Quercus infectoria, pigment ink on 3.5"x2.5" Bristol board.
Quercus infectoria Olivier. Taxonomic rank: Species. Genus: Quercus; Family: Fagaceae; Subfamily: Fagoideae. Common name(s) Aleppo Oak.Taxonomy ref.
Quercus infectoria is native to Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, Armenia, Greece
The leaves of the Quercus infectoria measure 3-8 x 1.5.-5 cm; leathery, oblong with a rounded, sometimes cordate base with dentate margins of 4 to 9 pairs of teeth or crenate-dentate often wavy lobed. It is shiny above, paler beneath, glaucous, glabrous or with stellate hairs, polymorphous, leaves at the base of the twigs are often entire; 5-11 vein pairs; intercalary veins present; 1 cm. cylindrical petiole. Oaks of the World.
The 2-3.5 cm x 1.8 cm acorn is mucronate, ovoid, elongated, shiny light brown, glabrous; the peduncle is as long as the petiole; enclosed by 1/5 hemispheric or subconical cup with lanceolate, appressed, tomentose scales. Oaks of the World.
