Quercus × eborense Vila-Viçosa & al.

South Portugal, mainly in Alentejo;

shrub to 3 m;

2-5 cm x 1-3.5; orbicular to ovate or obovate; adaxially dark green, glabrous or glabrescent; abaxially light green, becoming greyish because of a pubescence like the one of Q. rotundifolia , mainly on young leaves and twigs, then turning glabrescent with age; margin entire or with spiny teeth as Q. coccifera . The foliar tomentum is made of stellate and multistellate trichomes, appressed, with 160 µm long rays; the foliar structure is like for Q. rotundifolia , with veins often imbricate and anastomosing at margin, and at an angle with the midrib near 90° at the basal part of the blade.

acorn maturing first year; cup with thick scales, appressed, but sometimes free like those of Q. coccifera .

– The name “eborense” means “in the country of Evora, main town of Alentejo; – Differs from Q. airensis in having appressed stellate and multistellate trichomes with less than 160 µm long rays (300-500 µm for Q. airensis );