Quercus schottkyana explained

Quercus schottkyana is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It has been found in southwestern China (Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan).^[1] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.^[2]

Quercus schottkyana is a tree up to 20 meters tall. Twigs are grayish-green. Leaves can be as much as 12 cm long, thick and leathery.^{[1] [3]} A SW Chinese endemic evergreen oak, related to Q. glauca, but with the new foliage densely white hairy and pinky-red, turning green above and glaucous beneath, serrated and with a drawn out tip. A handsome Cyclobalanopsis oak, rare in cultivation

External links

• line drawing, Flora of China Illustrations vol. 4, fig. 378, drawing 2 at upper right as Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides
• photo of herbarium specimen at Missouri Botanical Garden, collected in Yunnan
• http://www.panglobalplants.com/plants-for-sale/[in UK]

Notes and References

1. http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=210000373 Flora of China, Cyclobalanopsis glaucoides Schottky, 1912. 滇青冈 dian qing gang
2. Web site: Denk . Thomas . Grimm . Guido W. . Manos . Paul S. . Deng . Min . Hipp . Andrew L. . 2017 . Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks . figshare . 2023-02-24 . xls . amp .
3. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/218749#page/713/mode/1up Schottky, Ernst Max 1912. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie 47(5): 657-658