''Quercus thorelii'' is an Asian species of tree in the 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 eve ...
and the "
ring-cupped oak" sub-genus; the species is named after the French botanist
Clovis Thorel. It has been found in Indochina (
Laos,
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 it ...
) and in southern China (
Guangxi,
Yunnan
Yunnan , () is a landlocked province in the southwest of the People's Republic of China. The province spans approximately and has a population of 48.3 million (as of 2018). The capital of the province is Kunming. The province borders the ...
).
[Flora of China, ''Cyclobalanopsis thorelii'' (Hickel & A. Camus) Hu, 1940. 厚缘青冈 hou yuan qing gang ]
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''Quercus thorelii'' is a tree up to 30 m. tall. Twigs are covered with star-shaped hairs. Leaves can be as much as 170 mm long. The 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 bo ...
is oblate
In Christianity (especially in the Roman Catholic, Orthodox, Anglican and Methodist traditions), an oblate is a person who is specifically dedicated to God or to God's service.
Oblates are individuals, either laypersons or clergy, normally li ...
, 10-15 × 25-30 mm, light brown, densel
tomentose
apex depressed, with a scar that is approx. 20 mm in diameter.[
]
References
External links
line drawing, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 4, fig. 391, drawings 3-4 at lower left
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thorelii
Flora of China
Flora of Indo-China
Trees of Vietnam
Plants described in 1923
Taxa named by Aimée Antoinette Camus