Quercus cerris 'Arnissa' Jablonski

Full name:

Quercus cerris 'Arnissa' Jablonski, Int. Oaks 21: 38 (2010) Cultivar name has been accepted as Registered is an accepted name.

Infrageneric Classification:

Subgenus Cerris, Section Cerris

Etymology:

Named by the originator, André Charlier, after the village of Arnissa, situated along the shore of the Vegoriti Lake in Kentriki Makedonia, Greece, at an elevation of 870 metres.

Description:

A form selected for its chestnut like large leaves and vigorous growth. Leaves up to 16 × 8 cm, with 4 - 7 acute lobes on each side, base symmetrical attenuate. Petiole 8 - 18 mm. Orginated in 1978 from seed collected in Arnissa, Northern Grece. The 30 ye

Nomenclatural Standard:

HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6804. E. J. Jablonski 08082007, 20 August 2008, collected together with Piers Trehane and André Charlier from the original plant (ortet) at Arboretum Rond Chêne, Esneux, Belgium.