Quercus helferiana

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Quercus helferiana
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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. helferiana
Binomial name
Quercus helferiana
A.DC. 1864
Synonyms [1]
  • Cyclobalanopsis helferiana(A.DC.) Oerst.
  • Quercus ilexLour.
  • Quercus prainianaH.Lév. 1913 not Trel. 1924

Quercus helferiana is a species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the "ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It is native to Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, India (northeast), and southern China (Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou). [2]

Description

Quercus helferiana is a tree up to 20 m. tall, with a trunk up to 0.3 m in diameter. Leaves oblong-elliptic, to elliptic-lanceolate, 120-150 (up to 220) × 40-80 (up to 95) mm, with wavy edges but no teeth or lobes. [2] The acorn is oblate, 10-16 × 15–22 mm, grey, with a depressed apex and often covered with shaggy hairs; the scar is 12–14 mm in diameter, flat to concave at maturity. Flowering is in March–April, acorns found from October–November.

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