Quercus boyntonii Beadle (1901:47)
Boynton's sand post oak, Alabama sandstone oak, Boynton sandstone oak
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Quercus stellata var. boyntonii (Beadle) Sarg. in Bot. Gaz. 65: 437 (1918); Quercus boytoni Beadle in Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1: 47 (1901) [orth. error used by WCMC, 1992:218, who also use "Boyton's (sic) sand post oak"]; Quercus boyntoni Beadle in Biltmore Bot. Stud. 1: 47 (1901) [orth. error fide Kenny et al., 2016]
Conservation Status
Last record: 1953 or later
Rediscovered in: 1995
IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered (Largely Depleted)
Was listed as Extinct by (WCMC, 1992:218).
Distribution & Habitat
Alabama & Texas, USA
Anatomy & Morphology
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Beadle, C. D. (1901). A shrubby oak of the southern Alleghanies. Biltmore Botanical Studies 1: 47-48.
Other references:
Alabama Natural Heritage Program. (1994). Tri-state comprehensive study, Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa and Apalachicola-Chattahoochee-Flint River Basins: Quercus boyntonii.
Beckman, E., Hoban, S., Spence, E., Meyer, A. and Westwood, M. (2019). Quercus boyntonii Beadle. In: E. Beckman, A. Meyer, A. Denvir, D. Gill, G. Man, D. Pivorunas, K. Shaw and M. Westwood (eds), Conservation Gap Analysis of Native U.S. Oaks, pp. 74-79. The Morton Arboretum, Lisle, Illinois, USA.
Byrne, A. and Thompson, P. (2022). Quercus boyntonii Conservation Action Plan 2022-2026.
Cook, T., Candeias, M. and Thompson, P. 2022. APGA/USFS Tree Gene Conservation Partnership 2022 Collecting Trip Report for Quercus boyntonii .
Cook, T. and Thompson, P. (2021). APGA/USFS Tree Gene Conservation Partnership 2020 Collecting Trip Report for Quercus boyntonii . Huntsville Botanical Garden.
Flora of North America Editorial Committee (FNA). (1997). Flora of North America north of Mexico. Vol. 3. Magnoliophyta: Magnoliidae and Hamamelidae. Oxford Univ. Press, New York. xxiii + 590 pp.
Jerome, Diana, Beckman, Emily, Kenny, Lisa, Wenzell, Katherine, Kua, Chai-Shian and Westwood, Murphy. (2017). The Red List of US Oaks. Lisle, Illinois: The Morton Arboretum. 60 pp.
Kartesz, J. T. (1994). A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. 2nd edition. 2 vols. Timber Press, Portland, OR.
Kartesz, J. T. (1999). A synonymized checklist and atlas with biological attributes for the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland. First edition. In: Kartesz, J.T., and C.A. Meacham. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Kenny, L., Wenzell, K. and Beckman, E. (2016). Quercus boyntonii (errata version published in 2020). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T33635A176953395. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T33635A176953395.en. Accessed on 23 August 2025.
Muller, C. H. (1951). The oaks of Texas. Contributions Texas Research Foundation 1(3): 21-311.
Muller, C. H. (1956). The distribution of Quercus boyntonii. Madrono 13(7): 221-225.
NatureServe. (2024). Quercus boyntonii, Boynton's Sand Post Oak. NatureServe Network Biodiversity Location Data accessed through NatureServe Explorer [web application]. NatureServe, Arlington, Virginia. Available at: https://explorer.natureserve.org/ [Accessed 11 July 2024]
Poole, J. M., Carr, W. R., Price, D. M. and Singhurst, J. R. (2007). Rare Plants of Texas. Texas A & M University Press, Texas.
POWO. (2024). Plants of the World Online (online resource). Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom. Available at: https://powo.science.kew.org/ [Accessed 11 July 2024]
Thompson, P., Good, K., Byrne, A. and Jerome, D. (2024). Quercus boyntonii (Green Status assessment). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024: e.T33635A3363520251.Accessed on 23 August 2025.
Trelease, W. (1924). The American oaks. Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences Vol. 20. 255 pp. + 420 plates.
Walter, Kerry S. and Gillett, Harriet J. (eds.). (1998). 1997 IUCN Red List of Threatened Plants. Compiled by the World Conservation Monitoring Centre. Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK: IUCN – The World Conservation Union. lxiv + 862 pp. ["Ex/E" (p. 278)]
WCMC (World Conservation Monitoring Centre). (1992). Global Biodiversity: Status of the Earth's living resources. London: Chapman & Hall. xx + 594 pp.