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6. Quercus Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 2: 994. 1753.

栎属 li shu

Quercus guyavifolia

Credit: Harvard University Herbaria

Trees or sometimes shrubs, evergreen or deciduous. Trunk bark deeply splitting or exfoliating longitudinally. Winter buds ovoid-globose, ovoid-conical, or rarely ovoid-ellipsoid; scales few to many, imbricate. Leaves spirally arranged. Stipules extrapetiolar. Male inflorescence pendulous, solitary in leaf axils toward base of branchlets or in paniculate clusters on lateral or subterminal shoots; flower solitary and scattered on rachis; perianth calyciform, 4-7-lobed or more lobed; stamens 4-7 or fewer, filaments slender; staminodes small. Female inflorescences in leaf axils toward apex of branchlets, with few to many cupules; flowers solitary; perianth 5- or 6-lobed; staminodes sometimes present, small; ovary (2-or)3(or 4)-loculed; stigmas dilated or ligulate, lining inner faces of styles. Cupules solitary; bracts imbricate, scalelike, linear, or conical, adherent, prostrate, or reflexed. Nut 1 per cupule. Germination hypogeal.

About 300 species: N Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America (Colombia); 35 species (15 endemic, two introduced) in China.

After this treatment was published for the FOC, it came to our attention that Craibiodendron forrestii W. W. Smith (Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 160. 1912), described from W Yunnan (Nujiang valley), is a species of Quercus (see FOC 14: 459. 2005).


1 Leaves deciduous or marcescent in winter.   (2)
+ Leaves mostly evergreen.   (15)
       
2 (1) Leaf blade narrowly elliptic-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, margin spiniform dentate; bracts of cupule subulate, ligulate, or linear, often reflexed.   (3)
+ Leaf blade elliptic-obovate, narrowly obovate, or elliptic, margin dentate or undulate; bracts of cupule narrowly lanceolate, triangular, or tubercular.   (5)
       
3 (2) Mature leaf blades densely grayish stellate tomentose; cork of bark developed; branchlets glabrous   3 Q. variabilis
+ Mature leaf blades glabrous or pubescent only abaxially along veins; cork of bark undeveloped; young branchlets pubescent.   (4)
       
4 (3) Cupules including bracts 2-4 cm in diam.; nuts 1.5-2 cm in diam.   1 Q. acutissima
+ Cupules including bracts ca. 1.5 cm in diam.; nuts 1.3-1.5 cm in diam.   2 Q. chenii
       
5 (2) Cupule bracts narrowly lanceolate, erect or reflexed.   (6)
+ Cupule bracts triangular, narrowly triangular, or ovate-lanceolate, adherent to outside wall of cupule.   (7)
       
6 (5) Cupule bracts ca. 10 mm   4 Q. dentata
+ Cupule bracts 5-8 mm   5 Q. yunnanensis
       
7 (5) Mature leaf blades abaxially with stellate or simple hairs.   (8)
+ Mature leaf blades abaxially glabrous or glabrescent.   (11)
       
8 (7) Branchlets glabrous or glabrescent   8 Q. aliena
+ Branchlets densely yellowish brown or grayish brown tomentose.   (9)
       
9 (8) Leaf secondary veins 12-18 on each side of midvein   7 Q. griffithii
+ Leaf secondary veins 8-12 on each side of midvein.   (10)
       
10 (9) Branchlet and leaf blades abaxially densely with yellowish brown stellate hairs; leaf blade margin dentate; tertiary veins abaxially inconspicuous   5 Q. yunnanensis
+ Branchlets and leaf blades abaxially with grayish brown to yellowish gray stellate hairs; leaf blade margin crenate to dentate; tertiary veins abaxially conspicuous   6 Q. fabri
       
11 (7) Leaf margin glandular   9 Q. serrata
+ Leaf margin not glandular.   (12)
       
12 (11) Leaf margin serrate or with rounded lobes.   (13)
+ Leaf margin undulate.   (14)
       
13 (12) Leaf margin with 5-7 lobes on each side ending in 10-30 awns; blade glabrous or barbate; bracts of cupule glabrous; nuts mature 1 year after flowering   11 Q. palustris
+ Leaf margin with 5-7 rounded or retuse lobes on each side; blade abaxially glabrous; bracts of cupule gray tomentose; nuts mature the same year as flowering   12 Q. robur
       
14 (12) Petiole 1-3 cm   8 Q. aliena
+ Petiole shorter than 1 cm   10 Q. mongolica
       
15 (1) Leaf blade apex obtuse or rarely retuse or mucronate; midvein apically slightly flexuous.   (16)
+ Leaf blade apex acute (if obtuse then blade spatulate); midvein straight.   (22)
       
16 (15) Cupules shallowly cupular to discoid; nuts 2–3 cm in diam.   13 Q. semecarpifolia
+ Cupules cupular to cuculliform; nuts to 2 cm in diam.   (17)
       
17 (16) Leaf blade abaxially with both stellate and simple hairs.   (18)
+ Leaf blade abaxially with only stellate hairs.   (19)
       
18 (17) Leaf blade abaxially persistently hairy; cupule rim expanded and wavily rugose at maturity; cupule bracts grayish brown tomentose from base to middle, apex reddish brown glabrous; fruit maturing on 1-year-old branchlets, nut 1.5–1.8 cm in diam.   14 Q. guyavifolia
+ Leaf blade abaxially glabrescent; cupule slightly expanded at maturity but not wavily rugose; cupule bracts gray pubescent; fruit maturing in 1st year, nut 1–1.5 cm in diam.   15 Q. aquifolioides
       
19 (17) Female inflorescences 3.5–16 cm   16 Q. rehderiana
+ Female inflorescences less than 3 cm.   (20)
       
20 (19) Mature leaf blades abaxially uniformly with pale grayish brown fascicled hairs   19 Q. senescens
+ Mature leaf blades abaxially glabrous, glabrescent, or only midvein hairy.   (21)
       
21 (20) Trees 6–10(–20) m tall; cupules 4–9 ? 7–15 mm, enclosing 1/4–1/2 of nut; cupule bracts triangular to triangular-ovate, 1–1.5 mm, gray pubescent except for apex   17 Q. spinosa
+ Shrub (0.5–)1(–2) m tall; cupules 3–4 ? ca. 10 mm, covering base of nut; cupule bracts ovate-lanceolate, ca. 1 mm, grayish brown tomentose   18 Q. monimotricha
       
22 (15) Cupule bracts linear-lanceolate or subuliform, curved or inflexed.   (23)
+ Cupule bracts scalelike, triangular, ovate, or elliptic, adherent to outside wall of cupule.   (25)
       
23 (22) Leaf blade obovate-spatulate to elliptic-spatulate   20 Q. dolicholepis
+ Leaf blade ovate-lanceolate to narrowly elliptic.   (24)
       
24 (23) Leaf blade 5–12 ? 2–6 cm; cupules 1.2–1.5 ? 1.8–2.5 cm; cupule bracts linear-lanceolate, ca. 5 mm, yellowish brown tomentose; nut 2–2.5 cm   21 Q. oxyphylla
+ Leaf blade 3–6 ? 1.3–2.5 cm; cupules 0.8–1 ? 1.2–1.8 cm; cupule bracts subulate, 3–5 mm, grayish pubescent; nut 1.5–1.8 cm   22 Q. baronii
       
25 (22) Petiole 0.2–0.8(–1) cm.   (26)
+ Petiole 1–3 cm.   (31)
       
26 (25) Mature leaf blades abaxially densely yellowish gray stellate tomentose   23 Q. acrodonta
+ Mature leaf blades abaxially glabrous, glabrescent or only midvein hairy.   (27)
       
27 (26) Leaf blade base cuneate and decurrent on petiole   28 Q. utilis
+ Leaf blade base usually rounded to cordate, if cuneate then not decurrent on petiole.   (28)
       
28 (27) Leaf margin with spiniform teeth   27 Q. tarokoensis
+ Leaf margin with blunt teeth.   (29)
       
29 (28) Cupule 6 mm or less, enclosing 1/4–1/3 of nut   26 Q. bawanglingensis
+ Cupule 6 mm or more, enclosing 1/3 or more of nut.   (30)
       
30 (29) Leaf blade papery; secondary veins 6–8 on each side of midvein; cupules enclosing ca. 3/4 of nut; bracts of cupule not adhering to outside wall of cupule   24 Q. cocciferoides
+ Leaf blade leathery; secondary veins 8–13 on each side of midvein; cupules enclosing 1/3–1/2 of nut; bracts adhering to the outside wall of cupule   25 Q. phillyreoides
       
31 (25) Mature leaf blades abaxially with yellowish brown or yellowish gray stellate hairs.   (32)
+ Mature leaf blades abaxially glabrous or early glabrescent.   (35)
       
32 (31) Cupules 1.8–2.2 cm in diam.   (33)
+ desc needed    
       
33 (32) Leaf secondary veins 14–18 on each side of midvein; margin sharply serrate apical to base   29 Q. lodicosa
+ Leaf secondary veins 8–12 on each side of midvein; margin dentate from middle to apex   30 Q. kingiana
       
34 Leaf blade adaxially rugose, abaxially with brown to yellowish brown stellate hairs, margin entire or with scattered teeth   34 Q. lanata
+ Leaf blade adaxially smooth, abaxially with yellowish gray glandular hairs, margin with glandular teeth from middle to apex   31 Q. franchetii
       
35 (31) Leaf blade leathery, margin entire, with scattered teeth or serrate from middle to apex.   (36)
+ Leaf blade thinly leathery or papery, margin serrate from middle to apex.   (37)
       
36 (35) Leaf blade narrowly elliptic to obovate-elliptic, 6–11 cm wide; secondary veins 16–20 on each side of midvein   32 Q. marlipoensis
+ Leaf blade elliptic to ovate-lanceolate, 2.5–5.5 cm wide; secondary veins 10–13 on each side of midvein   33 Q. engleriana
       
37 (35) Leaf narrowly elliptic-lanceolate, 10–20 cm; margin sharply serrate; secondary veins 14–17 on each side of midvein   34 Q. lanata
+ Leaf ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 4.5–11 cm; margin hispidulous; secondary veins 9–12 on each side of midvein   35 Q. setulosa

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