Quercus spinosa

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Quercus}}

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|status = LC

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Qin, H.N. |author2=Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI), IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group, Strijk, J.S. |author3=Carrero, C. |year=2020 |title=Quercus spinosa |volume=2020 |page=e.T194235A147638594 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T194235A147638594.en |access-date=25 May 2023}}

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|genus=Quercus

|parent = Quercus sect. Ilex

|species=spinosa

|authority=DavidNouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 7: 84 (1884)

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Quercus spinosa is a species of oak native to central China, Taiwan and Myanmar,{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77176882-1 |title=Quercus spinosa David |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=17 October 2020 }} in the subgenus Cerris, section Ilex. An evergreen tree, its leaf traits may be adaptations to altitude.{{cite journal |title=Leaf traits suggest different ecological strategies for two Quercus species along an altitudinal gradient in the Qinling Mountains |year=2015 |last1=Chai |first1=Yongfu |last2=Zhang |first2=Xiaofei |last3=Yue |first3=Ming |last4=Liu |first4=Xiao |last5=Li |first5=Qian |last6=Shang |first6=Hailin |last7=Meng |first7=Qiancai |last8=Zhang |first8=Ruichang |journal=Journal of Forest Research |volume=20 |issue=6 |pages=501–513 |doi=10.1007/s10310-015-0496-z |bibcode=2015JFR....20..501C |s2cid=15908332 }} It is placed in 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 }}