Quercus robur L., 1753
Common names
- 🇬🇧 Pedunculate Oak
- 🇫🇷 Chêne pédonculé, Gravelin, Chêne femelle, Chêne à grappe, Châgne
Taxonomy
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Superrosids
- Clade: Rosids
- Clade: Fabids
- Order: Fagales
- Family: Fagaceae
- Subfamily: Quercoideae
- Genus: Quercus
- Species: Quercus robur
Presence
Present.
Conservation status
- Red List (Metropolitan France): LC Least Concern
- Red List (Europe): LC Least Concern
Notes
Possible confusion with Q. pubescens Willd., 1796, whose leaves have a longer petiole (5-20 mm), while those of Q. robur are sessile or have a shorter petiole (0-7 mm).
The following infraspecific taxa are accepted:
- Q. robur subsp. brutia (Ten.) O.Schwarz, 1936;
- Q. robur subsp. imeretina (Steven ex Woronow) Menitsky, 1968;
- Q. robur subsp. pedunculiflora (K.Koch) Menitsky, 1967;
- Q. robur subsp. robur L., 1753, P.
Hybridizes with:
- Q. ilex L., 1753 to produce Q. × turneri Willd., 1809, P;
- Q. petraea (Matt.) Liebl., 1784 to produce Q. × rosacea Bechst., 1810, P;
- Q. pubescens subsp. pubescens Willd., 1796 to produce Q. × kerneri nothosubsp. kerneri Simonk., 1883, P;
- Q. pubescens subsp. subpyrenaica (Vill.) Govaerts, 1998 to produce Q. × kerneri nothosubsp. montserratii (Vicioso) Rivas Mart. & Sáenz de Rivas, 1991;
- Q. pyrenaica Willd., 1805 to produce Q. × andegavensis Hy, 1895, P.
Photographs
Sources
Hegedűs, I.M., Bordács, S., & Bartha, D. (2023). Comparative Studies on Leaf Micromorphology of the Abaxial Surface of Quercus robur L. subsp. robur and Quercus robur L. subsp. pedunculiflora (K.KOCH) MENITSKY. Acta Silvatica et Lignaria Hungarica, 19(2), 75-85. https://doi.org/10.37045/aslh-2023-0006
Khela, S. (2012). Quercus robur (Europe assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, 2012. https://doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T63532A3126467.en
Tison, J.M., & de Foucault, B. (2014). Flora Gallica : Flore de France (p. 769). Biotope.