Quercus lusitanica

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Gall Oak
Quercus lusitanica - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-253.jpg
Quercus lusitanica[1]
Scientific classification
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Lepidobalanus
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Q. lusitanica
Binomial name
Quercus lusitanica
Lam. 1785
Synonyms[2]
List
  • Quercus fruticosa Brot.
  • Quercus humilis Lam. 1783, illegitimate homonym not A. DC. 1805 nor Walter 1788 nor Mill. 1768
  • Quercus valentina Cav.
  • Quercus ovalifolia Bosc ex Pers.
  • Quercus glauca Bosc ex Loisel. 1825 not Thunb. 1784
  • Quercus australis Link
  • Quercus undulata K.Koch 1846 not Torr. 1827 nor Kit. 1864 nor Engelm. 1878 nor Benth. 1841
  • Quercus prasina Bosc ex Endl.
  • Quercus aegilopifolia Boiss. ex Endl.
  • Quercus muricata Palau ex Willk. & Lange
  • Quercus quexigo Cook ex Willk. & Lange
  • Quercus aegylopifolia Boiss. ex A.DC.
  • Quercus brachycarpa Kotschy ex A.DC. 1864
  • Quercus brachycarpa Guss. ex Parl. 1867
  • Quercus rigida K.Koch ex A.DC.
  • Quercus baetica H.Buek
  • Quercus zang Dippel

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Quercus lusitanica, commonly known as Gall Oak, Lusitanian Oak, or Dyer's Oak, is a species of oak native to Morocco, Portugal, and Spain.[3] Quercus lusitanica is the source of commercial nutgalls. These galls are produced by the infection from the insect Cynips gallae tinctoriae. They are used for dyeing.

Several other species are known colloquially as "gall oaks;" indeed, galls can be found on a large percentage of oak species.[4] The specific epithet "lusitanica" refers to the ancient Roman Province of Lusitania, corresponding roughly to present-day Portugal.[5]

References

  1. 1897 illustration from Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen
  2. The Plant List, Quercus lusitanica Lam.
  3. Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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