| Quercus buckleyi | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Quercus |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Lobatae |
| Species: | Q. buckleyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus buckleyi Nixon & Dorr | |
| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Quercus buckleyi, commonly known as Texas red oak or Buckley's oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech family.[4][5] It is endemic to the southern Great Plains of the United States (Oklahoma and Texas).[6]
Buckley's oak is smaller and more likely to be multitrunked than its close relative, the Shumard oak (Quercus shumardii). The two species are interfertile, and hybrids are common along a line from Dallas to San Antonio, Texas. Texas red oak usually is 30 to 50 ft (9 to 15 m) tall at maturity, and seldom reaches a height of more than 75 ft (23 m).[7]
Quercus buckleyi was formerly known as Q. texana, but under botanical rules of priority, that name properly refers to Nuttall's oak.[3] This has led to much confusion.[7][8]
It is a highly regarded ornamental and shade tree. In autumn, the leaves turn vivid red and orange.
References
- ^ Kenny, L. & Wenzell, K. (2015). "Quercus buckleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T34030A2841110. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T34030A2841110.en.
- ^ "Quercus buckleyi Nixon & Dorr". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
- ^ a b Tropicos search for Quercus texana
- ^ Preston, Richard J.; Braham, Richard R. Quercus buckleyi. In: North American trees. Iowa State Press.
- ^ "Quercus buckleyi". Natural Resources Conservation Service PLANTS Database. USDA.
- ^ "Quercus buckleyi". County-level distribution map from the North American Plant Atlas (NAPA). Biota of North America Program (BONAP). 2014.
- ^ a b Nixon, Kevin C. (1997). "Quercus buckleyi". In Flora of North America Editorial Committee (ed.). Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 3. New York and Oxford – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
- ^ Dorr, L. J. & K. C. Nixon. 1985. Typification of the oak (Quercus) taxa described by S.B. Buckley (1809-84). Taxon 34(2): 211–228.