Quercus × auzendei (auzandrii,) Gren. & Godr.

France, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, Algeria, Sicily, Greece;

small shrub 2 to 10 m, seldom to 15 m;

evergreen 1.5-2.5 cm x 1.4-2; leathery; oblong-elliptic, dark green above, glaucous tomentose beneath; margin wavy with small mucronate teeth; 5-7 vein pairs; petiole hairy, 3.5 cm;

acorn solitary, on short peduncle, enclosed 1/2 or more by cup; cup with long, pointed, never appressed, slightly pubescent scales;

– Sometimes erroneously written : x auzendrei , or x auzandrii ; the name comes from Joseph Auzende, chief-gardener in Toulon, France, so Gren. & Godr. named the taxon “ auzendei “ in 1855, which is currently the good name, despite the fact that they changed this name to auzandri one year later (1856)…(ICBN Arts 60.1 and 60.11). – Very rare; – For Vila-Viçosa & al. 2022, Q. x airensis is actually a non-hybrid species ( Q. airensi s, see this word), close to Q. aucheri . – The numerous synonyms given to Q.auzendei are not justified if one regards Q.ilex as “sensu lato”, but considering the numerous varieties of Q.ilex (and Q.rotundifolia ) and the fact that each variety will give a “different from others” taxon when hybridized with Q.coccifera , it is understandable that several authors had described so many species…! (for example, Q.denudata is the hybrid Q.coccifera X Q.ilex var. denudata , and so on…)