Quercus edithiae

Quercus edithiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Fagales
Family:Fagaceae
Genus:Quercus
Subgenus:Quercus subg. Cyclobalanopsis
Species: Q. edithiae
Binomial name
Quercus edithiae
Skan 1900
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclobalanopsis edithiae (Skan) Schottky
  • Quercus tephrosia Chun & W.C.Ko

Quercus edithiae is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the "ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It has been found in Vietnam and also in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan.[2] In Vietnam it is called sồi editha.

Quercus edithiae is a tree up to 20 m. tall with hairless twigs. The leathery leaves are glabrous, oblong-elliptic to obovate, 50-160 × 20–60 mm, with a 20–30 mm petiole. The acorn is ellipsoid to cylindric-ellipsoid, 30-45 × 20–30 mm, with a scar approx. 7 mm in diameter.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Quercus edithiae Skan
  2. 1 2 Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis edithiae (Skan) Schottky, 1912. 华南青冈 hua nan qing gang
  3. ↑ Skan, Sidney Alfred 1900. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 27(3): plate 2661 iplus subsequent unnumbered text page description in Latin, commentary in English, full-page line drawing of Quercus edithiae


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