Quercus × Bebbiana

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Short description: Species of plant in the genus Quercus

Quercus × bebbiana
Quercus Bebbiana.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Quercus
Section: Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:
Q. × bebbiana
Binomial name
Quercus × bebbiana
C.K.Schneid.[1]

Quercus × bebbiana (or Quercus bebbiana), known as Bebb's oak, is a naturally occurring hybrid of white oak (Quercus alba) and burr oak (Quercus macrocarpa). It occurs where their ranges overlap in the eastern United States and eastern Canada.[2] It was named for Michael Schuck Bebb (1833–1895), an Illinois botanist who specialized in willows (Salix).[3] Its parents are both placed in Quercus sect. Quercus.[4]

A tree reaching 15 m, and available from specialty nurseries, its acorns are sweet enough to be palatable to humans.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 201 (1904)
  2. ↑ "Quercus × bebbiana C.K.Schneid.". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:292738-2. 
  3. ↑ Wilhelm, Gerould; Rericha, Laura (2017). Flora of the Chicago Region: A Floristic and Ecological Synthesis. Indiana Academy of Sciences. 
  4. ↑ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min; Hipp, Andrew L. (2017-11-02) (xls), Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks, https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Appendix_2_1_________An_updated_infrageneric_classification_of_the_oaks/5547622/1, retrieved 2023-02-17 
  5. ↑ "Quercus x bebbiana - C.Schneid.". Plants For A Future. https://pfaf.org/user/Plant.aspx?LatinName=Quercus+x+bebbiana. "… sweet and can be eaten out of hand" 

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