinnevalkotammi
français: Chêne blanc
magyar: Fehér tölgy
հայերեն: Սպիտակ կաղնի
íslenska: Hvíteik
italiano: Quercia bianca
ქართული: თეთრი მუხა
lietuvių: Baltasis ąžuolas
latviešu: Baltais ozols
Nederlands: Amerikaanse witte eik
norsk: Kviteik
polski: Dąb biały
português: Carvalho-branco
русский: Дуб белый
svenska: Vitek
Türkçe: Ak meşe
中文: 北美白橡

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