Quercus hypargyrea
Species of tree
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Quercus hypargyrea is an Asian species of tree in the beech family Fagaceae. It is native to south-central and southeast China,[2] in particular the provinces of Anhui, Fujian, Guangxi, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi, and Sichuan.[3] It has incorrectly been known as Quercus multinervis, which is properly the name of a fossil species.[2] It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[4]
| Quercus hypargyrea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fagales |
| Family: | Fagaceae |
| Genus: | Quercus |
| Subgenus: | Quercus subg. Cerris |
| Section: | Quercus sect. Cyclobalanopsis |
| Species: | Q. hypargyrea |
| Binomial name | |
| Quercus hypargyrea (Seemen) C.C.Huang & Y.T.Chang | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Quercus hypargyrea is a tree up to 12 m tall. Leaves can be as much as 15.5 cm long.[3]
Taxonomy
Quercus hypargyrea was first described as Quercus glauca var. hypargyrea in 1900 by Ludwig Diels, who attributed the name to Karl Otto von Seemen. It was raised to a full species in 1992.[5] Independently, the species was described as Cyclobalanopsis multinervis in 1963. In 1998, this was transferred to Quercus as "Quercus multinervis". However, this name had already been published in 1859 for a fossil species, so is illegitimate.[6][2]
It is placed in subgenus Cerris, section Cyclobalanopsis.[7]
