Quercus ilex 'Despina' Jablonski
Full name:
Quercus ilex 'Despina' Jablonski, Int. Oaks 21: 40 (2010)
is an accepted name.
is an accepted name.
Infrageneric Classification:
Subgenus Cerris, Section Ilex
Etymology:
Named by the originator, André Charlier, after the character "Despina" from Mozart's opera "Cosi fan tutte" (in Greek mythology, the nymph Despina is the daughter of Poseidon).
Description:
An evergreen tree selected for its slow and narrow growth. Young shoots densely grey-hairy, as are the underside of the leaves. Leaves lanceolate, up to 8 × 3 cm, dark green above and sparsely hairy. Petiole 0.7 - 1 cm. A few spines in the upper half of t
Nomenclatural Standard:
HILL, Standard Specimen No. 6808, E. J. Jablonski 08082002, 20 August 2008, collected together with Piers Trehane and André Charlier from the original plant (ortet) at Arboretum Rond Chêne, Esneux, Belgium.