''Quercus petelotii''
is the accepted name of an endemic oak tree species in the beech family
Fagaceae
The Fagaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species occur as evergre ...
; there are no known sub-species.
It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'',
section ''Cyclobalanopsis''.
The species appears to be
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found elsew ...
to
Vietnam
Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...
, where it may be called ''sồi Petelot''. The tree grows up to 20 m and has 20 mm
acorn
The acorn, or oaknut, is the nut of the oaks and their close relatives (genera ''Quercus'' and '' Lithocarpus'', in the family Fagaceae). It usually contains one seed (occasionally
two seeds), enclosed in a tough, leathery shell, and borne ...
s, produced from velvety cupules.
[Phạm Hoàng Hộ (2003) ''Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam'' vol. II publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN]
References
[A.Camus, 1951 ''In: Bull. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., II, 23: 435'']
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petelotii
Endemic flora of Vietnam
Flora of Indo-China
Trees of Vietnam
Taxa named by Aimée Antoinette Camus