Quercus aquifolioides

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Quercus aquifolioides
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Cerris
Section: Quercus sect. Ilex
Species:
Q. aquifolioides
Binomial name
Quercus aquifolioides

Quercus aquifolioides is a species of oak native to south-central China and Tibet. [3] It is in the subgenus Cerris, section Ilex. [4] It is a shrub or small tree adapted to high elevations. [5]

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References

  1. Qin, h.; Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI).; IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group. (2019). "Quercus aquifolioides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T78804362A147623808. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T78804362A147623808.en . Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 3: 222 (1916)
  3. "Quercus aquifolioides Rehder & E.H.Wilson". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 14 October 2020.
  4. Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017), "An Updated Infrageneric Classification of the Oaks: Review of Previous Taxonomic Schemes and Synthesis of Evolutionary Patterns", in Gil-Pelegrín, Eustaquio; Peguero-Pina, José Javier & Sancho-Knapik, Domingo (eds.), Oaks Physiological Ecology. Exploring the Functional Diversity of Genus Quercus L., Cham.: Springer International Publishing, pp. 13–38, ISBN   978-3-319-69099-5
  5. Zhu, Wan-Ze; Cao, Min; Wang, San-Gen; Xiao, Wen-Fan; Li, Mai-He (2012). "Seasonal Dynamics of Mobile Carbon Supply in Quercus aquifolioides at the Upper Elevational Limit". PLOS ONE. 7 (3): e34213. Bibcode:2012PLoSO...734213Z. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034213 . PMC   3316670 . PMID   22479567.