Quercus edithiae
Quercus edithiae is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the "ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It has been found in Vietnam and also in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hainan.[2] In Vietnam it is called sồi editha.
| Quercus edithiae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Cyclobalanopsis |
| Species: | Q. edithiae |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus edithiae Skan 1900 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Quercus edithiae is a tree up to 20 m. tall with hairless twigs. The leathery leaves are glabrous, oblong-elliptic to obovate, 50-160 × 20–60 mm, with a 20–30 mm petiole. The acorn is ellipsoid to cylindric-ellipsoid, 30-45 × 20–30 mm, with a scar approx. 7 mm in diameter.[2][3]
References
- The Plant List, Quercus edithiae Skan
- Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis edithiae (Skan) Schottky, 1912. 华南青冈 hua nan qing gang
- Skan, Sidney Alfred 1900. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 27(3): plate 2661 iplus subsequent unnumbered text page description in Latin, commentary in English, full-page line drawing of Quercus edithiae
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