Quercus litseoides
Quercus litseoides is an uncommon Asian species of trees in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong and Guangxi.[2] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[3]
| Quercus litseoides | |
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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. litseoides |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus litseoides Dunn 1909 | |
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Quercus litseoides is a tree up to 10 meters tall. Leaves can be as much as 7 cm long.[2]
The epithet "litseoides" refers to a resemblance between this tree and Litsea chinensis, now called Litsea glutinosa.[4][5]
References
- The Plant List, Quercus litseoides Dunn
- Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis litseoides (Dunn) Schottky, 1912. 木姜叶青冈 mu jiang ye 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.
- Dunn, Stephen Troyte 1909. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 47(10): 377 description in Latin, commentary in English
- The Plant List, Litsea chinensis Lam.
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