''Quercus argentata'' is an
evergreen tropical oak species in the beech family
Fagaceae
The Fagaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes beeches, chestnuts and oaks, and comprises eight genera with about 927 species. Fagaceae in temperate regions are mostly deciduous, whereas in the tropics, many species occur as evergre ...
. There are no known subspecies. It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'',
section ''Cyclobalanopsis''. It derived its name from the silvery hairs on the lower surface of its leaves.
The species is distributed in
Borneo,
Sumatra
Sumatra is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 473,481 km2 (182,812 mi.2), not including adjacent i ...
including
Bangka, the peninsula of
Malaysia, and western
Java. It can grow 10 meters and up heights of 40 meters.
Distribution and habitat
''Quercus argentata'' is native to the islands of Sumatra, Borneo (though absent in Brunei), and Western Java, as well as to Peninsular Malaysia. This oak is found on
Mount Kinabalu in
lower montane forests up to an elevation of 2,700 m above sea level.
It occurs up to 3,350 meters above sea level in lowland mixed
dipterocarp to montane forests, but is most commonly found between 600-1,500 meters on sandy clay or sandy loam soils.
Within its region can be found 20-25 other ''Quercus'' species with ''
Q. nivea'' being most similar in appearance and distribution.
References
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argentata
Flora of Indo-China
Trees of Borneo
Flora of Peninsular Malaysia
Flora of Sumatra
Flora of Java
Flora of the Borneo montane rain forests