Quercus myrsinifolia

Bamboo-leaf oak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Cyclobalanopsis
Species: Q. myrsinifolia
Binomial name
Quercus myrsinifolia
Blume 1850
Synonyms[1][2]

Quercus myrsinifolia is an Asian species of tree in the ring-cupped oaks subgenus of the family Fagaceae. 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), in Japan it is called white oak (白樫, shirakashi, not to be confused with Quercus alba) and in Korea it is known as gasinamu ( 가시나무)[3]. It is native to east central and southeast China, Japan, Korea, Laos, northern Thailand, and Vietnam.[4][5]

Description

Quercus myrsinifolia is an evergreen oak tree that grows up to 20 metres (66 ft) tall. Leaves are 60-110 × 18-40 mm with serrulate margins; the petiole is 10-25 mm long. The acorns are ovoid to ellipsoid, 14-25 × 10-15 mm, and glabrous with a rounded apex; the flat scar is approx. 6 mm in diameter. Cupules are 5-8 × 10-18 mm, enclosing 1/3-1/2 of acorn, bracts are not connate at the apex.[6]

References

  1. ↑ The Plant List, Quercus myrsinifolia Blume
  2. ↑ Tropicos, Quercus myrsinifolia Blume
  3. ↑ 植物和名ー学名インデックス YList - The YList Botanical Name - Scientific Name Index Accessed 22 March 2017. (in Japanese)
  4. ↑ Chengjiu Huang, Yongtian Zhang & Bruce Bartholomew. "Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
  5. ↑ Jean Louis Helardot. "Quercus myrsinifolia". Oaks of the World. Retrieved 17 June 2012. — includes several photographs
  6. ↑ Flora of China: 小叶青冈 xiao ye qing gang Cyclobalanopsis myrsinifolia (Blume) Oersted. (accessed 12/7/2017)
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