Quercus merrillii is an Asian species of shrubs in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found on the Island of Palawan in southwestern Philippines and also in the Malaysian parts of the nearby Island of Borneo (both Sarawak and Sabah).[3] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[4]

Quercus merrillii
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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. merrillii
Binomial name
Quercus merrillii
Seemen 1908
Synonyms[2]
  • Cyclobalanopsis merrillii (Seemen) Schottky

Description

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Quercus merrillii is a shrub up to 2 meters tall. Twigs are dark brown. Leaves narrowly egg-shaped, up to 4 cm long and 2 cm wide.[3]

Range and habitat

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Quercus merillii is known from only a few locations in Borneo – Sabah and Sarawak states of Malaysia, and Kalimantan in Indonesia – and on Palawan in the Philippines, where it grows in lowland dipterocarp forests.[1]

Its lowland forests habitats are threatened habitat loss from timber harvesting and conversion to agriculture.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Carrero, C. & Strijk, J.S. 2020. Quercus merrillii. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T78969610A184348501. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T78969610A184348501.en. Accessed 8 March 2023.
  2. ^ The Plant List, Quercus merrillii Seemen
  3. ^ a b Seemen, Karl Otto von 1908. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 5: 21 parallel descriptions in Latin and German
  4. ^ 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.