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Quercus aliena

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Quercus aliena

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Also known as Galcham oak, Oriental white oak

species of plant

Species

Least Concern

SPECIES

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassMagnoliopsida
  4. OrderFagales
  5. FamilyFagaceae
Native toChina North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Hainan, Japan, Korea, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Primorye, Taiwan, Thailand
Observations recorded9,028

Trees to 30 m tall, deciduous. Branchlets grayish brown, glabrescent, lenticellate; lenticels brownish, rounded. Petiole 1-1.3 cm, glabrous; leaf blade narrowly elliptic-obovate to obovate, (5-)10-20(-30) × 5-14(-16) cm, base cuneate to rounded, apex slightly obtuse to shortly acuminate; secondary veins 10-15 on each side of midvein. Female inflorescences axillary on young shoots; cupules solitary or in fascicles of 2 or 3. Cupule cupular, 1-1.5 × 1.2-2 cm, enclosing ca. 1/2 of nut; bracts ovate-lanceolate, ca. 2 mm, crowded, grayish pubescent. Nut ellipsoid to ovoid, 1.7-2.5 × 1.3-1.8 cm; scar slightly raised; stylopodium ca. 1 mm in diam. Fl. Mar-May, fr. Sep-Nov.

via GBIF · IUCN · Kew POWO

Museum specimens

Specimen records
304
With media
286
Family
Fagaceae
Collections
MICH, CAS, CDA, NY, US, BRIT
Recorded in
South Korea, China, Japan, United States, Myanmar, Republic Of Korea, Korea, North Korea Or South Korea

Gallery (3)