Quercus phillyreoides
{{short description|Species of plant}}
{{Speciesbox
|image = Quercus phillyraeoides - Miyajima Natural Botanical Garden - DSC02366.JPG
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|genus = Quercus
|parent= Quercus sect. Ilex
|display_parents = 2
|species = phillyreoides
|authority = A.Gray
|synonyms = Quercus wrightii Nakai
Quercus tinfanensis A.Camus
Quercus singuliflora (H.Lév.) A.Camus
Quercus pillyreoides A.Gray
Quercus phillyreoides f. wrightii
Quercus phillyreoides var. wrightii
Quercus phillyreoides var. subcrispa
Quercus phillyreoides var. sinensis
Quercus phillyreoides subsp. fokienensis
Quercus phillyreoides f. crispa
Quercus phillyreoides var. crispa
Quercus myricifolia Hu & W.C.Cheng
Quercus ilex var. phillyreoides
Quercus fooningensis Hu & W.C.Cheng
Quercus fokienensis Nakai
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
}}
Quercus phillyreoides is a species of flowering plant in the genus Quercus, placed in subgenus Cerris and section Ilex.{{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 }}{{Citation |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 |editor1-last=Gil-Pelegrín |editor1-first=Eustaquio |editor2-last=Peguero-Pina |editor2-first=José Javier |editor3-last=Sancho-Knapik |editor3-first=Domingo |contribution=An Updated Infrageneric Classification of the Oaks: Review of Previous Taxonomic Schemes and Synthesis of Evolutionary Patterns |title=Oaks Physiological Ecology. Exploring the Functional Diversity of Genus Quercus L. |pages=13–38 |publication-place=Cham. |publisher=Springer International Publishing |doi=10.1007/978-3-319-69099-5_2 |isbn=978-3-319-69099-5 |contribution-url=https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-69099-5_2 |name-list-style=amp }} It is evergreen, withstands frost and can be grown in hardiness zone 7. It is native to southern China, the Ryukyu Islands, and Japan, and has been introduced to Korea.{{cite POWO |id=296588-1 |title=Quercus phillyreoides A.Gray |access-date=25 October 2022 }}
Uses
The Japanese use Quercus phillyreoides or ubame oak to produce binchōtan, a traditional variety of vegetal activated carbon.{{cite journal |last1=Guichard-Anguis |first1=Sylvie |title=Walking through World Heritage Forest in Japan: the Kumano pilgrimage |journal=Journal of Heritage Tourism |volume=6 |issue=4 |year=2011 |pages=285–295 |issn=1743-873X |doi=10.1080/1743873X.2011.620114 |s2cid=143584287}} It has found use as a street tree in a number of European cities.{{cite journal |title=The Global Urban Tree Inventory: A database of the diverse tree flora that inhabits the world's cities |year=2020 |last1=Ossola |first1=Alessandro |last2=Hoeppner |first2=Malin J. |last3=Burley |first3=Hugh M. |last4=Gallagher |first4=Rachael V. |last5=Beaumont |first5=Linda J. |last6=Leishman |first6=Michelle R. |journal=Global Ecology and Biogeography |volume=29 |issue=11 |pages=1907–1914 |doi=10.1111/geb.13169 |bibcode=2020GloEB..29.1907O |s2cid=225429443 }}
References
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Category:Flora of South-Central China
Category:Flora of Southeast China
Category:Flora of the Ryukyu Islands
Category:Plants described in 1859
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