| Quercus serrata | |
| Author | Murray 1784 Syst. Veg. ed. 14 858 |
| Synonyms | canescens Blume 1850 donarium Nakai 1915 glandulifera var. donarium (Nakai) A.Camus 1935 glandulifera var. brevipetioleata (A.DC) Nakai 1924 glandulifera var. stellatopilosa W.H. Zhang glandulifera var. tomentosa B.C.Ding & T.B.Chao 1981 neoglandulifera Nakai 1922 neoglandulosa Nakai 1934 ningqiangensis S.Z.Qu & W.H.Zhang 1986 Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 6(1): 52 serrata var. brevipetioleata (A.DC) Nakai 1926 serrata var. tomentosa (Ding & Chao) Hsu & Wei Jen 1993 urticifolia Bl. var. brevipetioleata A.DC 1864 |
| Local names | bao li ; |
| Range | China, Japan,
Korea ; 100 to 3000 m |
| Growth habit | reaches 15-20
m tall; |
| Leaves |
5-15 x 2.5-4cm; deciduous;
oboval or narrowly oval; leathery; apex pointed; base cuneate or slightly
rounded; margin with 6-12 pairs of incurved teeth, glandular-tipped;
densely hairy when young, becoming glabrescent, mainly beneath; 7-14
vein pairs; subsessile or with a short, glabrous petiole (to 3 cm);
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| Flowers | March-April;
pistillate inflorescences 1.5-3 cm long; |
| Fruits | acorn 1.7-2
cm long; ovoid or subglobose; solitary or several together on a short
stalk; enclosed 1/4 to 1/3 by cup; cup shallow, with appressed, hairy,
triangular scales; maturing in 1 year; |
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Bark, twigs and |
bark
grey or dark reddish brown, slightly furrowed longitudinaly; young shoot
with silky, appressed hairs; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy;
inhabits broad-leaved deciduous forests; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A.Camus : n° 142; -- Sub-genus Quercus, Section Quercus, Series Roburoid; -- Q.serrata and Q.glandulifera should be distinct, according to Sargent ; -- Hybrids with Q. yunnanensis |
| Subspecies and varieties |
-- subsp serrata : the type described -- Q. monnula
Hsu & Wei Jen 1979, in Sichuan and Yunnan, Acta Bot. Yunnan.
1: 148, is probably a hybrid between Q.serrata and Q.aliena. |
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