Quercus brantii

Quercus brantii
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Cerris
Section:	Quercus sect. Cerris
Species:	Q. brantii
Binomial name
	Quercus brantii; Lindl.
Synonyms
	List Quercus aegilops subsp. brantii (Lindl.) A.Camus ; Quercus baneica Djav.-Khoie, contrary to Art. 30.5 ; Quercus brantii subsp. oophora (Kotschy) O.Schwarz ; Quercus oophora Kotschy ; Quercus squamulosa Djav.-Khoie, contrary to Art. 30.5 ;

Quercus brantii, Brant's oak,^[4] is a species of oak native to Western Asia, mainly in Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Turkey.^[5]^[6]

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Quercus brantii (covering more than 50% of the Zagros Mountains forest steppe ecoregion) is the most important tree species of the Zagros in Iran.^[7]

Iranians use its seed in traditional medicine. Other useful products derived from oaks include fuel wood, charcoal and timber hardwood.^[8]

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