Quercus 'Arthenice' Jablonski

Full name:

Quercus 'Arthenice' Jablonski, Int. Oaks 21: 37 (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 his grand-daughter Catherine: "Arthenice" being an anagram.

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

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.