Quercus macranthera

Quercus macranthera, commonly called the Caucasian oak, or the Persian oak, is a species of deciduous tree native to Western Asia (northern Iran, Turkey; and in the Caucasus in Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan)^[2] that is occasionally grown as an ornamental tree in Europe growing to 30 metres (98 feet) tall.^[3] It is placed in section Quercus.^[4]

Caucasian oak
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Quercus
Section:	Quercus sect. Quercus
Species:	Q. macranthera
Binomial name
Quercus macranthera Fisch. & C.A.Mey. ex Hohen.[2]
Synonyms
List Quercus bornmuelleriana O.Schwarz Quercus syspirensis K.Koch

Subspecies

It has two subspecies. One subspecies (Quercus macranthera subsp. syspirensis) is found in the thermophilic lower- and mid-montane shrub communities of Turkey, and the other subspecies (Quercus macranthera subsp. macranthera) is found in Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan and northern Iran, along the Caspian Sea.