Quercus lanata

Quercus lanata, the woolly-leaved oak,^[4] is a species of Quercus native to southern and southeastern Asia, including the Himalayas of India (from eastern Uttarakhand to Arunachal Pradesh), Bhutan, Nepal, and Tibet, Sri Lanka, Indochina (Myanmar, northern Thailand, and Vietnam), and southwestern China (Guangxi, Sichuan, and Yunnan).^[2] It is a large evergreen tree up to 30 metres (100 feet) tall. The leaves are thick and leathery, green on top but covered in thick wool on the underside.^[5][6] It is classified in subgenus Cerris, section Ilex.^[7]

Clade:Tracheophytes

Clade:Angiosperms

Clade:Eudicots

Clade:Rosids

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Woolly-leaved oak
In cultivation (as Quercus oblongata)
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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. Ilex
Species:	Q. lanata
Binomial name
Quercus lanata Sm.
Subspecies[2]
Quercus lanata subsp. lanata Quercus lanata subsp. leiocarpa (A.Camus) Menitsky
Synonyms[2][3]
Quercus lanata var. eriocarpa A.Camus synonyms of subspecies lanata:[3] Quercus banga Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Quercus banga Ham. ex Hook.f., in syn. Quercus lanuginosa D.Don, nom. illeg. Quercus lanuginosa subsp. eulanuginosa A.Camus Quercus nepaulensis Desf. Quercus oblongata D.Don synonyms of subspecies leiocarpa: Quercus lanata var. leiocarpa A.Camus

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This oak tree grows up to 20 m tall, and under the synonym Quercus oblongata has been recorded from Vietnam, where it may be called sồi bạc^[8] or sồi bạch mao.^[9]