Woolly-leaved oak | |
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In cultivation (as Quercus oblongata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Quercus |
Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Cerris |
Section: | Quercus sect. Ilex |
Species: | Q. lanata
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Binomial name | |
Quercus lanata | |
Synonyms | |
Of the subspecies lanata: [2]
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Quercus lanata, the woolly-leaved oak, [3] is a species of Quercus native to southern and southeastern Asia, including India (from eastern Uttarakhand to Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Nepal, Indochina (Vietnam, Myanmar, northern Thailand), and southwestern China ( Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan). It is a large evergreen tree up to 30 metres (100 feet) tall. The leaves are thick and leathery, green on top but covered in thick wool on the underside. [4] [5] It is classified in subgenus Cerris, section Ilex. [6]
This oak tree grows up to 20 m tall, and under the synonym Quercus oblongata has been recorded from Vietnam, where it may be called sồi bạc [7] or sồi bạch mao. [8]
Two subspecies are recognized by Plants of the World Online as of February 2023 [update]: [9]
Woolly-leaved oak | |
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In cultivation (as Quercus oblongata) | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Fagales |
Family: | Fagaceae |
Genus: | Quercus |
Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Cerris |
Section: | Quercus sect. Ilex |
Species: | Q. lanata
|
Binomial name | |
Quercus lanata | |
Synonyms | |
Of the subspecies lanata: [2]
|
Quercus lanata, the woolly-leaved oak, [3] is a species of Quercus native to southern and southeastern Asia, including India (from eastern Uttarakhand to Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Nepal, Indochina (Vietnam, Myanmar, northern Thailand), and southwestern China ( Guangxi, Tibet, Yunnan). It is a large evergreen tree up to 30 metres (100 feet) tall. The leaves are thick and leathery, green on top but covered in thick wool on the underside. [4] [5] It is classified in subgenus Cerris, section Ilex. [6]
This oak tree grows up to 20 m tall, and under the synonym Quercus oblongata has been recorded from Vietnam, where it may be called sồi bạc [7] or sồi bạch mao. [8]
Two subspecies are recognized by Plants of the World Online as of February 2023 [update]: [9]