Key for Asian Golden Oaks (adapted from Zhou & Coombes 2001)
| 1a | Mature leaves with golden or grey hairs beneath |
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| 1b | Mature leaves glabrous, or with hairs at the base of midrib |
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| 2a | Leaves with yellow hairs beneath |
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| 2b | Leaves with grey hairs beneath |
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| 3a | Hairs densely covering the secondary veins |
Q. pannosa
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| 3b | Hairs not densely covering the secondary veins |
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| 4a | Cup scales > 4 mm long, linear or lanceolate |
Q. fimbriata
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| 4b | Cup scales < 4 mm long, lanceolate |
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| 5a | Cup with bell-shaped rim, wall 2 mm thick |
Q. guyavifolia
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| 5b | Cup not with bell-shaped rim, wall 1 mm thick |
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| 6a | Acorn globose, diameter 1.8-2.5 cm , black when mature |
Q. semecarpifolia
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| 6b | Acorn ovoid, diameter < 1.5 cm |
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| 7a | Pistillate inflorescence 5-16 cm long |
Q. longispica
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| 7b | Pistillate inflorescence < 5 cm long |
Q. aquifolioides
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| 8a | Tree ; leaves elliptic elongate, densely hairy |
Q. senescens
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| 8b | Shrub ; leaves elliptic to obovate, with scattered hairs |
Q. monimotricha
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| 9a | Leaves 6-10 cm long, secondary veins not sunken above |
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| 9b | Leaves < 6 cm long, secondary veins sunken above |
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| 10a | Leaves with some scattered hairs beneath |
Q. pseudosemecarpifolia
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| 10b | Leaves usually glabrous on both sides |
Q. rehderiana
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| 11a | Leaves densely hairy at base of midrib beneath |
Q. spinosa
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| 11b | Leaves without hairs at base of midrib beneath |
Q. gilliana
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