C++ :: Initializing Static Field As A Template Object

I need a static hash table to keep track of all objects of a particular type that are instantiated in a Qt application but I have never used a template class as a static member object before and I can't seem to figure out how to initialize it. QHash is the hash table class that follows the template convetion:

template<class key, class data>

QString is probably self explanatory.

Example Header:

class MyClass {
...
private:
static QHash<QString, MyClass*> instanceTable;
}

Here is my source that doesn't compile.

Example Source

#include header.h
// using default constructor for table...
QHash<QString key, MyClass* instance> MyClass::instanceTable(); // gives Error below.
// Error in above line is "Declaration is incompatible with QHash<QString, Myclass*>"

I have tried doing it a number of different ways and none of them work. How do you initialize a static template object?