''Quercus motuoensis'' is an uncommon Asian species of trees 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 eve ...
. It has been found only in Tibet.
[Flora of China, ''Cyclobalanopsis motuoensis'' (C. C. Huang) Y. C. Hsu & H. W. Jen, 1993. 墨脱青冈 mo tuo qing gang ]
/ref> It is placed in subgenus ''Cerris'', section ''Cyclobalanopsis''.
''Quercus motuoensis'' is a large tree up to 30 meters tall. Leaves can be as much as 10 cm long.[Hayata Bunzô 1911. Journal of the College of Science, Imperial University of Tokyo 30(1): 293]
description in Latin, commentary in English
References
External links
line drawing, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 4, fig. 379, drawings 1-3 at lower left
motuoensis
Flora of Tibet
Plants described in 1992
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