Quercus brantii
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Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Quercus |
Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
Section: | Quercus sect. Cerris |
Species: | Q. brantii
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Quercus brantii | |
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Quercus brantii, the Brant's oak,[3] is a species of oak native to Western Asia, including Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.[citation needed]
Quercus brantii (covering more than 50% of the Zagros Mountains forest steppe ecoregion) is the most important tree species of the Zagros in Iran.[4]
Iranians use its seed in traditional medicine. Other useful products derived from oaks include fuel wood, charcoal and timber hardwood.[5]
References[]
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- ^ "Oaks of the World, Quercus brantii". Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ "Quercus brantii Lindl.". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
- ^ "Quercus brantii". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
- ^ M. Heydari; H. Poorbabaei; T. Rostami; M. Begim Faghir; A. Salehi; R. Ostad Hashmei (2013). "Plant species in Oak (Quercus brantii Lindl.) understory and their relationship with physical and chemical propertiesof soil in different altitude classes in the Arghvan valley protected area, Iran" (PDF). Caspian Journal of Environmental Sciences, 2013, Vol. 11 No.1, pp. 97~110. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
- ^ B. Shiran; S. Mashayekhi; H. Jahanbazi; A. Soltani; P. Bruschi (2011). "Morphological and molecular diversity among populations of Quercus brantii Lindl. in western forest of Iran". Plant Biosystems. 145 (2): 452–460. doi:10.1080/11263504.2011.558718. S2CID 86778676.
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Categories:
- Quercus
- Trees of Western Asia
- Plants described in 1840
- Medicinal plants