Quercus ser. Virentes

Quercus ser. Virentes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus
Section: Quercus
Series: Virentes
Nixon

Quercus series Virentes ─ also called subsection Virentes ─ is a monophyletic group of seven North American evergreen or brevideciduous live oak species within the genus Quercus subgenus Quercus section Quercus.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. Muller, Cornelius H. (1961). "The live oaks of the series Virentes". American Midland Naturalist 65 (1): 17–39. JSTOR 2422999.
  2. Nixon, Kevin C. (1985). A biosystematic study of Quercus series Virentes (the live oaks) with phylogenetic analyses of Fagales, Fagaceae and Quercus (Ph.D. thesis). University of Texas, Austin.
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