''Quercus merrillii'' is an Asian species of shrubs in the

beech family 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 ...

. It has been found on the Island of

Palawan Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( cyo, Probinsya i'ang Palawan; tl, Lalawigan ng Palawan), is an archipelagic province of the Philippines that is located in the region of Mimaropa. It is the largest province in the country in ...

in southwestern Philippines and also in the Malaysian parts of the nearby Island of

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(both

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and

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).Seemen, Karl Otto von 1908. Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 5: 21
parallel descriptions in Latin and German ''Quercus merrillii'' is a shrub up to 2 meters tall. Twigs are dark brown. Leaves narrowly egg-shaped, up to 4 cm long and 2 cm wide.

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merrillii Flora of Borneo Flora of Palawan Plants described in 1908 {{Quercus-stub