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100. Quercus ×fontanesii Guss., Ind. Sem. Horto Boccad. 1825: 10 (1825)
The hybrid Q. gussonei × suber according to Brullo & al. (1999) and Schicchi & al. (2000) in
few localities and in few individuals. – Woods. – Ficuzza (Gussone 1845); Ficuzza sotto la Torre,
Ponte dell’Arcera, Gurgo Gaggiuoli, Grotta di M. Giuseppe, Madonie al Palminteri (Lojacono
1904). – RR.

Quercus petraea (Matt.) Liebl., Fl. Fuld.: 403 (1784) [Bas. Q. robur var. petraea Matt.,
Enum. Stirp. Silesia: 269 (1779)]

101. Quercus petraea subsp. austrothyrrenica Brullo, R. Guarino & G. Siracusa in Webbia
54 (1): 24 (1999) [“Q. laciniosa” sensu Lojac. (1904) non Boreau; Q. petraea subsp.
petraea auct. pl.]
E– Woods on acid ground. – Madonie al Bosco Pomieri (10.1865, s. coll. PAL), Monticelli
(Minà-Pal. in FI). E inoltre nelle località di V.ne Madonna degli Angeli, Pizzo Canna e Pizzo
Luminaria sui Nebrodi (con campioni di Brullo & al. in CAT); Portella di Mele, Monte S.
Salvatore, Monte Mufara, Monte dei Cervi, Pizzo di Fao, Contrada Pomieri, Savochella (Portella
Mandarini), Presso Pizzo Canna, Simpria (Brullo 1983); Madonie al Bosco Pomieri, Piano
Costantino, Canna (Raimondo & al. 1994); Piano Pomo (Raimondo & al. 2004). – R.

102. Quercus virgiliana (Ten.) Ten., Fl. Napol. 5: 262 (1836) [Bas. Q. robur var. virgilia-
na Ten., Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol.: 134 (1831); Q. apennina Guss. (1845) p.p. non Lam.
(1783); Q. cupaniana Guss. (1845); Q. pubescens Guss. (1845) p.p. non Willd. (1805)]
Dry woods on lightly acid ground. – Everywhere on the relievs of Sicily, and at the sea level in
rocky places. – CC.

* Quercus minae Lojac., Fl. Sicul. 2 (2): 372 (1904) [Q. ucriae Borzì (1911); Q. vulcani-
ca Boiss. & Heldr. ex Kotschy var. nebrodensis Borzì (1905)]
Dry woods. – Probably Q. virgiliana × dalechampii (Brullo & al. 1999).
* Quercus brachyphylla Kotschy, Eich. Eur. Orients: tab. 9 (1859)
Dry woods on lightly acid ground. – Aegean anatolic species reported from the Madonie (Tineo)
(Lojacono 1904), but probably for a misidentification. A single specimen probably belonging to
Q. virgiliana according to Brullo & al. (1999).
103. Quercus amplifolia Guss., Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2 (2): 607 (1845)
Morphologicaly very variable, often indistinguishable from Q. virgiliana. According to Brullo &
al. (1999) deserves the specific taxonomic rank. – E – Dry wood on siliceous and carbonate sub-
strata. – Everywhere on the relieves of Sicily and at the sea level in rocky places. – C.

104. Quercus dalechampii Ten., Ind. Sem. Horti Neapol. 1830: 15 (1830)
On siliceous ground between 700 and 1800 m a.s.l. – On the northern reliefs of the island. – C.

* Quercus robur L., Sp. Pl.: 996 (1753)
Woods on high water table. – Only near S. Lucia del Mela (Nicotra) (Lojacono 1904). In Pignatti
(1982), Atlas Fl. Europ. 3: map 301 (1976) and Fl. Europ. 1: 75 (1993), not in Brullo & al. (1999:
55). To be checked. – R.
* Quercus frainetto Ten., Fl. Napol. Prodr. 1, Suppl. 2: lxxii (1813)
Woods on high water table. – Monte S. Venerella (?Di Leo, Nicotra det.) (Lojacono 1904). Only
one herbarium specimen, to be excluded from Sicily (Brullo & al. 1999).