''Quercus dankiaensis'' is the accepted name of tree species 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 eve ...

; there are no known subspecies. It is placed in ''Quercus'' sect. ''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 els ...

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 ...

(especially

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), where it may be called ''sồi Dankia''. It grows in montane rain forest on the

Đà Lạt Plateau The Đà Lạt Plateau (also called Lâm Viên Plateau, Lang Biang Plateau) is a plateau in southeastern Vietnam. At its centre is the city of Da Lat. Several mountains in this area rise to over , the highest being ( Ede: ; vi, đỉnh núi Ch� ...

. It is a main canopy tree, growing up to 30 m tall. It has relatively large

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 ...

s in 22 x 8 mm 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, 1948 ''In: Chênes , Atlas 3(2): 51'' WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
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{{Taxonbar, from=Q15337742 dankiaensis Endemic flora of Vietnam Flora of Indo-China Trees of Vietnam Taxa named by Aimée Antoinette Camus