Quercus myrsinifolia

Bamboo-leaf Oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Species:	Q. myrsinifolia
Binomial name
Quercus myrsinifolia Blume

Quercus myrsinifolia is an evergreen Oak tree in the ring-cupped oaks subgenus. It has several common names, including Bamboo-leaf Oak, Chinese Evergreen Oak, and Chinese Ring-cupped Oak. Its Chinese name is 小叶青冈; pinyin:xiǎo yè qīng gāng, which means little leaf ring-cupped Oak (literally translated as little leaf green ridge tree). It is native to east central and southeast China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Northern Thailand, and Vietnam.

References

• Flora of China: Quercus myrsinifolia as Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia