Quercus alba

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

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

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).

Native distribution areas:

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.

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Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.

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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.