Quercus × rosacea

Quercus × rosacea
	Leaf cluster with acorn
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. × rosacea
Binomial name
	Quercus × rosacea; Bechst.
Synonyms
	Quercus × brevipes Heuff.; Quercus × csatoi Borbás; Quercus × sessiloides H.Lév.; Quercus × allardii Hy; Quercus × bossebovii Hy; Quercus × castoi Borbás; Quercus × erioneura Borbás; Quercus × feketei Simonk.; Quercus × hybrida Bechst. [Nom. illeg.]; Quercus × intermedia Boenn. ex Rchb.; Quercus × roborigermanica Lasch; Quercus × secalliana C.Vicioso; Quercus × superlata Borbás;

Quercus × rosacea (or Quercus rosacea) (or Devony Oak), is a naturally occurring hybrid species of oak native to Europe. They are the offspring of sessile oak, Quercus petraea, and common oak, Quercus robur, found where their ranges overlap. As hybrids, they are morphologically variable, but in general their traits appear intermediate to those of the parents. 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.^[2]

References

^ Sylvan, 67, 1813
^ 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.

[1] Sylvan, 67, 1813

[2] 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.

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