Lithocarpus formosanus (Skan) Hayata

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees tall. Young shoots ± sulcate, glabrous. Petiole 1-1.3 cm, base ± thickened; leaf blade elliptic to sometimes obovate-elliptic and ± recurved, 5-8 × 2-3 cm, thickly leathery, rigid and crustaceous when dry, abaxially glaucous, turning grayish brown when dry, and with adherent, waxy scalelike trichomes, adaxially glabrous, base cuneate and decurrent on petiole, margin entire, apex rounded; secondary veins 7-11 on each side of midvein, abaxially slightly raised or not; tertiary veins not visible or very slender, evident. Male inflorescences congested at apex of branches, 3-6 cm. Female inflorescence with cupules solitary, scattered on rachis. Infructescence ca. 3 cm; rachis equaling branches in thickness. Cupule discoid, ca. 3 mm × 1.2 cm; bracts imbricate, triangular, small, appressed, grayish tomentose. Nut broadly conical, ca. 1.3 × 1.6 cm, glabrous, apex pointed; scar ca. 8 mm in diam., concave. Fl. Feb-Mar, fr. Sep-Nov.
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Distribution

Lithocarpus formosanus world distribution map, present in China and Taiwan, Province of China

Conservation status

Lithocarpus formosanus threat status: Critically Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:358764-1
WFO ID wfo-0000229932
COL ID 3VJVB
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus formosanus Pasania formosana Synaedrys formosana Quercus formosana