| Quercus dolicholepis | |
| Author | A. Camus 1953 Chênes Texte 3(2): 1215 |
| Synonyms | dolicholepis var. elliptica (Y.C.Hsu &
H.Wei Jen ) Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen 1990 spathulata Seemen 1897, nom. illeg., not Watelet 1866 spathulata var. elliptica Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen 1976 |
| Local names | chi ye li ; |
| Range | Southeastern and Central China; 500 to 2800 m; |
| Growth habit | reaches 16 m;
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| Leaves | 2-8 x 1.5-4 cm; persist for 2 or 3 years; spathulate, oboval or elliptic; leathery; apex obtuse, mucronate; base rounded to cordate; margins entire except some teeth near apex; dark green, rough above, glabrous with at first some fascicled and stellate hairs; pubescent below with sessile stellate, solitary and fascicled hairs, sometimes almost glabrous; 7-8 vein pairs raised beneath; petiole 4-5 mm, shortly hairy; |
| Flowers | March
to May; |
| Fruits | acorn ovoid
or subglobose, 1.2-1.7 cm, apex tomentose, depressed; singly or paired
on a short tomentose infrutescence; enclosed 2/3 to 3/4 by cup; cup with
narrow, recurving, 5 mm long scales; matures in 2 years in October; |
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Bark, twigs and |
young
shoots yellowish grey stellate tomentose; |
| Hardiness zone, habitat | hardy; in forests; |
| Miscellaneous | --
A. Camus : n° 103; -- Sub-genus Cerris, Section Ilex; |
| Subspecies and varieties |
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Q.fimbriata Y.C.Hsu &
H.Wei Jen 1976 Acta Phytotax.
Sin. 14(2): 86 = Q. x fimbriata (Hsu&Jen)Chun&Huang 1976 from Sichuan and Yunnan, is probably a hybrid with Q.aquifolioides. Threatened (IUCN Red List Category : CR) |
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