| Quercus laotica | |
| Author | A. Camus 1936 Chênes Atlas 2: 7 |
| Synonyms | setulosa subsp
laotica (A.Camus) Menitsky 1973 |
| Local names | |
| Range | Laos, Vietnam; 700 m; very abundant in its range; |
| Growth habit | shrub, or tree
to 10-12 m; |
| Leaves | 5-6 x 2-2.5
cm; leathery; oval lanceolate; apex attenuate; base rounded or cordate;
margin toothed in apical half; densely pubescent at first, then glabrous
on both sides exept some brown hairs on midrib; |
| Flowers | female catkin with 8-9 flowers; |
| Fruits | acorn ovoid
1.8-2 cm long, 0.7-0.8 cm in diameter, mucronate; cup scaly, shallow,
0.9-1.2 cm in diameter; |
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Bark, twigs and |
young
twig pubescent during 2 years; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | not hardy; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : tome 2, p. 13, n° 131; -- Closely related to Q.setulosa. For Menitsky (1973), who first treated this taxon as a subspecies of Q.setulosa, it seems that actually there are not enough differences between the 2 taxons to say they are distinct (oval lanceolate leaves shorter in laotica, with pubescence remaining on leaves and twigs); moreover, A. Camus herself thought that laotica is perhaps a subspecies of setulosa ! Actually, Q.laotica is the race occuring in Laos, with small, pubescent leaves. |
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