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Quercus ningangensis | |
Author | (W.C.Cheng & Y.C.Hsu)C.C.Huang 1992 Guihaia 12: 303 |
Synonyms | Cyclobalanopsis ningangensis W.C.Cheng & Y.C.Hsu 1979 |
Local names | ning
gang qing gang; |
Range | China
(Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi ) ; |
Growth habit | reaches
15 m tall ; |
Leaves | 8-13
x 2-4 cm; thin blade ; oblong-elliptic, elliptic or oval-lanceolate; base
rounded or broadly cuneate; apex acuminate to caudate; margin serrate,
with glandular hairs; densely convered beneath with short stellate hairs;
14-17 vein pairs slightly raised above; petiole tomentose near base, 1.5-3
cm long; |
Flowers | pistillate
inflorescences 1.5-2 cm long, with 7-10 flowers, only 2 or 3 being fertile;
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Fruits | acorn
1.5-2 cm long, 0.8-1.2 cm wide, tawny, ellipsoid-oblong, hairy at first
becoming glabrous; thin (1 mm) cup, 0.5 cm long, 1 cm wide, outside with
some grey hairs, sericeous inside, with 6-7 concentric rings ; |
Bark, twigs and |
twigs
grey, with scattered hairs; |
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Miscellaneous | --
Sub-genus Cerris, Section Cyclobalanopsis; -- This species is today considered as a synonym of Q.gambleana; |
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