Quercus prinus Linnaeus, Species Plantarum 2: 995. 1753,. rej. prop.

"Habitat in America boreali." RCN: 7215.

Type not designated.

Original material: Herb. Clifford: 448, Quercus 3 (BM) ; Herb. Linn. No. 1128.15 (LINN); [icon] in Catesby, Nat. Hist. Carolina 1: 18, t. 18. 1730 - Voucher: Herb. Sloane 212: 5; 232: 14 (BM-SL); [icon] in Plukenet, Phytographia: t. 54, f. 3. 1691; Almag. Bot.: 309. 1696.

Current name: Quercus prinus L. ( Fagaceae).

Note: This name has been applied to the two species more recently known as Q. montana Willd. and Q. michauxii Nutt., and Whittemore & Nixon (in Taxon 54: 213. 2005) therefore proposed Q. prinus for rejection.