Quercus subg. Quercus

Quercus subgenus Quercus is one of the two subgenera into which the genus Quercus was divided in a 2017 classification (the other being subgenus Cerris). It contains about 190 species divided among five sections. It may be called the New World clade or the high-latitude clade; most species are native to the Americas, the others being found in Eurasia and northernmost North Africa.

Quercus subg. Quercus
Quercus robur (type species) growing in England
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Sections
  • Quercus sect. Lobatae Loudon
  • Quercus sect. Ponticae Stef.
  • Quercus sect. Protobalanus (Trelease) O.Schwarz
  • Quercus sect. Quercus
  • Quercus sect. Virentes Loudon
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