Plant Details

Accepted name:: Quercus suber L. [Fagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cork	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cork oak	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
corks	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 55 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Quercus cintrana Welw. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 662 (1881).
Quercus corticosa Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 24 (1838).
Quercus mitis Banks ex Lowe Trans. Cambridge Philos. Soc. 4: 15 (1831).
Quercus occidentalis Gay Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 6: 243 (1856).
Quercus occidentalis f. heterocarpa Globa-Mikhailenki Byull. Glavn. Bot. Sada 80: 29 (1971), no Latin descr.
Quercus sardoa Gand. Fl. Eur. 21: 58 (1890), opus utique oppr.
Quercus suber var. angustifolia Duhamel Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 5: 291 (1812).
Quercus suber f. biennalis Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 824 (1890).
Quercus suber var. brevicalyx Albert in A.Albert & É.Jahandiez, Cat. Pl. Vasc. Var: 439 (1908).
Quercus suber f. brevicupulata Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 823 (1890).
Quercus suber f. brevisquama (Cout.) Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 823 (1890).
Quercus suber var. brevisquama Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 83 (1888).
Quercus suber f. caduca Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 824 (1890).
Quercus suber var. calyciformis Casalaina Arch. Bot. Sist. 3: 32 (1927).
Quercus suber f. clavata Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888).
Quercus suber subf. clavata (Cout.) C.Vicioso Rev. Gen. Quercus Esp.: 153 (1950).
Quercus suber var. clavata Cout. Fl. Portugal: 84 (1913).
Quercus suber var. crinita Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 603 (1807).
Quercus suber var. dolichocarpa A.Camus Chênes, Atlas 1: 45 (1934).
Quercus suber f. dolichocarpa (A.Camus) F.M.Vázquez Semillas Quercus: Biol., Ecol. Manejo: 84 (1998).
Quercus suber f. dulcis Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888).
Quercus suber var. dulcis Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 823 (1890).
Quercus suber var. edulis A.Camus Chênes, Texte 1: 513 (1938).
Quercus suber subsp. eusuber A.Camus Chênes, Texte 1: 469 (1938), not validly publ.
Quercus suber var. fagifolia Albert in A.Albert & É.Jahandiez, Cat. Pl. Vasc. Var: 439 (1908).
Quercus suber var. genuina Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888), not validly publ.
Quercus suber subvar. grandifolia Cout. Fl. Portugal: 167 (1913).
Quercus suber var. integrifolia Borzì Fl. Forest. Ital.: 175 (1880).
Quercus suber var. latifolia Duhamel Traité Arbr. Arbust., nouv. éd., 5: 291 (1812).
Quercus suber var. longicalyx A.Camus Chênes, Atlas 1: 45 (1934).
Quercus suber f. longicalyx (A.Camus) F.M.Vázquez Semillas Quercus: Biol., Ecol. Manejo: 84 (1998).
Quercus suber var. macrocarpa Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 243 (1862).
Quercus suber f. macrocarpa Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888).
Quercus suber f. macrophylla Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888), nom. illeg.
Quercus suber f. macrophylla Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 83 (1888), nom. illeg.
Quercus suber var. macrophylla Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 823 (1890).
Quercus suber f. microcarpa Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888).
Quercus suber f. microphylla Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 83 (1888).
Quercus suber var. microphylla Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 823 (1890).
Quercus suber var. occidentalis (Gay) Laguna Fl. Forest. Españ. 1: 271 (1883).
Quercus suber subsp. occidentalis (Gay) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 286 (1894).
Quercus suber f. oleifolia Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 83 (1888).
Quercus suber subvar. parvifolia Cout. Fl. Portugal: 167 (1913).
Quercus suber f. pendula Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888).
Quercus suber var. racemosa Borzì Fl. Forest. Ital.: 175 (1880).
Quercus suber f. racemosa (Borzì) Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 824 (1890).
Quercus suber var. serotina Borzì Fl. Forest. Ital.: 175 (1880).
Quercus suber f. subcrinita (Cout.) Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 823 (1890).
Quercus suber var. subcrinita Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888).
Quercus suber f. subintegrifolia Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888).
Quercus suber f. subocculata Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888).
Quercus suber var. subocculata (Cout.) Cout. Fl. Portugal: 165 (1913).
Quercus suber f. vulgaris Cout. Bol. Soc. Brot. 6: 84 (1888), not validly publ.
Quercus subera St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 133 (1880).
Quercus suberosa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 392 (1796).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Quercus suber	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Quercus suber L.	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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