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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}<br />
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{{Use British English|date=December 2013}}<br />
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| status = LC<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI). |year=2020 |title=''Quercus baloot'' |volume=2020 |article-number=e.T78805357A162853396 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T78805357A162853396.en |access-date=25 May 2023}}</ref><br />
| image = Quercus baloot.jpg<br />
| image_caption = Quercus baloot<br />
| genus = Quercus<br />
| display_parents = 2<br />
| parent = Quercus sect. Ilex<br />
| species = baloot<br />
| authority = [[William Griffith (botanist)|Griff.]]<br />
|synonyms =<br />
*''Quercus ilicifolius'' <small>Griff.</small><br />
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}}<br />
'''''Quercus baloot''''', the '''holm oak''' or '''holly oak''' is a rare species of oak that was described by [[Edward Griffith (zoologist)|Griffith]] in 1848. It is classified in subgenus ''Cerris'' and [[Quercus sect. Ilex|section ''Ilex'']].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Denk |first1=Thomas |last2=Grimm |first2=Guido W. |last3=Manos |first3=Paul S. |last4=Deng |first4=Min |last5=Hipp |first5=Andrew L. |date=2017 |title=Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks |website=figshare |doi=10.6084/m9.figshare.5547622.v1 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Appendix_2_1_________An_updated_infrageneric_classification_of_the_oaks/5547622/1 |access-date=2023-02-18 |format=xls |name-list-style=amp }}</ref> It is native to the [[Himalayas]] from {{convert|1000|-|3000|m}}.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://oaks.of.the.world.free.fr/quercus_baloot.htm|title=Quercus baloot |publisher=Oaks of the World|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref><br />
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==Description==<br />
The species is an [[evergreen]] shrub that is {{convert|2.5|-|8|m}} tall. It have leaves that are {{convert|2.5|-|7.5|cm}} by {{convert|2.5|-|8|cm}} long and are elliptic and obovate to oblong. They are also green in colour and have {{convert|3|-|4|mm}} long [[petiole (botany)|petioles]]. Females' [[peduncle (botany)|peduncles]] are {{convert|2|-|4.2|cm}} long and are located on the [[flower]]s. It also have [[stamen]]s that have hairs that are {{convert|1.2|mm}} long and {{convert|2|mm}} long [[filament (botany)|filament]]s. The [[Calybium and cupule|cupule]] is {{convert|1.2|-|1.3|cm}} wide while the [[acorn]] itself is {{convert|1.5|-|1.7|cm}} long.<ref name=fop>{{cite web|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=5&taxon_id=250065550|title=Quercus baloot|publisher=Flora of Pakistan |page=7}}</ref><br />
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==Distribution==<br />
It is found in [[Afghanistan]], [[Pakistan]], and India ([[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] and [[Himachal Pradesh]]).<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*Quercus baloot Griff., Itin. Not. 328. 1848<br />
*{{cite journal|url=http://www.pakbs.org/pjbot/PDFs/42(4)/PJB42(4)2429.pdf|author1=Nasrullah Khan |author2=Moinuddin Ahmed |author3=Muhammad Wahab |author4=Kanwal Nazim |author5=Muhammad Ajaib |title=Phytosociology, Structure and Physiochemical Analysis of Soil in Quercus baloot Griff, Forest District Chitral, Pakistan|journal=[[Pakistan Journal of Botany]]|volume=42|issue=4|pages=2429–2441|year=2010|place=Karachi, Pakistan}}<br />
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[[Category:Quercus|baloot]]<br />
[[Category:Plants described in 1848]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by William Griffith (botanist)]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of West Himalaya]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Pakistan]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Afghanistan]]<br />
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