Quercus pannosa is a species of oak native to south-central China.[3] An evergreen tree or shrub, it is found at very high elevations, flourishing at up to 4,270 metres (14,010 feet) above sea level.[4] It is classified in subgenus Cerris, section Ilex.[5][6]

Quercus pannosa
Scientific classification Edit this 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. pannosa
Binomial name
Quercus pannosa

References edit

  1. ^ Carrero, C. (2021). "Quercus pannosa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T138193820A138194072. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T138193820A138194072.en. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. ^ Symb. Sin. 7: 35 (1929)
  3. ^ "Quercus pannosa Hand.-Mazz". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  4. ^ Yang, Yang; Sun, Hang; Körner, Christian (2020). "Explaining the exceptional 4270 m high elevation limit of an evergreen oak in the south-eastern Himalayas". Tree Physiology. 40 (10): 1327–1342. doi:10.1093/treephys/tpaa070. PMID 32483630.
  5. ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017). "Appendix 2.1: An updated infrageneric classification of the oaks" (xls). figshare. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  6. ^ Denk, Thomas; Grimm, Guido W.; Manos, Paul S.; Deng, Min & Hipp, Andrew L. (2017), "An Updated Infrageneric Classification of the Oaks: Review of Previous Taxonomic Schemes and Synthesis of Evolutionary Patterns", in Gil-Pelegrín, Eustaquio; Peguero-Pina, José Javier & Sancho-Knapik, Domingo (eds.), Oaks Physiological Ecology. Exploring the Functional Diversity of Genus Quercus L., Cham.: Springer International Publishing, pp. 13–38, ISBN 978-3-319-69099-5