Quercus Fabrei
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''Quercus fabrei'', or Faber's oak, is a species of
deciduous In the fields of horticulture and botany, the term deciduous () means "falling off at maturity" and "tending to fall off", in reference to trees and shrubs that seasonally shed Leaf, leaves, usually in the autumn; to the shedding of petals, aft ...
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 ...
tree found in southern China.Check List of Hong Kong Plants, 7th edition (page 73)
Faber's oak can take on the form of either a large shrub or a tree, with the latter form reaching up to 20 metres in height. The tree has elongated leaves, with the tip of the leaf being wider than the base. The leaves are serrated, although the teeth are smaller than those of more well-known oak species such as ''
Quercus robur ''Quercus robur'', the pedunculate oak, is a species of flowering plant in the beech and oak family, Fagaceae. It is a large tree, native plant, native to most of Europe and western Asia, and is widely cultivated in other temperate regions. It ...
''.Hance, Henry Fletcher 1869. Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 10: 202.
description in Latin, commentary in English


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fabrei Trees of China Trees of Hong Kong Endemic flora of China Plants described in 1869 Taxa named by Henry Fletcher Hance {{Quercus-stub