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Quercus schottkyana

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Quercus schottkyana
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. schottkyana
Binomial name
Quercus schottkyana
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Quercus glaucoides (Schottky) Koidz., illegitimate homonym
  • Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schottky
  • Quercus glauca subsp. schottkyana (Rehder & E.H.Wilson) Menitsky

Quercus schottkyana is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in southwestern China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan).[3] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[4]

Quercus schottkyana is a tree up to 20 meters tall. Twigs are grayish-green. Leaves can be as much as 12 cm long, thick and leathery.[3][5] A SW Chinese endemic evergreen oak, related to Q. glauca, but with the new foliage densely white hairy and pinky-red, turning green above and glaucous beneath, serrated and with a drawn out tip. A handsome Cyclobalanopsis oak, rare in cultivation

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Quercus schottkyana Rehder & E.H.Wilson
  2. ^ Tropicos search for Quercus glaucoides
  3. ^ a b Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schottky, 1912. 滇青冈 dian 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. ^ Schottky, Ernst Max 1912. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 47(5): 657-658 description in Latin in footnote, discussion in German in text, as Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides
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