Quercus myrsinifolia

Bamboo-leaf oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Species: Q. myrsinifolia
Binomial name
Quercus myrsinifolia
Blume
Synonyms

Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia (Blume) Oersted

Quercus myrsinifolia is an evergreen oak tree to 20 metres (66 ft) tall in the ring-cupped oaks subgenus. It has several common names, including bamboo-leaf oak, Chinese evergreen oak, and Chinese ring-cupped oak. Its Chinese name is 小叶青冈; pinyin:xiǎo yè qīng gāng, which means little leaf ring-cupped oak (literally translated as little leaf green ridge tree), and in Japan it is called white oak (白樫 shirakashi, not to be confused with Quercus alba). It is native to east central and southeast China, Japan, Korea, Laos, Northern Thailand, and Vietnam.

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