''Quercus bawanglingensis'' is a species of

oak An oak is a hardwood tree or shrub in the genus ''Quercus'' of the beech family. They have spirally arranged leaves, often with lobed edges, and a nut called an acorn, borne within a cup. The genus is widely distributed in the Northern Hemisp ...

. It is an evergreen tree native to the island of

Hainan Hainan is an island provinces of China, province and the southernmost province of China. It consists of the eponymous Hainan Island and various smaller islands in the South China Sea under the province's administration. The name literally mean ...

in southern

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.''Quercus bawanglingensis'' C.C.Huang, Ze X.Li & F.W.Xing
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''. Retrieved 3 January 2024. The species belongs to ''Quercus'' section ''Ilex'', and is closely related to '' Q. tarokoensis'' of Taiwan.Liu, Xue, Er-Mei Chang, Jian-Feng Liu, Yue-Ning Huang, Ya Wang, Ning Yao, and Ze-Ping Jiang (2019). Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence and Phylogenetic Analysis of ''Quercus bawanglingensis'' Huang, Li et Xing, a Vulnerable Oak Tree in China. ''Forests'' 10, no. 7: 587. https://doi.org/10.3390/f10070587 ''Quercus bawanglingensis'' is known only from a single population in Bawangling in the Changjiang Li Autonomous County of Hainan, where it grows in tropical montane dwarf forests from 900 to 1000 meters elevation. There are estimated to be only 20 mature trees in the wild, and it is threatened with

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss or habitat reduction) occurs when a natural habitat is no longer able to support its native species. The organisms once living there have either moved elsewhere, or are dead, leading to a decrease ...

from forest clearance.

References

{{taxonbar, from = Q10928710 bawanglingensis Endemic flora of Hainan Plants described in 1996 Changjiang Li Autonomous County