Quercus × rosacea
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Quercus × rosacea | |
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Leaf cluster with acorn | |
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Quercus |
Species: | Q. × rosacea
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Quercus × rosacea, the hybrid oak,[2] is a naturally occurring hybrid species of oak native to central and northern Europe.[1] It is a hybrid between sessile oak Quercus petraea, and pedunculate oak Quercus robur, found where their ranges overlap. As a fertile hybrid, it is morphologically variable, but in general the traits are intermediate between those of the parents.[2]
A thin section of a Q. × rosacea specimen was used by artist-in-residence Tania Kovats to create a monumental work called TREE for the ceiling of the Mezzanine of the Natural History Museum, London in celebration of the bicentennial of Charles Darwin's birth.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Plants of the World Online". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ a b "Hybrid Oak Quercus petraea × robur = Q. × rosacea Bechst". PlantAtlas. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ Hellström, Nils Petter (2011). "The tree as evolutionary icon: TREE in the Natural History Museum, London (William T. Stearn Prize 2010)". Archives of Natural History. 38 (1): 1–17. doi:10.3366/anh.2011.0001. PMID 21560437.