Quercus championii
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Quercus |
Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Cerris |
Section: | Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis |
Species: | Q. championii
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Binomial name | |
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Quercus championii is an uncommon species of tree in the family Fagaceae. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Taiwan, and Yunnan.[3] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[4]
Quercus championii is a tree up to 20 meters tall, with a trunk up to 100 cm in diameter, grayish-brown twigs, and leaves as much as 13 cm long.[3][5]
It was described from material collected in Hong Kong by John George Champion.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Carrero, C.; Strijk, J.S. (2020). "Quercus championii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved March 21, 2023.
- ^ The Plant List, Quercus championii Benth.
- ^ a b Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis championii (Bentham) Oersted, 1867. 岭南青冈 ling nan qing gang
- ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
- ^ a b Bentham, George (1854). "Florula Honkongensis: an Enumeration of the Plants collected in the Island of Hongkong by Major J. G. Champion, 95th Reg". Hooker's Journal of Botany and Kew Garden Miscellany. 6: 113–114. description in Latin, commentary in English