Quercus myrsinifolia is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has several common names, including bamboo-leaf oak, Chinese evergreen oak, and Chinese ring-cupped oak. Its Chinese name is ; pinyin: , which means little leaf ring-cupped oak (literally translated as little leaf green ridge tree), in Japan it is called and in Korea it is known as ().植物和名ー学名インデックス YList - The YList Botanical Name - Scientific Name Index Accessed 22 March 2017. It is native to east central and southeast China, Japan, Korea, Laos, northern Thailand, and Vietnam. — includes several photographs It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.
Description
Quercus myrsinifolia is an evergreen oak tree that grows up to tall. Leaves are 60–110 × 18–40 mm with serrulate margins; the petiole is 10–25 mm long. The acorns are ovoid to ellipsoid, 14–25 × 10–15 mm, and glabrous with a rounded apex; the flat scar is approx. 6 mm in diameter. Cupules are 5–8 × 10–18 mm, enclosing 1/3–1/2 of acorn, bracts are not connate at the apex.
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