Quercus coccifera (species)
Esquema
Jerarquía
Eukaryota (domain) > planta (vegetación) > Angiospermae (division) > Magnoliopsida (class) > Fagales (order) > Fagaceae (family) > Quercus (genus)
Descripción
Species of evergreen oak native to the eastern Mediterranean and southwest Asia. It was historically important as the food plant of the Kermes scale insect, from which a red dye called crimson was obtained.
URI original del concepto
Otros términos
- kermes oak (species) [en]
- Palestine oak (species) [en]
- Quercus calliprinos (species) [la]