Quercus delicatula is an Asian species of trees in the beech family. It has been found only in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Hunan.[2] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[3]

Quercus delicatula
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Fagales
Family: Fagaceae
Genus: Quercus
Subgenus: Quercus subg. Cerris
Section: Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis
Species:
Q. delicatula
Binomial name
Quercus delicatula
Synonyms[1]
  • Cyclobalanopsis delicatula (Chun & Tsiang) Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen

Quercus delicatula is a tree up to 20 meters tall with reddish-brown hairs covering the twigs and the undersides of the leaves, the leaves as much as 12 cm long.[2]

References

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  1. ^ The Plant List, Quercus delicatula Chun & Tsiang
  2. ^ a b Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis delicatula (Chun & Tsiang) Y. C. Hsu & H. W. Jen, 1979. 上思青冈 shang si qing gang
  3. ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
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