Quercus blakei
{{Short description|Species of oak tree}}
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|genus = Quercus
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|parent = Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis
|species = blakei
|authority = Skan
|synonyms_ref = [http://www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-171793 The Plant List, Quercus blakei Skan ]
|synonyms =
- Cyclobalanopsis blakei (Skan) Schottky
- Quercus blackei S.C.Lee
- Quercus blakei var. parvifolia Merr.
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Quercus blakei is an uncommon species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in Indochina (Laos and Vietnam) and southern China (Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan ).[http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000355 Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis blakei (Skan) Schottky, 1912. 栎子青冈 li zi qing gang ] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.{{Cite web |last1=Denk |first1=Thomas |last2=Grimm |first2=Guido W. |last3=Manos |first3=Paul S. |last4=Deng |first4=Min |last5=Hipp |first5=Andrew L. |date=2017 |title=Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks |website=figshare |doi=10.6084/m9.figshare.5547622.v1 |url=https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Appendix_2_1_________An_updated_infrageneric_classification_of_the_oaks/5547622/1 |access-date=2023-02-24 |format=xls |name-list-style=amp }}
Description
Quercus blakei is a tree up to 35 m. tall, with leaves as much as 190 mm long.[https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16516852#page/148/mode/1up Skan, Sidney Alfred 1900. Hooker's Icones Plantarum 27(3): plate 2662 and subsequent unnumbered text page] description in Latin, commentary in English, full-page line drawing of Quercus blakei
The acorns are ellipsoid to ovoid, 25-35 × 15–30 mm with a flat to depressed scar 7–11 mm in diameter. The cupules are shallow-bowl-shaped, 5-10 × 20–30 mm, covering base of acorn, with bracts in 6 or 7 rings, margin entire or dentate.
In China, flowering occurs in March and acorns ca be found from October–December.
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External links
- [http://www.tropicos.org/Image/69181 Line drawings, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 4, fig. 386, drawings 5-11 and lower left and upper left]
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Category:Plants described in 1900
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