Quercus augustinii
Appearance
Quercus augustinii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Quercus |
Section: | Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis |
Species: | Q. augustinii
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Binomial name | |
Quercus augustinii | |
Synonyms[1][2] | |
Synonymy
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Quercus augustinii is a rare species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the "ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It has been found in Vietnam as well as Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan Provinces in southern China.[3]
Quercus augustinii is a tree up to 10 m. tall, with orange-brown twigs and leaves as much as 120 mm long. The acorn is oblong-ovoid, 10-17 × 8-12 mm, glabrous, apex rounded or slightly depressed; scar approx. 6 mm in diameter.[4][5]
References
- ^ The Plant List, Quercus augustini Skan
- ^ Tropicos, Quercus augustinii Skan
- ^ Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis augustinii (Skan) Schottky, 1912. 窄叶青冈 zhai ye qing gang
- ^ Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis argyrotricha (A. Camus) Chun & Y. T. Chang ex Y. C. Hsu & H. W. Jen, 1993. 贵州青冈 gui zhou qing gang
- ^ Skan, Sidney Alfred in Forbes, Francis Blackwell & Hemsley, William Botting 1899. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 26(178): 507 description in Latin, commentary in English
External links
- photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Yunnan
- line drawing, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 4, fig. 381, 7