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Quercus neglecta | |
Author | (Schottky)Koidz. 1916 Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 201 |
Synonyms | Cyclobalanopsis
neglecta Schottky 1912 Cyclobalanopsis bambusifolia (Hance) Hsu & Wei Jen bambusifolia Hance in Seemann 1857, not Fortune 1860 nor Masters 1874 salicina sensu Seemen not Blume 1850 |
Local names | zhu ye qing gang ; |
Range | China (Guangdong,
Fujian, Hunan); Hongkong ; Vietnam ; 500 - 2200 m ; |
Growth habit | 5-12 m, but
may reach 20 m; |
Leaves | 3-7 x 0.8-1.5
cm; crowded at tip of shoots; evergreen; leathery; glabrous; lanceolate;
apex rounded or sometimes shortly pointed; base cuneate; margin entire
or with a few teeth near apex; shiny green adaxially; blue green beneath;
7-14 inconspicuous vein pairs; midrib prominent beneath, slightly impressed
above; petiole 2-7 mm, glabrous (at first pubescent); |
Flowers | February-March; pistillate inflorescences short, 0.5-1 cm; |
Fruits | acorn 1.5-2.4
cm long, 1.5 cm in diameter; ovoid; silky becoming glabrous; mucronate;
most often solitary; enclosed 1/4 or less by cup; cup subsessile, with
4-6 denticulate concentric rings of scales, greyish brown, tomentose inside
and outside; scar 5-7mm, convex; maturing in 1 year (from August to November);
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Bark, twigs and |
twig
silky becoming hairless, grey brown, sliglhtly purplish; |
Hardiness zone, habitat | not
quite hardy (zone 8); |
Miscellaneous | --
A.Camus : n° 38; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; -- Section Glauca, sub-section Glaucae (Menitsky); -- Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : EN) -- "bambusifolia" is an ambiguous name because it is used for other species of Quercus; although it has been created before "neglecta", it must be given up in order to avoid confusion; |
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