Quercus 'Arthenice' Jablonski
Full name:
is an accepted name.
Infrageneric Classification:
Etymology:
Named by the originator, André Charlier, after his grand-daughter Catherine: "Arthenice" being an anagram.
History:
Originated in 1987 from seed collected in the public park “Pincio” in Rome, Italy, under an oak showing a unique upright growth. It is possibly a hybrid of Quercus canariensis Willd. × Quercus robur × Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl.
Description:
Deciduous tree. Leaves up to 10.5 × 4.5 cm, edged with 8 - 9 acute, slightly undulate lobes on each side, glossy dark green above and paler beneath, base cordate, often asymmetrical. Petiole 3 - 12 mm, distinctlly red to brown-red. The pointed acorns are up to 4 cm long and show, when ripe, a certain rusty color (not as brown as Quercus robur L.).
Nomenclatural Standard:
HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6812, E. J. Jablonski 08082009, 20 August 2008, collected together with Piers Trehane and André Charlier from the original plant (ortet) at Arboretum Rond Chêne, Esneux, Belgium.
Nomenclatural Standard (Cultivar) or Type:
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Photograph by Matt Pringle of Sir Harold Hillier Gardens