Quercus augustinii is a rare species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Vietnam as well as Guangxi, Guizhou, and Yunnan Provinces in southern China.[3] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[4]

Quercus augustinii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Cerris
Section: Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis
Species:
Q. augustinii
Binomial name
Quercus augustinii
Synonyms[1][2]
Synonymy
  • Quercus augustini Skan
  • Cyclobalanopsis augustini (Skan) Schottky
  • Cyclobalanopsis augustinii (Skan) Schottky
  • Cyclobalanopsis nigrinux Hu
  • Pasania chiwui Hu
  • Quercus glabricupula Barnett

Quercus augustinii is a tree up to 10 m. tall, with orange-brown twigs and leaves as much as 120 mm long. The acorn is oblong-ovoid, 10-17 × 8-12 mm, glabrous, apex rounded or slightly depressed; scar approx. 6 mm in diameter.[5][6]

References edit

  1. ^ The Plant List, Quercus augustini Skan
  2. ^ Tropicos, Quercus augustinii Skan
  3. ^ Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis augustinii (Skan) Schottky, 1912. 窄叶青冈 zhai ye qing gang
  4. ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
  5. ^ Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis argyrotricha (A. Camus) Chun & Y. T. Chang ex Y. C. Hsu & H. W. Jen, 1993. 贵州青冈 gui zhou qing gang
  6. ^ Skan, Sidney Alfred in Forbes, Francis Blackwell & Hemsley, William Botting 1899. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 26(178): 507 description in Latin, commentary in English

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