Quercus coccinea, Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC, USA
Quercus coccinea, 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 coccinea

Name

Quercus coccinea Münchh., 1770

Synonyms

  • Homotypic
    • Quercus rubra var. coccinea (Münchh.) Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 357 (1789).
  • Heterotypic
    • Quercus acuta Raf., Alsogr. Amer.: 22 (1838), nom. illeg.
    • Quercus coccinea var. cucullata G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 650 (1864).
    • Quercus coccinea var. pendula G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 650 (1864).
    • Quercus coccinea var. rugelii A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 62 (1864).
    • Quercus coccinea var. undulata G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 650 (1864).
    • Quercus palustris Regel ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 62 (1864), not validly publ.
    • Quercus coccinea var. tuberculata Sarg., Man. Trees, ed. 2: 248 (1922).

Hybrids

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Eastern USA
      • Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Carolina, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, Wisconsin

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

  • Münchhausen, O.v. 1770. Ausführliches Verzeichniß aller Bäume und Stauden, welche in Deutschland in freyer Luft fortkommen. Der Hausvater 5: 79–368. Hannover: Försters und Sohns Erben. BHL Reference page. : 5: 254.

Additional references

  • Govaerts, R.H.A. & Frodin, D. 1998. World Checklist and Bibliography of Fagales (Betulaceae, Corylaceae, Fagaceae and Ticodendraceae). VIII + 408 p. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-900347-46-6. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Scarlet Oak
suomi: Purppuratammi
français: Chêne écarlate
magyar: Bíbor tölgy, szabdaltlevelű vöröstölgy
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