Lithocarpus talangensis C.C.Huang & Y.T.Chang

Species

Angiosperms > Fagales > Fagaceae > Lithocarpus

Characteristics

Trees 15-25 m tall; branchlets of current year and leaf blades abaxially densely pubescent. Branchlets of last-year growth glabrescent, conspicuously lenticellate. Petiole 1-1.5 cm; leaf blade oblong, 12-20 × 4-7 cm, leathery, abaxially covered with dark gray, minute, waxy scalelike trichomes, base cuneate, margin entire, apex shortly acuminate; midvein slightly raised and pilose; secondary veins 10-14 on each side of midvein, adaxially impressed; tertiary veins abaxially ± conspicuous. Male inflorescences paniculate, to 27 cm; rachis pubescent. Female inflorescences 2-4 congested above middle of branches, 5-15 cm; cupules in clusters of ca. 3. Infructescence rachis 5-8 mm thick. Cupule turbinate, 2-2.4 × 1.8-2.6 cm, broadest slightly apical from middle, enclosing more than 1/2 of nut; bracts triangular to rhomboid, from base to middle of cupule fused with wall, grayish puberulent and with waxy scalelike trichomes. Nut subglobose, 1.5-1.8 × 1.6-2.6 cm, with appressed minute hairs, apex flat or concave; scar covering 1/2-2/3 of nut, convex. Fl. May-Jun, fr. Oct-Nov of following year.
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Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality monoecy
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Distribution

Lithocarpus talangensis world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:941015-1
WFO ID wfo-0000230278
COL ID 3VK6D
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Synonyms

Lithocarpus talangensis Lithocarpus shipingensis Lithocarpus dealbatus var. yunnanensis