Notes on the original materials of the three western Mediterranean oaks (Quercus, Fagaceae) described by Desfontaines

Carlos Martins Vila-Viçosa; Cristiana Vieira; Francisco Márquez; Rubim Almeida; Francisco María Vázquez

doi:10.5209/mbot.76648

Carlos Martins Vila-Viçosa 1 - MHNC-UP - Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto; 2 - CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) - InBIO (Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology), University of Porto; Campus Agrário de Vairão; Rua Padre Armando Quintas; 4485-661 Vairão; Portugal 3 - Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4285-8008
Cristiana Vieira 1 - MHNC-UP - Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4252-8498
Francisco Márquez 4 - HSS Herbarium. Dep. Forest Production and Biodiversity. CICYTEX. 06187. Guadajira, Badajoz, Spain https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4420-2822
Rubim Almeida 1 - MHNC-UP - Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto; 2 - CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) - InBIO (Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology), University of Porto; Campus Agrário de Vairão; Rua Padre Armando Quintas; 4485-661 Vairão; Portugal 3 - Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4959-0147
Francisco María Vázquez https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7826-8814

Keywords: Kermes oak, Holm oak, Quercus ballota, Quercus pseudococcifera, Quercus pseudosuber

Agencies: Portuguese Foundation of Science and Technology (FCT), SYNTHESIS Grant (FR-TAF-280) funded by Synthesis of Systematic Resources, POCI-01-0145FEDER-022168

Abstract

We examined specimens from René Louiche Desfontaines, deposited in the “Herbier de la Flore Atlantique”
(P-Desf) from MNHN-P and homologue specimens from P-Lam, LINN-HS, MPU, FI-Webb, and B-W, to assess three names of western Mediterranean oaks (Quercus L.) that are distributed across across the Iberian Peninsula and North Africa. Specifically, we bring insights to the names Quercus ballota, Q. pseudococcifera., and Q. pseudosuber, after a thorough examination of the original specimens, combined with the analysis of the respective protologues. The results highlight the need for wider and detailed natural history and classic herbaria surveys to promote the discussion and better understanding of species delimitation and biogeographic awareness, especially in crucial groups, that are still involved in taxonomic and
evolutionary discussion, as the trees that form the potential climacic forests of the Northern Hemisphere.

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Carlos Martins Vila-Viçosa, 1 - MHNC-UP - Natural History and Science Museum of the University of Porto; 2 - CIBIO (Research Center in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources) - InBIO (Research Network in Biodiversity and Evolutionary Biology), University of Porto; Campus Agrário de Vairão; Rua Padre Armando Quintas; 4485-661 Vairão; Portugal 3 - Biology Department, Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre, s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal

I am a Geobotanist working on circummediterranean Oak (Quercus L.) forests by investigating their evolutionary and biogeographical history. For accomplishing this I'm looking to bind knowledge on oak taxonomy and ecology, then combine them with niche modelling and next generation sequencing. I am aplying this bulk of tools to analyze species bio and phylogeographic relationships and ultimately to foresee how climatic shift will affect oak forests conservation in the Mediterranean Basin.

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