Lebanon oak | |
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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. libani
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Binomial name | |
Quercus libani | |
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Quercus libani, the Lebanon oak, is a species of oak native to the eastern Mediterranean in western Asia, including in western Syria, northeastern Israel, eastern Turkey, and northern Iraq and Iran. Despite the name, the species is not present in Lebanon.[1]