Quercus chrysocalyx

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Quercus chrysocalyx
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Cyclobalanopsis
Species:
Q. chrysocalyx
Binomial name
Quercus chrysocalyx
Synonyms

Cyclobalanopsis chrysocalyx(Hickel & A.Camus) Hjelmq.

Quercus chrysocalyx [1] is a tree species in the Asian sub-genus of 'ring-cupped oaks' and the family Fagaceae; there are no known subspecies. [2] [3] It is native to Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam. [4]

This oak tree grows up to 15 m tall, with large acorns – 25–30 mm, and has been recorded from Vietnam, where it may be called sồi quang. [5]

Taxonomy & naming

Quercus chrysocalyx was first described in 1921 by Paul Robert Hickel and Aimée Antoinette Camus. [1] The species epithet, chrysocalyx, is derived from the Greek chrysos ("gold") and kalyx, ("cup" or "calyx"), and describes the plant as having golden calyces. [6] [7]

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References

  1. 1 2 Hickel; A. Camus (1921). "Les Chênes d'Indochine". Annales des sciences naturelles. Series 10. 3: 385.
  2. Roskov Y.; Kunze T.; Orrell T.; Abucay L.; Paglinawan L.; Culham A.; Bailly N.; Kirk P.; Bourgoin T.; Baillargeon G.; Decock W.; De Wever A. (2014). Didžiulis V. (ed.). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2014 Annual Checklist". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 26 May 2014.
  3. WCSP: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
  4. "Quercus chrysocalyx Hickel & A.Camus | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2020-05-21.
  5. Phạm Hoàng Hộ (2003) Cây Cỏ Việt Nam: an Illustrated Flora of Vietnam vol. II publ. Nhà Xuẩt Bản Trẻ, HCMC, VN
  6. Perrottet, G.S. & Guillemin, J.B.A. (1830). Florae Senegambiae tentamen,seu, Historia plantarum in diversis Senegambiae regionibus a peregrinatoribus Perrottet et Leprieur detectarum (in French). p. 157.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. Backer, C.A. (1936) Verklarend woordenboek der wetenschappelijke namen van de in Nederland en Nederlandsch-Indië in het wild groeiende en in tuinen en parken gekweekte varens en hoogere planten (Edition Nicoline van der Sijs). (Explanatory dictionary of the scientific names of .. plants grown in the Netherlands and the Dutch East Indies...)