Quercus canariensisWilld.

WFO wfo-0000289942 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Quercus canariensis, photographed by Katarzyna Żarnowiec
fig. a Katarzyna Żarnowiec, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-03-06 / obs. 181782015
Quercus canariensis, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. b Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163094347
Quercus canariensis, photographed by Mehdi Chetibi
fig. c Mehdi Chetibi, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 156976513
Quercus canariensis, photographed by Josep Gesti
fig. d Josep Gesti, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 111354563
Quercus canariensis, photographed by Karim Haddad
fig. e Karim Haddad, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 57018656
Quercus canariensis, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. f Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 55016280
Quercus canariensis, photographed by Tony Rebelo
fig. g Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 30859219
Quercus canariensis, photographed by Shawn O'Donnell
fig. h Shawn O'Donnell, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 26159803

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Regions where Quercus canariensis is native: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Portugal, Spain AlgeriaMoroccoTunisiaPortugalSpain
Native distribution of Quercus canariensis, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Algeria ALG AFRICA
Morocco MOR
Tunisia TUN
Portugal POR EUROPE
Spain SPA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 30 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Quercus canariensis var. carpinifolia C.Vicioso
  • Quercus canariensis var. mirbeckii (Durieu) C.Vicioso
  • Quercus canariensis var. salzmanniana (Webb) C.Vicioso
  • Quercus carpinifolia Sennen
  • Quercus corymbifolia Ehrenb. ex Boiss.
  • Quercus cypri Kotschy ex A.DC.
  • Quercus esculenta hort. ex K.Koch
  • Quercus faginea subsp. baetica (Webb) Maire
  • Quercus faginea var. baetica (Webb) Samp.
  • Quercus faginea var. salzmannaniana (Webb) Samp.
  • Quercus faginea var. salzmanniana (Webb) Samp.
  • Quercus faginea var. spinosa Maire & Trab.
  • Quercus gibraltarica K.Koch
  • Quercus infectoria subsp. mirbeckii (Durieu) Nyman
  • Quercus lusitanica subsp. baetica (Webb) A.DC.
  • Quercus lusitanica subsp. mirbeckii (Durieu) Ball
  • Quercus lusitanica var. baetica Webb
  • Quercus lusitanica var. fagifolia Jahand. & Maire
  • Quercus lusitanica var. mirbeckii (Durieu) A.DC.
  • Quercus lusitanica var. mirbeckii (Durieu) Cout.
  • Quercus lusitanica var. salzmanniana Webb
  • Quercus mirbeckii Durieu
  • Quercus mirbeckii f. angustifolia Trab.
  • Quercus mirbeckii f. brevipetiolata Trab.

and 6 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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