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Quercus chevalieri is an uncommon species of tree in the family Fagaceae and the "ring-cupped oak" sub-genus. It has been found in Vietnam and also in southern China, in the Provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, and Yunnan.[2]

Quercus chevalieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fagales
Family:	Fagaceae
Genus:	Quercus
Subgenus:	Quercus subg. Cyclobalanopsis
Species:	Q. chevalieri
Binomial name
Quercus chevalieri Hickel & A.Camus
Synonyms[1]
Cyclobalanopsis chevalieri (Hickel & A.Camus) Y.C.Hsu & H.Wei Jen

Quercus chevalieri is a tree up to 20 m. tall with leaves as much as 110 mm long. The acorn is ovoid to oblong-ellipsoid, 10-15 (sometimes 20) × 6-8 (sometimes 15) mm, glabrous; the scar is approx. 5 mm in diameter.[2][3]

Some authors have misapplied this name to another plant, Cyclobalanopsis augustinii var. nigrinux (H.H. Hu) M. Deng & Z.K. Zhou.[4]

References

External links

• line drawings, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 4, fig. 384, drawings 3 + 4 at lower right

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