Quercus ×ばつ rosacea
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A hybrid species in the family Fagaceae
| Quercus ×ばつ rosacea | |
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| Leaf cluster with acorn | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Species: | Q. ×ばつ rosacea
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Quercus ×ばつ 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. ×ばつ 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
[edit ]- ^ 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.