''Quercus patelliformis'' is an Asian species of tree in the
beech family
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 ...
. It is native to southern China (
Guangdong
Guangdong (, ), alternatively romanized as Canton or Kwangtung, is a coastal province in South China on the north shore of the South China Sea. The capital of the province is Guangzhou. With a population of 126.01 million (as of 2020 ...
,
Guangxi,
Hainan
Hainan (, ; ) is the smallest and southernmost province of the People's Republic of China (PRC), consisting of various islands in the South China Sea. , the largest and most populous island in China,The island of Taiwan, which is slight ...
,
Jiangxi
Jiangxi (; ; formerly romanized as Kiangsi or Chianghsi) is a landlocked province in the east of the People's Republic of China. Its major cities include Nanchang and Jiujiang. Spanning from the banks of the Yangtze river in the north into h ...
).
[Flora of China, ''Cyclobalanopsis patelliformis'' (Chun) Y. C. Hsu & H. W. Jen, 托盘青冈 tuo pan qing gang ]
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''Quercus patelliformis'' is a tree up to 15 meters tall. Twigs are grayish brown. Leaves can be as much as 12 cm long.[Chun Woon Young 1947. Journal of the Arnold Arboretum 28(2): 241–242]
description in Latin, commentary in English
References
External links
line drawing, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 4, fig. 392, drawings 1-4 at lower left
patelliformis
Flora of China
Plants described in 1947
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