Quercus chenii
{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Quercus}}
{{Speciesbox
|image=Quercus chenii kz04.jpg
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|display_parents = 2
|parent = Quercus sect. Cerris
|genus=Quercus
|species=chenii
|authority=NakaiJ. Arnold Arbor. 5: 74 (1924)
| status = NT
| status_system = IUCN3.1
}}
Quercus chenii is a species of live oak native to southeast China.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:359487-1 |title=Quercus chenii Nakai |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=15 October 2020 }} It is in subgenus Cerris, section Cerris.{{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=2023-02-18 |format=xls |name-list-style=amp }} A tree reaching {{Convert|30|m|abbr=off}} in height, it grows from sea level to about {{Convert|600|m|abbr=on}} in elevation, and can form pure stands.{{cite journal |last1=Song |first1=Shuyin |last2=Krajewska |first2=Katarzyna |last3=Wang |first3=Yufei |date=2000 |title=The first occurrence of the Quercus section Cerris Spach fruits in the Miocene of China |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/268252793 |journal=Acta Palaeobotanica |volume=40 |issue=2 |pages=153–163 |access-date=15 October 2020 }} Some authorities feel that it could be a synonym of Quercus acutissima.{{cite web |url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200006287 |title=小叶栎 xiao ye li |author= |website=Flora of China |publisher=efloras.org |access-date=15 October 2020 }}