Quercus kinabaluensis

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| status = EN

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = Carrero, C. & Strijk, J.S. 2020. [https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/78967367/184349018 Quercus kinabaluensis]. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T78967367A184349018. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T78967367A184349018.en. Accessed 4 March 2023.

| genus = Quercus

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| parent = Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis

| species = kinabaluensis

| authority = Soepadmo (1968)

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Quercus kinabaluensis is a species of oak endemic to the mountains of Borneo.[https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:359752-1 Quercus kinabaluensis Soepadmo]. Plants of the World Online, Kew Science. Accessed 4 March 2023. It is placed in Quercus 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 }}

Range and habitat

Quercus kinabaluensis is found in a limited area of the mountains of northern Borneo, including on Mount Kinabalu, in Sabah state of Malaysia. It grows in montane tropical rain forest on basic soils from 457 to 2,438 metres elevation.

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