Quercus lanata

Woolly-leaved oak
In cultivation (as Quercus oblongata)
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. lanata
Binomial name
Quercus lanata
Subspecies
  • Quercus lanata subsp. lanata
  • Quercus lanata subsp. leiocarpa (A.Camus) Menitsky
Synonyms
  • Quercus lanata var. eriocarpa A.Camus

synonyms of subspecies lanata:

  • 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

Quercus lanata, the woolly-leaved oak, 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). 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. It is classified in subgenus Cerris, section Ilex.

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 or sồi bạch mao.

Subspecies

Two subspecies are recognized by Plants of the World Online as of July 2026:

References

  1. ↑ Carrero, C. (2020). "Quercus lanata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T194184A2303279. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
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  4. ↑ "Quercus lanata". The Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 14 April 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  5. ↑ Huang, Chengjiu; Zhang, Yongtian; Bartholomew, Bruce. "Quercus lanata". Flora of China. Vol. 4 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri and Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
  6. ↑ Rees, Abraham (1819). Cyclopædia; or, Universal dictionary of arts, sciences, and literature. Vol. 29. Quercus no. 27.
  7. ↑ 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. doi:10.6084/m9.figshare.5547622.v1. Retrieved 2023-02-18.
  8. ↑ Võ Văn Chi (2007) Sách tra cứu tên cây cỏ Việt Nam Nhà xuẩt bản Giáo dục, VN
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  10. ↑ "Quercus lanata subsp. lanata". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 8 July 2026.