Quercus schottkyana

Quercus schottkyana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Fagales
Family:Fagaceae
Genus:Quercus
Subgenus:Quercus subg. Cyclobalanopsis
Species: Q. schottkyana
Binomial name
Quercus schottkyana
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Quercus glaucoides (Schottky) Koidz., illegitimate homonym
  • Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schottky
  • Quercus glauca subsp. schottkyana (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Menitsky

Quercus schottkyana is an Asian species of tree in the beech family. It has been found in southwestern China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan).[3]

Quercus schottkyana is a tree up to 20 meters tall. Twigs are grayish-green. Leaves can be as much as 12 cm long, thick and leathery.[3][4] A SW Chinese endemic evergreen oak, related to Q. glauca, but with the new foliage densely white hairy and pinky-red, turning green above and glaucous beneath, serrated and with a drawn out tip. A handsome Cyclobalanopsis oak, rare in cultivation

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Quercus schottkyana Rehder & E.H.Wilson
  2. ↑ Tropicos search for Quercus glaucoides
  3. 1 2 Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schottky, 1912. 滇青冈 dian qing gang
  4. ↑ Schottky, Ernst Max 1912. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 47(5): 657-658 description in Latin in footnote, discussion in German in text, as Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides


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