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Quercus alba L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. [Linnaeus] 2: 996 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000289457.

Synonyms of Quercus alba L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Quercus alba var. heterophylla Ettingsh. & Krasan Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56: 63 1889 wfo-0000289461
Quercus alba f. latiloba (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 517 (1935) wfo-0000289462
Quercus alba var. latiloba Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 65: 435 (1918) wfo-0000289463
Quercus alba var. longigemma Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 103. 1924 wfo-0000289464
Quercus alba var. microcarpa A.DC. Prodr. 16(2): 22 (1864) wfo-0000289465
Quercus alba var. pinnatifida Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 195 (1803) wfo-0000289467
Quercus alba f. pinnatifida (Michx.) Rehder Bibl. Cult. Trees : 132 (1949) wfo-0000289468
Quercus alba var. repanda Michx. Hist. Chênes Amér. no. 4, t. 5, f. 2 (1801) wfo-0000289471
Quercus alba var. ryderi Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 102. 1924 wfo-0000289472
Quercus alba var. subcaerulea Pickens & M.C.W.Pickens Castanea 25: 125 (1960) wfo-0000289473
Quercus alba var. subflavea Pickens & M.C.W.Pickens Castanea 25: 125 (1960) wfo-0000289474
Quercus alba f. sublyrata Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 103 (1925) wfo-0000289475
Quercus alba f. viridis Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 103 1924 wfo-0000289476
Quercus candida hort. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 2: 426 (1841) wfo-0000289962
Quercus nigrescens Raf. Alsogr. Amer. : 19 (1838) wfo-0000292167
Quercus ramosa hort. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 75, 585 (1891) wfo-0000292766
Quercus repanda Michx. Hist. Chênes Amér. : 5 (1801) wfo-0000292797
Quercus retusa Raf. Alsogr. Amer. : 22 (1838) wfo-0000292822
Quercus alba f. repanda (Michx.) Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 102 1924 wfo-0000909920
Quercus alba f. alba wfo-0001062535